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Børge Christoffer Nyrop
(1881-1948)
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Børge Christoffer Nyrop (1881-1948) was born January 15, 1881 in Copenhagen the son of manufacturer Johan Ernst Nyrop. He studied at S. and G. Vermehren's private school, graduated from Kunstakademiet (the Royal Academy of Fine Arts) in Copenhagen, Denmark, and in 1907 continued his education in Paris under L. Simon. He went on further study tours to Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium.

Borge Nyrop received Soedring's prize in 1907 and Neuhausen's prize in 1911 (both private distinctions). He exhibited for more than 30 years at Charlottenborg mostly with landscapes but also with portraits and labor motifs. His style of painting was naturalistic/impressionistic.

Beside Denmark and France, Nyrop traveled and worked in Italy, Germany, Belgium and The Netherlands. Although he painted portraits, labor motifs, and cityscapes, Nyrop is best known for the fantastic sunlit farm scenes and detailed naturalist landscapes from the west coast at Jutland, often with working people.

A Nyrop painting "Paris in the Spring" sold for $31,701 at Sotheby's, London, in 1998 (lot 235, 26 3/4" by 23 5/8").