Victor Schack von Brockdorff - Artist Info

About Victor Schack von Brockdorff

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Victor Brockdorff
  • Biography

    Arthur Victor Schack von Brockdorff, generally known as Victor Brockdorff, (October 11, 1911 – February 25, 1992) was a Danish painter who joined the artists' colony known as the Odsherred Painters in Northwestern Zealand in the early 1930s. He was a cofounder of the Corner Artists' Association.

    The son of a shipmaster, Brockdorff was born in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen. After studying privately under Ernst Zeuthen and Olivia Holm Møller from 1926 to 1929, he studied graphic art under Aksel Jørgensen at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (1931–34).[1] He debuted at the Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling (autumn exhibition) at Den Frie in 1930, and was a co-founder of the Corner Exhibition in 1932 wh...

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