The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
(https://en.louisiana.dk/visit-louisiana ) is located directly on the shore of the Øresund Sound in
Humlebæk, 22 miles north of Copenhagen.
The art museum has an extensive permanent
collection of modern and contemporary art, dating from World War II and up
until now, as well as a comprehensive program of special exhibitions. The
museum is also acknowledged as a milestone in modern Danish architecture, noted
for the synthesis it creates of art, architecture and landscape. The name of
the museum derives from the first owner of the property, Alexander Brun, who
named the villa after his three wives, all named Louise. The museum was created
in 1958 by Knud W. Jensen, the owner at the time. He contacted architects
Vilhelm Wohlert and Jørgen Bo who spent a few months walking around the
property before deciding how a new construction would best fit into the landscape.
This study resulted in the first version of the museum consisting of three
buildings connected by glass corridors. Since then it has been extended several
times until it reached its present circular shape in 1991.
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