Janus Laurentius Ridter

Janus Laurentius Ridter
Janus Laurentius Ridter
	Photograph of Janus Laurentius Ridter
Born	14 August 1854; Blåkrog, Denmark
Died	30 November 1921 (aged 67); Copenhagen, Denmark
Nationality	Danish
Education	Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
Known for	Drawing from Copenhagen

Janus (Ianus) Laurentius Jørgensen Ridter (14 August 1854 – 30 November 1921) was a Danish painter and illustrator. He is remembered above all for his topographical watercolours and drawings of Copenhagen in the 1890s and 1900s.

Early life

Ridter was born in Aakirkeby on the island of Bornholm as the son of taylor Jørgen Ridder and his wife Cecilie Margrethe Larsdatter.^[1] He apprenticed as a book seller but from an early age practiced his talent for painting and drawing.

Career

In 1874, Illustreret Tidende accepted a few of his drawings and from 1887 he worked full-time as an artist. In 1892, he enrolled at Copenhagen Technical School and also studied privately with the painter Carl Martin Soya-Jensen. He was admitted to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in November 1893 was a student there until January 1897.

Ridter created numerous watercolours from Copenhagen. From 1905 Ridter commenced his career as illustrator for C. Ferslew & Co.'s publications (De Ferslewske Blade), especially Aftenposten where he worked from 1906 to 1915.^[2]

He died in 1921 and is buried at Bispebjerg Cemetery.

Works

Together with Johan Thorsø, Ridter created the illustrations of Danish industrial enterprises in Danmarks industrielle Etablissementer which was published in 1887–89.

Many of Ridter's watercolours ar epreserved in the collections of Museum of Copenhagen and Øregård Museum.

The yard at Lehn's House on Strandgade in Christianshavn (1902)
Nordre Frihavnsvej in Østerbro (1902)
The now demolished Grand Hotel Nord on Vesterbrogade in Vesterbro (1905)
Gammel Strand with the old Højbro Bridge in the foreground (c.1850)
Store Kannikestræde (c. 1850)
City Hall Square

References

^ "Ridter, Janus Laurentius". Selskabet for Københavns Historie (in Danish). Retrieved 11 September 2015.
^ "J. L. Ridter og "Aftenposten"". Selskabet for Københavns Historie (in Danish). {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)

External links

J. L. Ridter at Kunstindeks Danmark
Postcards by J. L. Ridter

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[1] "Ridter, Janus Laurentius". Selskabet for Københavns Historie (in Danish). Retrieved 11 September 2015.

[2] "J. L. Ridter og "Aftenposten"". Selskabet for Københavns Historie (in Danish). {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)

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