Peder Vilhelm Jensen Klint

Peder Vilhelm JensenKlint was a Danish architect, designer, painter and architectural theorist, best known for designing Grundtvigs Church in Copenhagen, generally considered to be one of the most important Danish architectural works of the time. Its Expressionist style relies heavily on Scandinavian brick Gothic traditions.

Peder Vilhelm JensenKlint was born in 1853 as Peder Vilhelm Jensen but changed his name onNovember 1890. He was admitted to the College of Advanced Technology in 1870 and graduated as a building engineer in 1877. One of his teachers was Johan Daniel Herholdtwho with his Copenhagen University Library started a trend with the use of red bricks for landmark buildings in Danish architectureand he greatly influenced JensenKlints understanding of materials and knowledge of early Danish architectural traditions. In May 1878, JensenKlint was admitted to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts School of Painting where he took all the classes but never graduated. He wanted to pursue a career as an artist but had to teach mathematics to make a living. In the end he had to give up his aspirations to live as an artist and from 1889 to 1897 he worked as an assistant for the City Engineer in Copenhagen and from 1892 to 1916 he also gave drawing classes at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural Unive

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