Danish Paintings of the Nineteenth Century from the Collection of Ambassador John L. Loeb

Numerous nineteenth-century Danish artists reflected their country's desire for national identity, in turn shaping successive communities of domestic artists who felt deeply about expressing a clear image of this identity. For a new exhibition, thirty-four paintings of the era, many reflecting this broad-based movement, have been selected from the most extensive private collection of Danish art beyond the country's borders — they tell a story about an artistic culture, offering insights into the dynamics of smaller European nations in an era of emerging nationalism and industrialization.

This exhibition, organized by the Bruce Museum of Arts and Science in Greenwich, Connecticut, included Danish interiors, land and cityscapes, portraiture, still life, floral and genre paintings, first assembled during the collector's tenure as U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark. There are works that appeared in this exhibition that were loans to the Loeb and therefore do not appear on this website.