#fredensborg

Fredensborg Palace, Fredensborg, Island of Zealand, Denmark,

Caroline van Deurs (Oct. 28, 1860 - 1932) was a Danish genre and portrait painter, who studied under Vilhelm Kyhn and abroad in Paris from 1896-8…

She regularly participated in Forårsudstillingen at Charlottenborg, but never got museum representation in Denmark.

Here is a fine plein air study by her - from the collection of Princess Elisabeth to Denmark:

Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna and Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna with their English, Danish and Greek relatives in the Fredensborg Palace's park, 20th-28th August 1901.

"We went to Denmark that year. There was a great gathering of Royalties there, including the King and Queen of England, Princess Victoria of England, and her sister, Princess Charles of Denmark, the Emperor and two Empresses of Russia, the King of Greece with one of his sons, and many other Royalties. We stayed at Fredenburg that time. It is a good way from Copenhagen, and is a great deal bigger than Bernstorff. There is a large park there. King Edward VII. arrived after we did, and the day he was expected Queen Alexandra came into the nurseries and told me he was coming, and asked me to make the children look very nice. I showed her the dresses I had prepared for them, and she admired them very much. She often said they were always so nicely dressed and kept. "

Eagar, M. (1906) Six years at the Russian court. New York : Charles L. Bowman & co, pp. 144-145.

Housing group and community centre in Fredensborg Fredensborg, North Sealand, Denmark; 1962-63

Jørn Utzon

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