# Valdemar Irminger

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**Valdemar Heinrich Nicolas Irminger** (29 December 1850 – 10 February 1938) was a Danish painter.[1]

## Biography

Born in Copenhagen, Irminger attended the [Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts](/source/Royal_Danish_Academy_of_Fine_Arts) from 1867 and 1873. He went to Italy on a scholarship from 1884 to 1887. In 1888, he won the Academy's medal for *Motiv fra Børnehospitalet ved Refsnæs* (View from the Children's Hospital at Refsnæs) and the following year for *Fra et Børnehospital* (From a Children's Hospital). His brightly-coloured open-air paintings at Refsnæs are considered to be among his finest works featuring children painted with revealing sensitivity.[2] In 1908, he married the painter [Ingeborg Plockross](/source/Ingeborg_Plockross).[1]

Painting initially in a [Realist](/source/Realism_(arts)) style, from the 1890s he turned to [Romanticism](/source/Romanticism). His works include portraits, religious subjects, soldiers, animals and children. Irminger taught at the Academy's school for women from 1906 where he was a professor from 1908 to 1920.[3]

From 1875, Irminger was a regular exhibitor at [Charlottenborg](/source/Charlottenborg_Palace) and served on the Charlottenborg Exhibition Committee from 1905 to 1908 and on the Procurement Committee from 1911 to 1917.[1]

In 1908, Irminger married the Danish sculptor [Ingeborg Plockross](/source/Ingeborg_Plockross).[4]

## Awards

In 1889, Irminger was awarded the [Eckersberg Medal](/source/Eckersberg_Medal).[3] In 1915, he was decorated with the [Order of the Dannebrog](/source/Order_of_the_Dannebrog) and in 1925 with the [Cross of Honour](/source/Dannebrogordenens_H%C3%A6derstegn).[1]

## References

1. ["Valdemar Irminger"](https://www.denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Kunst_og_kultur/Billedkunst/Maler/Valdemar_Irminger) (in Danish). *Dansk Biografisk Leksikon*. 3 April 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014.

1. Erik Mortensen. ["Valdemar Irminger"](https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisWeilbach.do?kunstnerId=105&wsektion=alle) (in Danish). Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 23 November 2014.

1. ["Valdemar Irminger"](https://www.denstoredanske.dk/Kunst_og_kultur/Billedkunst/Danmark_1850-1910/Valdemar_Irminger) (in Danish). *Den Store Danske*. Retrieved 23 November 2014.

1. Munk, Jens Peter. ["Ingeborg Plockross Irminger (1872 - 1962)"](http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/1856/origin/170/) (in Danish). Kvinfo. Retrieved 8 March 2017.

## External links

- [Illustrated list of works by Valdemar Irminger in Danish museums from Kunstindeks Danmark](https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/SoegKunstnerVaerker.do?kunstnerId=105)

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