Jean Gauguin & Ceramics

Ordrupgaard houses one of Denmark's most significant collections of works by Jean René Gauguin (1881-1961). The museum's founders, Henny and Wilhelm Hansen, recognized the Danish-French sculptor's talent, and in 1927 they commissioned the masterpiece, the fountain group "The Merman and the Mermaid", which was unveiled in the Rose Garden the following year. The collection has been expanded since then.