Gottlieb Bindesbøll

Michael Gottlieb Birckner Bindesbøll (5 September 1800 – 14 July 1856) was a Danish architect active during the Danish Golden Age in the first half of the 19th century. Most known for his design of Thorvaldsens Museum in Copenhagen, he was a key figure in the stylistic shift in Danish architecture from late classicism to Historicism. He was the father of the designer Thorvald Bindesbøll and the textile artist Johanne Bindesbøll.

Michael Gottlieb Bindesbøll
Constantin Hansen, Portrait of Gottlieb Bindesbøll, 1840
Born(1800-09-05)5 September 1800
Ledøje, Denmark
Died14 July 1856(1856-07-14) (aged 55)
Frederiksberg, Denmark
NationalityDanish
Alma materRoyal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
OccupationArchitect
AwardsC. F. Hansen Medal (1833)
BuildingsThorvaldsens Museum
Brumleby
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