Exhibitions

Exhibitions

 

Johannes Ewald

 

5 February – 20 April 2009

Johannes Ewald (1743-1781) is considered by many to be the first modern poet in Denmark. He lived mainly by writing occasional poems and in addition worked on various novels and stories, which he did not always manage to finish. Ewald’s health was undermined for many years as the result of rheumatism and a demanding bohemian life. Among his works are the ballad operas The Death of Balder and The Fisherfolk. Knud Lyne Rahbek, who lived in Bakkehuset from 1787 to 1830, was a great admirer of Ewald and as a young man met the sick and ailing poet. He preserved the memory of Ewald partly by publishing his important autobiography, Life and Opinions, in his periodicals.

 

The exhibition focuses on Ewald’s oeuvre: First editions of his main works will be exhibited together with contemporary works of art illustrating Ewald’s texts and performances of his ballad operas. In addition, a considerable number of portraits of Ewald will be displayed.

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