# Sigurd Swane > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sigurd_Swane > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sigurd_Swane.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigurd_Swane > Source revision: 1294667193 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Danish painter Sigurd Swane (1940s) **Sigurd Swane** (16 June 1879 – 9 April 1973) was a Danish [Post-Impressionist](/source/Post-Impressionist) painter and poet; known primarily for his landscapes. His former home [Malergården](/source/Malerg%C3%A5rden) in [Odsherred](/source/Odsherred) was converted into a [historic house museum](/source/Historic_house_museum) in 2004. ## Biography Swane was born in [Frederiksberg](/source/Frederiksberg). He studied in [Copenhagen](/source/Copenhagen) at the [Royal Danish Academy of Art](/source/Royal_Danish_Academy_of_Art) from 1899 until 1903. That year, he made his official debut at the [Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition](/source/Charlottenborg_Spring_Exhibition). While in Paris in 1907, he was influenced by [Fauvism](/source/Fauvism). On returning to Denmark, he painted a series of woodlands using greens, yellows and blues. His use of [pointillistic](/source/Pointillistic) spots was soon replaced by more solid brushstrokes, with careful separation of colour, making him one of Denmark's foremost [colourists](/source/Colourist_painting).[1] He also did portraits, still lifes and some religious scenes, including many painted versions of "[The Dream of Jacob](/source/Jacob's_Ladder)". His portraits are typified by wooded backgrounds. In 1912 he published one of his best known collections of poems, *Skyer* (Clouds). Three years later, he was among the organizers of the [Grønningen](/source/Gr%C3%B8nningen) artists' group. His work was part of the [painting event](/source/Art_competitions_at_the_1924_Summer_Olympics#Painting) in the [art competition](/source/Art_competitions_at_the_1924_Summer_Olympics) at the [1924 Summer Olympics](/source/1924_Summer_Olympics).[2] After 1934, he fulfilled his childhood dream of living in the country on a farm in [Odsherred](/source/Odsherred) in the north-west of [Zealand](/source/Zealand), where he completed a series of light-filled landscape paintings. From 1947 he often painted in Spain and Portugal. When travelling in Southern Europe, the family would use a converted truck as a living space. Sigurd Swane died, aged 93, at his farmhouse, named [Malergården](/source/Malerg%C3%A5rden), in the hamlet of Plejerup, not far from [Grevinge](/source/Grevinge) in Zealand. Malergården was also a residence for other Swane family members engaged in the arts including his brother Leo (1887-1968), who was an art historian. In 2004 the idyllic house and grounds were established as a museum, being a branch of the Odsherreds Kunstmuseum.[3] His first wife [Christine Swane](/source/Christine_Swane) (1876–1960) to whom he was married from 1910 to 1920, was also a painter. In 1921, he married his second wife Agnete Swane (1893 - 1994), likewise a painter but also with an interest in architecture. She designed the Malergården house in 1934. His son Lars Swane (1913-2002) and daughters Gerda Swane (1930-2004) and Hanne Swane (1926-1986) were also painters. A second son, Henrik Swane (1929-2011), became a popular photographer.[4] ## See also - [Odsherred Painters](/source/Odsherred_Painters) ## Sources 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Sigurd Swane from Art Encyclopedia at Answers.com.](http://www.answers.com/topic/sigurd-swane-2) Retrieved 13 December 2008. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Sigurd Swane"](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/920247). *Olympedia*. Retrieved 23 July 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Malergården website, currently in Danish only ["Malergården"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140331185328/http://www.odsherreds-kunstmuseum.dk/index.php/malergarden). Archived from [the original](http://www.odsherreds-kunstmuseum.dk/index.php/malergarden) on 2014-03-31. Retrieved 2014-05-12. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Christine Swane (1876-1960)"](https://www.kvinfo.dk/side/170/bio/1340/). *Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon*. Retrieved January 1, 2021. ## Other sources - [Sigurd Swane](http://denstoredanske.dk/Kunst_og_kultur/Billedkunst/Danmark_1910-55/Sigurd_Swane) [Den Store Danske](/source/Den_Store_Danske_Encyklop%C3%A6di) - [Sigurd Swane biographical notes](https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisKunstner.do?kunstnerId=902&wsektion=alle) [Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon](/source/Weilbachs_Kunstnerleksikon) ## External links - [Malergården website](https://www.kvinfo.dk/side/170/bio/1340/Default.aspx?ID=608) - [ArtNet: Paintings by Sigurd Swane.](http://www.artnet.com/artists/sigurd-swane/past-auction-results) Authority control databases International VIAF GND Artists ULAN RKD Artists KulturNav Musée d'Orsay Other SNAC --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Sigurd Swane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigurd_Swane) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigurd_Swane?action=history)). 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