Mosaikkerne på Skt. Anne - Odense, Danmark - Mosaics on Waymarking.com

Allerede i 1938 gik Sygekassen Odense med planer om at bygge et nyt stort hovedsæde på grunden, hvor Bryggeriet Odense havde ligget, og der blev også sat forskelligt arbejde i gang. I 1942 opførte ejendomsaktieselskabet Skt. Anne to beboelsesbygninger og et underjordisk garageanlæg ud til Filosofgangen (nr. 7-9). Det var den Odensefødte arkitekt Holger Jacobsens tegnestue, der slog stregerne til byggeriet. Tegnestuen stod i øvrigt 1930-32 bag ombygningen af Fyens Disconto Kasse på Flakhaven, hvor Holger Jacobsens bror, Georg, var bankdirektør.

Krigen og efterkrigstidens mangel på materialer satte i første omgang en stopper for sygekassens byggeri, der blev betydelig forsinket. Først i 1947 kom der skred i sagen igen, da udgravningerne gik i gang.

I maj 1949 var alt klappet og klar til nedlæggelse af grundsten. Og to år senere, i februar 1951, var huset klar til at blive taget i brug, så sygekassen kunne flytte fra meget små og trange forhold i Vestergade 23 til landets mest moderne kontorlokaler.

Den nye sygekassebygning skulle selvfølgelig også udsmykkes. Det blev til to store mosaikker på facaden. Kunstneren bag mosaikkerne var maleren Grethe Jacobsen (1912-91), der tilfældigvis også var datter af arkitekten. Hun arbejdede ellers mest som maler og lavede både portrætter, landskaber og mytologiske figurer. Og mosaikken på sygekassens facade var vistnok hendes eneste større udsmykningsarbejde.

English: As early as 1938, Sygekassen Odense made plans to build a new large headquarters on the site where Bryggeriet Odense had been located, and various work was also started. In 1942, the real estate company Skt. Anne two residential buildings and an underground garage next to Filosofgangen (nos. 7-9). It was the Odense-born architect Holger Jacobsen's design studio that drew the lines for the construction. The design studio was also behind the rebuilding of Fyens Disconto Kasse at Flakhaven in 1930-32, where Holger Jacobsen's brother, Georg, was bank director.

The war and the post-war shortage of materials initially put an end to the construction of the health insurance fund, which was significantly delayed. It was not until 1947 that progress in the case began again, when the excavations began.

By May 1949, everything was clapped and ready for the laying of the foundation stone. And two years later, in February 1951, the house was ready to be taken into use, so that the health insurance fund could move from very small and cramped conditions in Vestergade 23 to the country's most modern office premises.

Of course, the new sickness fund building also had to be decorated. It turned into two large mosaics on the facade. The artist behind the mosaics was the painter Grethe Jacobsen (1912-91), who also happened to be the daughter of the architect. She otherwise worked mostly as a painter and made portraits, landscapes and mythological figures. And the mosaic on the facade of the health insurance fund was probably her only major decoration work.

Source: Historiens hus

Specific visit requirements: None. Access all day. Address: Skt. Annes plads, 2 Odense, Fyn Danmark 5000 Related web site: [Web Link]

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