Women Artists and Gender Roles

Focusing on the Modern Breakthrough, this programme explores the women artists represented in the museum’s collection.

The 19th-century art world was shaped by deeply entrenched gender inequalities. Men dominated both professional artistic life and access to formal training, and women were not admitted to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.

Focusing on the Modern Breakthrough, this learning programme explores three women artists represented in the museum’s collection: Anna Ancher, Bertha Wegmann and Agnes Slott-Møller. All three were prominent artists of their time and actively engaged in the struggle to improve women’s rights and opportunities in the art world.

Through close engagement with their works, students gain insight into the art and society of the period. The programme also examines 19th-century gender roles and how they are reflected in art from both the Danish Golden Age and the Modern Breakthrough.

The programme also explores the museum’s own history. The Hirschsprung Collection is often associated primarily with the collector Heinrich Hirschsprung, but his wife, Pauline Hirschsprung, played a central role in building the collection and in the efforts to preserve it and make it accessible to the public through the establishment of the museum.

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Duration: 45–60 minutes
Group size: Maximum 25 students
Price: DKK 550

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