Brandes, Georg

Georg Brandes, Georg Morris Cohen Brandes, 1842-1927, kritiker, forfatter.

Født: 4.2.1842 i København

Gift: 29.7.1876 i Berlin med Johanne Louise Henriette (kaldet Gerda) Strodtmann, f. Steinhoff

Død: 19.2.1927 i København - Bisat fra Bispebjerg krematorium, asken spredt ved Den slesvigske sten i Dyrehaven.

Bror til Edvard Brandes og Ernst Brandes.

Lokationer i Skagen

  • Brøndums Hotel

  • Anchers Hus

Relationer

  • Holger Drachmann

  • Adda Ravnkilde (Sæby)

Biografi i relation til Skagen

Da George Brandes i 1883 tog til Skagen, var det utvivltsomt for at holde ferie i nærheden af ungdomsvennen P.S. Krøyer. Men også Christian Krohgs tilstedeværelse har fristet ham - Krohg havde malet Brandes i Berlin tidligere.

Brandes beskriver i sin selvbiografi kunstnerkolonien som nogle der ikke lavede andet end æde og drikke: "Det hele selskab sad fra morgen til aften hos Brøndums; ustandselig spisende, drikkende, debatterende, drøftende, modsigende, fældende. Et par gange om dagen rejste man sig fra bordet og gik i vandet."

Anekdote:

Georg Brandes gik ind for kvinders ret til et seksualliv før og under ægteskabet, men på trods at hans holdning og egne udøvelse af dette, mente han ikke at det gjaldt lige for hans egen hustru!

Marie Triepcke (Krøyer) overværede Georg Brandes' forelæsninger i sine unge dage!

Brev fra Georg Brandes til Henrik Pontoppidan, sendt fra Brøndums Hotel, Skagen. 4. september 1915

Nyt Fjæs paa Væggen paa Brøndums Hotel

Skagen. Brøndums Hotel, 4 Sept. 15

Kære Henrik Pontoppidan Tag mod en Hilsen fra dette smukke Sted, som De kender saa godt, og hvor man imorgen vil indføre mit gamle Fjæs paa Væggen ved Siden af Deres Hoved, idet man flytter om paa Billederne for at give mig et Selskab, der passer for mig, imellem de mange Malere og Malerinder. De husker nok den lange Række af huggede Hoveder i den gamle Spisesal.

Jeg har været her lidt over en Uge i fuldkommen paradisisk Vejr, høj Luft, ren Himmel af lysere blaa Farve for neden og herligt mørkeblaa under Kysten, skiftevis Blæst og Stille, altid varmende Sol og derefter Stjerner. Efter lang Tids Sløvhed er jeg bleven flittig paany.

Jeg tænker tidt paa Dem og Deres Hustru, med Sorg over denne langvarige Sygdom. Det forekommer mig, jeg hørte sige, De begge vilde tage Ophold i Kjøbenhavn, véd ikke om det er rigtigt.

Jeg var glad ved at træffe Dem hos Nathansen i Sommer. Ham har jeg siden ikke set, men jeg kan 2 ikke billige, at det mer og mer bliver en fast Forestilling hos ham, at han skal og bør trække sig ud af Berøring med Menneskene. Hvorledes skal en Dramatiker skrive uden stadig Berøring med denne Dyreart! Vi saa, hvorledes den stakkels Gustav Wied blev ved at tære paa gamle Erindringer. Der staar i Bladene, at der snart kommer et nyt Bind af Dem. Saa meget des bedre.

Hotellet her er ganske fuldt, har vel ca. 80 Mennesker tilbords, men ikke én interesserer mig. Jeg har Fru Talitha Schütte at tale med undertiden; hun boer i en Udkant af Byen, en halv Times Gang herfra.

Anchers er overmaade rare og brave, men han, der i Aar har saadant Held med sig, at han sælger alt muligt, selv det ældste og det svageste, – i to Maaneder for over 20,000 Kr. – maa efter sit Væsen bevare sit Humør skidt. Hun er anderledes ligevægtig og maler ivrigt.

Levvel. Da vi ikke er tyske vil jeg slutte uden at nedbede nogen Guds Straf over England. Den gamle Herre synes iøvrigt at holde med Tyskerne. Jeg glæder mig over, han ikke har slaaet min Svigersøn ihjel, men gjort ham til Kommandant.

Deres hengivne Georg Brandes

Biography in relation to Skagen

When George Brandes went to Skagen in 1883, it was undoubtedly to spend a holiday near his childhood friend P.S. Krøyer. But he was also tempted by Christian Krohg's presence - Krohg had painted Brandes in Berlin earlier. In his autobiography, Brandes describes the artists' colony as some who did nothing but eat and drink: 'The whole company sat from morning till night at Brøndums; incessantly eating, drinking, debating, discussing, contradicting, felling. A few times a day they got up from the table and went into the water."

Anecdote:

Georg Brandes advocated women's right to a sexual life before and during marriage, but despite his stance and his own pursuit of this, he did not think it applied equally to his own wife!

Marie Triepcke (Krøyer) attended Georg Brandes' lectures in her younger days!

Letter from Georg Brandes to Henrik Pontoppidan, sent from Brøndums Hotel, Skagen. 4 September 1915:

New Face on the Wall at Brøndums Hotel

Skagen. Brøndums Hotel, 4 Sept. 15

Dear Henrik Pontoppidan Please accept a greeting from this beautiful place, which you know so well, and where tomorrow they will introduce my old face on the wall next to your head, moving the pictures to give me a company suitable for me, among the many painters and paintresses. You will remember the long row of carved heads in the old dining-room.

I have been here a little over a week in perfect paradisiacal weather, high air, pure sky of lighter blue below and glorious dark blue below the coast, alternating wind and stillness, always warming sun and then stars. After a long lethargy I have become industrious.

I think of you and your wife often, with sorrow for this long illness. It seems to me I heard you both said you would stay in Copenhagen, I do not know if it is true.

I was glad to see you at Nathansen's this summer. I have not seen him since, but I cannot approve of his becoming more and more convinced that he must and ought to withdraw from contact with men. How can a dramatist write without constant contact with this species! We saw how poor Gustav Wied was dredging up old memories. It says in the papers that there will soon be another volume by you. So much the better.

The hotel here is quite full, must have about 80 people on board, but not one interests me. I have Mrs. Talitha Schütte to talk to sometimes; she lives on the outskirts of the town, half an hour's walk from here.

The Anchers are exceedingly kind and brave, but he, who this year has been so fortunate as to sell all sorts of things, even the oldest and the weakest, - in two months for over 20,000 DKK - must, by his nature, keep his spirits low. She is differently poised, and paints eagerly.

Goodbye. As we are not German, I will conclude without invoking any punishment of God upon England. The old gentleman, by the way, seems to agree with the Germans. I am glad he has not killed my son-in-law, but made him a commander.

Yours affectionately, Georg Brandes