Hermann Baagøe Storck

Hermann Baagøe Storck (18 February 1839 – 4 December 1922) was a Danish architect and heraldist. As an architect, he is mainly known for the restoration of historic buildings. Among his own designs, his building for the Hirschsprung Collection in Copenhagen is the most widely known.

Hermann Baagøe Storck
Born(1839-02-18)18 February 1839
Skibby, Denmark
Died4 December 1922(1922-12-04) (aged 83)
Copenhagen
NationalityDanish
OccupationArchitect
BuildingsThe Hirschsprung Collection

Early life and career

Hermann Baagøe Storck was born on 18 February 1839 in the small town of Skibby on the Hornsherred peninsula, west of Copenhagen. He attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts between 1859 and 1865 where he studied under Johan Henrik Nebelong and Johan Daniel Herholdt, for both of whom he also worked. He was also influenced by Niels Laurits Høyen's lectures on art history which strengthened his interest in architectural history in general and historic Danish architecture in particular.[1]

He ventured abroad on several occasions, including to East Prussia in 1862 and to Italy from 1870 to 1871, but he also travelled widely in Denmark, acquiring a deep knowledge of Danish architectural tradition.

Restoration work

A significant part of Storck's work related to the renovation and extension of historic buildings. While he worked for Herholdt, he led the rebuilding of Herlufsholm School between 1867 and 1870. After both Niels Sigfred Nebelong and Julius Tholle died in 1871, Storck was charged with completing the renovation of Viborg Cathedral. The exterior had already been completed but Storck worked on the interior and designed furnishings for the building. This work brought him in contact with Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae who would influence his work in future restorations in several ways. Both Høyen and Worsaae were Danish proponents of the intervention theories of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc which in historic preservation calls for a "restoration" that creates something that never actually existed in the past, rather than a retention of status quo. Unlike Høyen, Worsaae found that later additions to a building could also be prone to preservation. Storck shared this view but only to the extent that the later elements were of high artistic value and did not hide the original qualities of the building.

He was active in the preservation of historic architecture, such as the House of the Holy Ghost in Randers and the Carmelite House when they were destined for demolition. He co-founded the Danish Society for the preservation of Old Buildings in 1907 and chaired it until 1911.

Selected buildings

Restorations
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See also

References
  1. "H.B. Storck". Gyldendal. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
Cultural offices
Preceded by
Carl Aarsleff		 Director of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
1917–1920		 Succeeded by
Joakim Skovgaard
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