19th Century
19th Century
Peter Ilsted
Peter Ilsted (1861–1933): The Quietude of Domestic Space Peter Vilhelm Ilsted was born in Sakskøbing, Denmark, on February 14th, 1861. He descended from a wealthy merchant family—a circumstance that afforded him considerable freedom to pursue his artistic inclinations from an early age. His formative years were marked by attendance at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen between 1878 and 1883, where he honed his skills under the tutelage of luminaries like Edvard Munch and Kristian Foss. This period instilled within him a profound appreciation for the artistic traditions of No…
—
works mapped
—
subjects
1933
active until
An Interactive Constellation
The Subject Atlas
A chart of Peter Ilsted's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Focus a Subject
Trace a Context
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.