Hirschsprung Collection
Art museum of nineteenth-century Danish painting in Østre Anlæg park, Copenhagen; see Copenhagen (Literary).
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither Here Nor There | Bill Bryson | subject | ”The best museum of all”: a little-visited house of Skagen paintings. |
Neither Here Nor There — Bill Bryson (1991)
Source: Readwise highlight
The best museum of all I saved for last—the Hirschsprung Collection in Østre Anlaeg Park. Everything about it is wonderful.
- Role: subject
- In the book: Chapter 10, the end of a museum day that began at the National Museum and the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Bryson describes 884 paintings, assembled over forty years by one man, almost all from the nineteenth-century Skagen school, packed into twenty or so small rooms. Their themes are simple: summer landscapes, friends at dinner, a sea view through an open window.
- Why it matters: It’s his favourite discovery in Copenhagen and fits the chapter’s theme: a modest, humane city that is best when it isn’t showing off. He recommends it because it is “so terrific and so little visited”.