The Panther Hunter 1845 - 1846
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"The Panther Hunter" is a marble sculpture by Danish artist J.A. Jerichau created between 1845 and 1846. The sculpture depicts a young, muscular man in a dynamic pose, poised to strike a panther with a spear. The naturalistic details, including the contorted figures and the expressive face of the panther, highlight the raw energy of the scene. This dynamic portrayal of man's conquest of nature reflects the Romantic ideals of the 19th century and can be found in the SMK - Statens Museum for Kunst.
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The hunter is raising his spear to administer the fatal blow. The struggle and violent discharge of energy is represented through a dynamic composition and a very naturalistic depiction of man and animal. Naturally, the dramatic moment is frozen in time, and spectators are called upon to complete the action themselves.Thorvaldsen's idealLike most Danish artists of the first half of the 19th century, J.A. Jerichau spent some time in Rome. Very symbolically, he arrived on the frigate sent to bring Thorvaldsen’s collections back to Denmark. Jerichau’s ambitions soon took him in directions other than the neoclassical restraint that was Bertel Thorvaldsen’s (1770-1844) ideal – and the ideal of the times.Depicting motion and specific momentsAs The Panther Hunter clearly demonstrates, classical calm and quiet did not interest Jerichau. He was more interested in depicting motion and specific moments in time with scenes packed with action and extrovert emotions.Jerichau's internatioal breakthroughThe Panther Hunter gave Jerichau his international breakthrough, bringing in several prestigious commissions from Denmark and abroad. In Denmark he was appointed professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and also served as its director for extended periods of time. Jerichau’s international outlook eventually set him on a collision course with the trend-setting Danish art circles who did not share his openness to international art trends.
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Jerichau is equally interested in masculine ideas as evinced by THE PANTHER HUNTER and in cute animals and children at play. His treatment of figures and motifs has a distinctly sensuous quality; this in contrast to the cool, idealising sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen. Jerichau’s romantic abundance of emotion was not universally appreciated on the Danish art scene, nor was his fervent interest in foreign movements, and he actively distanced himself from the wave of Danish patriotism that followed in the wake of the Schleswig wars in 1849-51 and 1864. Even though he and his wife, Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann, were branded as unpatriotic “Europeans”, he was nevertheless made professor at and director of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
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