Martin Nyrop

Martin Nyrop (11 November 1849 – 18 May 1921) was a Danish architect. [1]

Martin Nyrop.

Biography

Nyrop was born at Holmsland on Jutland, Denmark. He attended Sorø Academy and completed his course of study at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1876. From 1881-83, he studied abroad under a scholarship. From 1883-93, he was an assistant to professor Hans Jørgen Holm. Nyrop was awarded the Grand Prix for design at the Exposition Universelle at Paris in 1900. In 1906, he became a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture and served as director of the Academy of Fine Arts for periods between 1908-18.[2]

Nyrop designed the Copenhagen City Hall (1905) in National Romantic style and the majority of the buildings for the Nordic Industrial, Agricultural and Art Exhibition in Copenhagen (1888). [3] [4] [5]

Copenhagen City Hall (1905)

Selected buildings

References
  1. "Nyrop, Martin, f. 1849, Arkitekt". Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  2. "Martin Nyrop". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  3. Funder, Lise. Arkitekten Martin Nyrop. København: Foreningen til gamle Bygningers Bevaring, 1979.
  4. "Københavns Rådhus". visitcopenhagen.dk. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  5. "Den nordiske Industri-, Landbrugs- og Kunstudstilling i 1888". Danmarks Historie. Retrieved January 1, 2019.

Other sources
  • Funder, Lisa (1979) Arkitekten Martin Nyrop (Copenhagen: Gyldendal) ISBN 978-8787546058
  • Linvald, Steffen (1988) Den nordiske Industri-, Landbrugs- og Kunstudstilling i København 1888 : et hundredårsminde (Lynge: Bogans forlag) ISBN 8774661094
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