Mårten Eskil Winge
| Mårten Eskil Winge | |
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| Personlig information | |
| Født | 21. september 1825  Stockholm, Sverige |
| Død | 22. april 1896 (70 år) Enköping, Sverige |
| Gravsted | Norra begravningsplatsen |
| Nationalitet |  Svensk |
| Far | Isak Martin Winge |
| Ægtefælle | Hanna Winge |
| Uddannelse og virke | |
| Elev af | Thomas Couture |
| Medlem af | Kungliga Akademien för de fria konsterna |
| Beskæftigelse | Kunstmaler, tegner, universitetslærer |
| Arbejdsgiver | Kungliga Akademien för de fria konsterna |
| Elever | Anna Berglund, Widolfa von Engeström-Ahrenberg, Emma Sprinchorn |
| Kendte værker | Kraka, Hjalmars afsked fra Orvar Odd efter striden på Samsø |
| Genre | Historiemaleri |
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Mårten Eskil Winge (født 21. september 1825 i Stockholm, død 22. april 1896 i Enköping) var en svensk maler og tegner, og professor ved Konstakademien i Stockholm.
Han giftede sig i 1867 med kunstnerkollegaen Hanna Mathilda Tengelin (1838–1896).
Mårten Eskil Winge tog studentereksamen i 1846 i Uppsala og begyndte i 1847 ved Konstakademien. Samtidig med studierne arbejdede han i postvæsenet, og tegnede portrætter for yderligere indtægter. Han lavede også flere tegninger og illustrationer til bøger om nordisk mytologi. I 1856 blev Winge elev hos Johan Christoffer Boklund i akademiens malerklasse, året efter fik han medalje for maleriet Karl X Gustav vid Axel Oxenstiernas dödsbädd og tog på sin første studierejse på et stipendium.
I 1864 blev Winge medlem af Konstakademien og senere også professor. I 1865 etablerede han en malerklasse i sit atelier.
Udover motiverne fra nordisk mytologi har Winge lavet en lang række altertavler.
Galleri
Loke & Sigyn (1863)
Tors strid med jättarna (1872)
Sankt Pauli Kirke (Malmø) (1882)
Eksterne henvisninger
- Mårten Eskil Winge (Anders konstorientering)
- Mårten Eskil Winge: Loke & Sigyn – bild (Från vår konstverld 1881)
- Mårten Eskil Winge: Årstiderna I – bild (Från vår konstverld 1881)
- Mårten Eskil Winge: Årstiderna II – bild (Från vår konstverld 1881)
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Image scanned from the book "Svenskt Porträttgalleri XX - Arkitekter, Bildhuggare, Målare m.fl. " ("Swedish Portrait Gallery XX - Architects, Sculptors, Painters, ") published 1901
According to Norse mythology, thunder and lightning occur when the Æsir god Thor is angered, and so he rides out on his chariot, pulled by the goats Tanngnjóstr and Tanngrisnir, on the hunt for wickedness in the form of the Ettins. In his fight against this race of giants, he swings his hammer Mjöllnir and pulls on his belt of power, Megingjörð, which boosts his power. Psychologically, Thor is quite simple, in comparison with the brooding Odin. He was worshipped mainly by farmers and slaves.
In Mårten Eskil Winge’s interpretation, Thor is strong, blond, resolute and fearless. The painting was extremely well received when it was shown for the first time at Nationalmuseum in 1872, a time when Norse mythology and the gods were enjoying great popularity. Winge was one of many Scandinavian artists who painted the Æsir gods in the 1870s. And their paintings and sculptures still influence our ideas about Vikings and the Æsir gods to this day.
Winge’s original audience interpreted the painting as a general depiction of good battling evil. In modern times, Thor’s battle with the giants has been perceived as an expression of Nationalist or Fascist ideals. The blond-haired Thor has been seen as a defender of the Nordic ideal that is threatened by the dark-haired giants. The swastika on Thor’s belt of power has no doubt helped to make the painting popular among various right-wing extremist groups. For Winge and his contemporaries, the swastika was an ancient decorative symbol for the sun, appearing in architectural decoration and in various logos.