Notable Alumni of Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts [Sorted List]

1. Christian Heinrich Grosch

1801-1865 (aged 64)

architect

Christian Heinrich Grosch was a Danish-born Norwegian architect. He was a dominant figure in Norwegian architecture in the first half of the 1800s.

2. Gottlieb Bindesbøll

1800-1856 (aged 56)

university teacher architect

Michael Gottlieb Birckner Bindesbøll 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...

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3. Johannes Flintoe

1787-1870 (aged 83)

painter

Johannes Flintoe was a Danish-born painter of Norwegian ancestry. He is known for his landscapes, costume studies and historical scenes. His works play a significant role in the transition to romantic nationalism.

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4. Sigurd Swane

1879-1973 (aged 94)

writer painter

Sigurd Swane was a Danish Post-Impressionist painter and poet; known primarily for his landscapes. His former home Malergården in Odsherred was converted into a historic house museum in 2004.

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5. Heinrich Wenck

1851-1936 (aged 85)

painter architect

Heinrich Emil Charles Wenck (10 March 1851 – 3 February 1936) was a Danish architect, known for the numerous railway stations he designed in his capacity of chief architect for the Danish State Railways from 1894 to 1921. During the years Wenck held the post, the railway network in Denmark experienced a strong expansion and he designed around 150 stations...

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6. Jørgen Roed

1808-1888 (aged 80)

painter sculptor printmaker university teacher

Jørgen Roed, Danish portrait and genre painter associated with the Golden Age of Danish Painting, was born in Ringsted to Peder Jørgensen Roed and wife, Ellen Hansdatter.

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7. Svend Hammershøi

1873-1948 (aged 75)

painter porcelain painter

Svend Hammershøi was a Danish painter and ceramist. He is remembered principally for the classical pottery designs he contributed to the Royal Copenhagen (Kongelige Porcelainsfabrik) and to Kähler's Ceramics Factory (Kählers Keramiske Værksted) in Næstved.

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8. Frederik Vermehren

1823-1910 (aged 87)

painter university teacher

Johan Frederik Nikolai Vermehren, also known as Frederik Vermehren (12 May 1823 – 10 January 1910), a genre and portrait painter in the realist style.

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9. C. C. A. Christensen

1831-1912 (aged 81)

hymnwriter painter

Carl Christian Anton Christensen was a Danish-American painter who painted the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It was said of Christensen that he "did more than any other person to capture the images of the history of Mormon migration to Utah and the life lived there".

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10. Ferdinand Meldahl

1827-1908 (aged 81)

architect politician

Ferdinand Meldahl was a Danish architect best known for the reconstruction of Frederiksborg Castle after the fire in 1859. Meldahl was one of the leading proponents of historicism in Denmark.

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11. Frants Henningsen

1850-1908 (aged 58)

painter

Frants Peter Diderik Henningsen was a Danish painter, illustrator and professor. His paintings depict unfortunate occurrences in the lives of middle-class people living in Copenhagen during difficult times. His connections with Denmark's more traditional, realist school encouraged criticism from many of his more reactionary contemporaries, especially Karl Madsen who objected to his appointment as a professor at the Academy in...

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12. Knud Baade

1808-1879 (aged 71)

painter

Knud Baade was a Norwegian painter, mostly of portraits and landscapes. He was particularly known for his moonlight paintings which are characterized by strong and dramatic contrasts between light and shadow.

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13. Albert Küchler

1803-1886 (aged 83)

visual artist painter

Albert Küchler, O.F.M., also known as Peter of Copenhagen, was a Danish painter associated with the Danish Golden Age. He mainly painted genre works and portraits. He was highly esteemed by his contemporaries but is little known today. Later in life, he converted to Catholicism and became a member of the Order of Friars Minor

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14. Julius Exner

1825-1910 (aged 85)

painter

Johan Julius Exner,, Danish genre painter, was born in Copenhagen to Johann Gottlieb Exner, a Czech musician from Bohemia, who came to Denmark during the Napoleonic period, and his wife Karen Jørgensdatter. Exner originally intended on becoming a history painter, but quickly found his niche, however, in genre painting, the most popular and lucrative painting style of his era. His...

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15. Antonio Jacobsen

1850-1921 (aged 71)

painter

Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen was a Danish-born American maritime artist known as the "Audubon of Steam Vessels".

16. Johan Ludwig Lund

1777-1867 (aged 90)

painter

Johan Ludwig Gebhard Lund was a Danish painter, born in Kiel, Duchy of Holstein, to master painter Hans Giewert Lund and his wife Maria Magdalena Christina Bremer. An adherent of romanticism, he is known for his history paintings.

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17. Ruth Smith

1913-1958 (aged 45)

painter

Ruth Smith Nielsen was a Faroese artist.

18. Joakim Skovgaard

1856-1933 (aged 77)

exlibrist graphic artist painter mosaicist sculptor

Joakim Frederik Skovgaard was a Danish painter. He is remembered above all for the frescos which decorate Viborg Cathedral.

19. Vilhelm Kyhn

1819-1903 (aged 84)

landscape painter painter

Peter Vilhelm Carl Kyhn was a Danish landscape painter who belonged to the generation of national romantic painters immediately after the Danish Golden Age and before the Modern Breakthrough. Even though he outlived many of his artistic peers by several decades, he remained a traditionalist and expressed strong criticism of many of the new trends in the painting of his...

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20. Nina Sten-Knudsen

1957-. (aged 69)

painter film actor

Nina Sten-Knudsen is a Danish painter who played a central role in the Danish Wild Youth trend in the 1980s. She gained recognition from her participation in the 1982 exhibition Kniven på hovedet (Knife on the Head) held at Tranegården in Gentofte. More recently, her large landscapes raise existential questions of past and present, the merits of the modern world...

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21. Anton Melbye

1818-1875 (aged 57)

photographer painter

Daniel Herman Anton Melbye was a Danish painter and photographer who specialised in marine art. He was the brother of fellow painters Vilhelm and Fritz Melbye.

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22. Ásgrímur Jónsson

1876-1958 (aged 82)

painter

Ásgrímur Jónsson was an Icelandic painter, and one of the first in the country to make art a professional living.

23. Karl Madsen

1855-1938 (aged 83)

art historian painter biographer

Carl Johan Wilhelm Madsen, commonly known as Karl Madsen, was a Danish painter and art historian with close connections to the Skagen Painters.

24. Oscar Wergeland

1844-1910 (aged 66)

genre painter painter

Oscar Arnold Wergeland was a Norwegian painter. He is best known for his historical painting of the Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll (Riksforsamlingen på Eidsvoll 1814). Two of his paintings are held in the National Gallery of Norway.

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25. Kim Hiorthøy

1973-. (aged 53)

photographer musician film director cinematographer actor

Kim Hiorthøy is a Norwegian electronic musician, graphic designer, illustrator, filmmaker, and writer.

26. Vilhelm Dahlerup

1836-1907 (aged 71)

designer architect furniture designer

Jens Vilhelm Dahlerup was a Danish architect who specialized in the Historicist style. One of the most productive and noted Danish architects of the 19th century, he is behind many of the most known buildings and landmarks of his time and has more than any other single architect contributed to the way Copenhagen appears today.

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27. Carl Locher

1851-1915 (aged 64)

painter etcher

Carl Locher was a Danish realist painter who from an early age became a member of the Skagen group of painters.

28. Christian Skredsvig

1854-1924 (aged 70)

writer painter

Christian Skredsvig was a Norwegian painter and writer. He employed an artistic style reflecting naturalism. He is especially well known for his picturesque and lyrical depictions of the landscape.

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29. Harald Slott-Møller

1864-1937 (aged 73)

painter ceramicist

Harald Slott-Møller was a Danish painter and ceramist. Together with his wife, the painter Agnes Slott-Møller, he was a founding member of Den Frie Udstilling (The Free Exhibition).

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30. Jørgen Sonne

1801-1890 (aged 89)

painter draftsperson graphic artist

Jørgen Valentin Sonne was a Danish genre painter; known primarily for his battle scenes.

31. Ditlev Blunck

1798-1853 (aged 55)

painter

Ditlev Conrad Blunck was a Danish-German painter associated with the Danish Golden Age during the first half of the 19th century.

32. Kristian von Bengtson

1974-. (aged 52)

engineer architect

Kristian von Bengtson is a Danish architect, specializing in crewed spaceflight, a resident of Copenhagen and married to animation director Karla von Bengtson. He is most notable for his involvement in founding Copenhagen Suborbitals and European launcher company Orbex.

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33. Christen Dalsgaard

1824-1907 (aged 83)

painter

Christen Dalsgaard was a Danish painter, a late student of Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg.

34. Fritz Syberg

1862-1939 (aged 77)

illustrator painter

Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Syberg, generally known as Fritz Syberg, was a Danish painter and illustrator, one of the or Funen Painters (Fynboerne) living and working on the island of Funen.

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35. Axel Salto

1889-1961 (aged 72)

draftsperson printmaker graphic artist painter ceramicist

Axel Johannes Salto was a Danish ceramic artist of international fame. His works also include painting, graphic design and illustrations for books, jewelry and textiles. As author and founder of the art magazine Klingen (1917–1919), Salto was also an important contributor to the art debate in Denmark.

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36. Danh Vō

1975-. (aged 51)

installation artist sculptor

Danh Võ is a contemporary artist of Vietnamese descent. He lives and works in Berlin and Mexico City.

37. Kay Fisker

1893-1965 (aged 72)

university teacher designer architect

Kay Otto Fisker Hon. FAIA was a Danish architect, designer and educator. He is mostly known for his many housing projects, mainly in the Copenhagen area, and is considered a leading exponent of Danish Functionalism.

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38. Vilhelm Pedersen

1820-1859 (aged 39)

naval officer painter illustrator

Thomas Vilhelm Pedersen was a Danish painter and illustrator who is known for his illustrations for fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen. He was the first artist to illustrate Andersen's works. His drawings were converted into wood prints and used in the Danish and German editions.

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39. Louis Moe

1857-1945 (aged 88)

draftsperson printmaker graphic artist painter illustrator

Louis Moe was a Norwegian painter, illustrator and writer who settled in Denmark.

40. Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint

1853-1930 (aged 77)

designer painter architect

Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint was a Danish architect, designer, painter and architectural theorist, best known for designing Grundtvig's Church in Copenhagen, generally considered to be one of the most important Danish architectural works of the time. Its Expressionist style relies heavily on Scandinavian brick Gothic traditions.

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41. Christian Morgenstern

1871-1914 (aged 43)

writer playwright anthroposophist translator poet

Christian Ernst Bernhard Morgenstern was a German landscape painter. Morgenstern is regarded as one of the pioneers in Germany of early Realism in painting. He gained this reputation in Hamburg 1826-1829 together with his contemporary Adolph Friedrich Vollmer while both were still studying; from 1830 onwards, Morgenstern, together with Friedrich Wasmann, Johan Christian Dahl and Adolph Menzel, introduced Munich to...

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42. Hack Kampmann

1856-1920 (aged 64)

architect

Hack Kampmann was a Danish architect, Royal Inspector of Listed State Buildings in Jutland and professor at the architecture department of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Marselisborg Palace in Aarhus, built between 1899 and 1902, is among his best known works.

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43. Christian August Lorentzen

1749-1828 (aged 79)

painter university teacher

Christian August Lorentzen was a Danish painter.

44. Herman Wilhelm Bissen

1798-1868 (aged 70)

sculptor

Herman Wilhelm Bissen was a Danish sculptor. Bissen created a number of public works, working in plaster, marble and bronze.

45. Bettina Heinen-Ayech

1937-2020 (aged 83)

painter publisher graphic artist

Bettina Heinen-Ayech was a German painter. She became known for her colorful landscape views of Algeria. Between 1955 and 2017 she had many exhibitions worldwide and won several prizes. Heinen-Ayech died on 7 June 2020.

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46. Asmus Jacob Carstens

1754-1798 (aged 44)

painter graphic designer cooper draftsperson

Asmus Jacob Carstens was a Danish-German painter, one of the most committed artists of German Neoclassicism. His career was erratic, partly because of his difficult personality, and the majority of his large projects were left incomplete, or subsequently destroyed. Much of what survives is in the form of drawings, many using "a schematic, pale colouring as a timid and humble...

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47. Jens Adolf Jerichau

1816-1883 (aged 67)

painter sculptor

Emil Jens Baumann Adolf Jerichau was a Danish sculptor. He belonged to the generation immediately after Bertel Thorvaldsen, for whom he worked briefly in Rome, but gradually moved away from the static Neoclassicism he inherited from him and towards a more dynamic and realistic style. He was a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and its director...

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48. Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval

1885-1972 (aged 87)

poet painter

Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval was an Icelandic painter. He is considered one of the most important artists of Iceland. His son is interior designer Sveinn Kjarval.

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49. Carl Rasmussen

1841-1893 (aged 52)

painter

Jens Erik Carl Rasmussen was a Danish painter best known for his marine art and scenes of Greenland.

50. Wilhelm Bendz

1804-1832 (aged 28)

painter

Wilhelm Ferdinand Bendz was a Danish painter mainly known for genre works and portraits which often portray his artist colleagues and their daily lives. He was one of the most talented artists in the successful generation of painters who studied under Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg but died early and has therefore left a relatively small oeuvre.

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51. P. C. Skovgaard

1817-1875 (aged 58)

painter university teacher

Peter Christian Thamsen Skovgaard, known as P. C. Skovgaard, was a Danish national romantic landscape painter. He is considered one of the leading landscape painters of the 19th century and is one of the main figures associated with the Golden Age of Danish Painting. He is especially known for his large scale portrayals of the Danish landscape.

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52. Christian Albrecht Jensen

1792-1870 (aged 78)

portrait painter painter

Christian Albrecht Jensen was a Danish portrait painter who was active during the Golden Age of Danish Painting in the first half of the 19th century. Painting more than 400 portraits over the course of his career, he depicted most of the leading figures of the Danish Golden Age, including the writer Hans Christian Andersen, the painter Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg,...

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53. Otto Bache

1839-1927 (aged 88)

illustrator painter

Otto Bache was a Danish Realist painter best known for his depictions of historical scenes, animal studies, genre compositions, and portraits. His work played an important role in Danish nineteenth-century art, and he remained closely connected with the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts throughout his life.

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54. Ib Spang Olsen

1921-2012 (aged 91)

film screenwriter television director film actor film director graphic artist

Ib Spang Olsen was a Danish writer and illustrator best known to generations of Danes for cartoons and illustrations, many of which appeared in children's publications. Those include a series of nursery rhyme books written by Halfdan Rasmussen, including "Halfdans ABC".

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55. Thorvald Bindesbøll

1846-1908 (aged 62)

designer printmaker sculptor decorative artist watercolorist

Thorvald Bindesbøll was a Danish National romantic architect, sculptor and ornamental artist. He designed the Dragon Fountain, Copenhagen (Dragespringvandet) and is perhaps best known as the creator of the Carlsberg beer label, which has remained unchanged since it was introduced.

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56. Steen Eiler Rasmussen

1898-1990 (aged 92)

art historian architect writer designer university teacher

Steen Eiler Rasmussen, Hon. FAIA was a Danish architect and urban planner who was a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, and a prolific writer of books and poetry. He was made a Royal Designer for Industry by the British Royal Society of Arts in 1947.

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57. Christian Hansen

1803-1883 (aged 80)

university teacher architect

Hans Christian Hansen was a Historicist Danish architect who worked 18 years in Greece where he was active in the transformation of Athens from a small town to the country's capital and an international metropolis. Later in his career he returned to Denmark, where he became a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and designed buildings such...

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58. Carl Holsøe

1863-1935 (aged 72)

painter

Carl Vilhelm Holsøe was a Danish artist who primarily painted interiors.

59. Eilif Peterssen

1852-1928 (aged 76)

painter draftsperson

Hjalmar Eilif Emanuel Peterssen was a Norwegian painter. He is most commonly associated with his landscapes and portraits. He gained early recognition for the history painting Christian II signing the Death Warrant of Torben Oxe and established himself as one of Norway's foremost portrait painters, with portraits of, among others, Henrik Ibsen and Edvard Grieg. He also became known for...

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60. Jens Ferdinand Willumsen

1863-1958 (aged 95)

painter architect sculptor photographer graphic artist

Jens Ferdinand Willumsen was a Danish painter, sculptor, graphic artist, architect and photographer. He became associated with the movements of Symbolism and Expressionism.

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61. Georg Friedrich Kersting

1785-1847 (aged 62)

painter

Georg Friedrich Kersting was a German painter, best known for his Biedermeier-style interior paintings and his association with fellow artist Caspar David Friedrich.

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62. Kristian Zahrtmann

1843-1917 (aged 74)

painter genre painter history painter

Peder Henrik Kristian Zahrtmann, known as Kristian Zahrtmann, was a Danish painter. He was a part of the Danish artistic generation in the late 19th century, along with Peder Severin Krøyer and Theodor Esbern Philipsen, who broke away from both the strictures of traditional Academicism and the heritage of the Golden Age of Danish Painting, in favor of naturalism and...

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63. Constantin Hansen

1804-1880 (aged 76)

painter

Carl Christian Constantin Hansen was one of the painters associated with the Golden Age of Danish Painting. He was deeply interested in literature and mythology, and inspired by art historian Niels Laurits Høyen, he tried to recreate a national historical painting based on Norse mythology. He painted also many altarpieces and portraits, including the monumental oil painting The Danish Constituent...

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64. Viggo Johansen

1851-1935 (aged 84)

painter

Viggo Johansen was a Danish painter and active member of the group of Skagen Painters who met every summer in the north of Jutland. He was one of Denmark's most prominent painters in the 1890s.

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65. Christian Frederik Hansen

1756-1845 (aged 89)

university teacher architect

Christian Frederik Hansen, known as C. F. Hansen, was the leading Danish architect between the late 18th century and the mid 19th century, and on account of his position at the Royal Danish Academy of Art (Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi) the most powerful person in artistic circles for many years. He was known as "Denmark’s Palladio" on account of the...

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66. Jens Juel

1745-1802 (aged 57)

painter

Jens Juel was a Danish painter, primarily known for his many portraits, of which the largest collection is on display at Frederiksborg Castle. He is regarded as the leading Danish portrait painter of the 18th century.

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67. Edvard Eriksen

1876-1959 (aged 83)

artist sculptor

Edvard Eriksen was a Danish–Icelandic sculptor.

68. Paul Gustav Fischer

1860-1934 (aged 74)

photographer draftsperson sculptor painter illustrator

Paul Gustav Fischer was a Danish painter.

69. Bjørn Wiinblad

1918-2006 (aged 88)

ceramicist painter designer

Bjørn Wiinblad, was a Danish painter, designer and artist in ceramics, silver, bronze, textiles, and graphics. His work has been shown widely in Europe, in the United States of America first in 1954 and in Japan, Australia and Canada in 1968. Wiinblad was named Man of the Year in New York in 1985 and was awarded the American-Scandinavian Foundation’s Cultural...

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70. Nicolai Abildgaard

1743-1809 (aged 66)

designer draftsperson sculptor university teacher painter

Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard was a Danish neoclassical and royal history painter, sculptor, architect, and professor of painting, mythology, and anatomy at the New Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen, Denmark. Many of his works were in the royal Christiansborg Palace (some destroyed by fire 1794), Fredensborg Palace, and Levetzau Palace at Amalienborg.

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71. Erik Henningsen

1855-1930 (aged 75)

painter

Erik Ludvig Henningsen was a Danish painter and illustrator. He is best known for his Social Realist paintings of poor and exposed groups in the 1880s and 1890s. He was the younger brother of Frants Henningsen who was also a painter.

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72. Martinus Rørbye

1803-1848 (aged 45)

graphic artist painter

Martinus Christian Wesseltoft Rørbye was a Danish painter, known both for genre works and landscapes. He was a central figure of the Golden Age of Danish painting during the first half of the 19th century.

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73. Wilhelm Marstrand

1810-1873 (aged 63)

painter university teacher

Nicolai Wilhelm Marstrand, painter and illustrator, was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, to Nicolai Jacob Marstrand, instrument maker and inventor, and Petra Othilia Smith. Marstrand is one of the most renowned artists belonging to the Golden Age of Danish Painting.

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74. Johan Lundbye

1818-1848 (aged 30)

graphic artist painter

Johan Thomas Lundbye was a Danish painter and graphic artist, known for his animal and landscape paintings. He was inspired by Niels Laurits Høyen's call to develop nationalistic art through depictions of Denmark's characteristic landscapes; the historical buildings and monuments, and the country's simple, rural people. He became one of his generation's national romantic painters, along with P. C. Skovgaard...

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75. Einar Jónsson

1874-1954 (aged 80)

sculptor

Einar Jónsson was an Icelandic sculptor, born in Galtafell, a farm in southern Iceland.

76. Christen Købke

1810-1848 (aged 38)

painter lithographer graphic artist etcher

Christen Schiellerup Købke was a Danish painter, and one of the best-known artists from the Golden Age of Danish Painting.

77. Johan Christian Dahl

1788-1857 (aged 69)

painter professor

Johan Christian Claussen Dahl, often known as J. C. Dahl or I. C. Dahl, was a Danish-Norwegian artist who is considered the first great romantic painter in Norway, the founder of the "golden age" of Norwegian painting. He is often described as "the father of Norwegian landscape painting" and is regarded as the first Norwegian painter to reach a level...

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78. Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg

1783-1853 (aged 70)

painter university teacher

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg was a Danish painter. He was born in Blåkrog in the Duchy of Schleswig (now in Aabenraa Municipality, in the southern part of Jutland in Denmark). He went on to lay the foundation for the period of art known as the Golden Age of Danish Painting, and is referred to as the "Father of Danish painting".

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79. Michael Ancher

1849-1927 (aged 78)

painter

Michael Peter Ancher was a Danish realist artist, widely known for his paintings of fishermen, the Skagerrak and the North Sea, and other scenes from the Danish fishing community in Skagen.

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80. Peder Mørk Mønsted

1859-1941 (aged 82)

landscape painter

Peder Mørk Mønsted was a Danish realist painter. He is best known for his landscape paintings in a realistic style. His favorite motifs include snowy winter landscapes, still water and forests.

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81. Holger Drachmann

1846-1908 (aged 62)

poet

Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann was a Danish poet, dramatist and painter. He was a member of the Skagen artistic colony and became a figure of the Scandinavian Modern Breakthrough Movement.

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82. Laurits Andersen Ring

1854-1933 (aged 79)

painter ceramicist

Laurits Andersen Ring was one of the foremost Danish painters of the turn of the 20th century, who pioneered both symbolism and social realism in Denmark. Considered one of the masterpieces of Danish culture, his painting Summer Day by Roskilde Fjord was included in the 2006 Danish Culture Canon.

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83. Finn Juhl

1912-1989 (aged 77)

designer furniture designer university teacher architect

Finn Juhl was a Danish architect, interior and industrial designer, most known for his furniture design. He was one of the leading figures in the creation of Danish design in the 1940s and he was the designer who introduced Danish modern to America.

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84. Adolph Tidemand

1814-1876 (aged 62)

painter genre painter history painter

Adolph Tidemand was a noted Norwegian romantic nationalism painter. Among his best known paintings are Haugianerne (The Haugeans; 1852) and Brudeferd i Hardanger (The Bridal Procession in Hardanger; 1848), painted in collaboration with Hans Gude.

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85. Henning Larsen

1925-2013 (aged 88)

architect

Henning Larsen Hon. FAIA was a Danish architect. He is internationally known for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Riyadh and the Copenhagen Opera House.

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86. Laurits Tuxen

1853-1927 (aged 74)

sculptor painter history painter

Laurits Regner Tuxen CVO was a Danish painter and sculptor specialising in figure painting. He was also associated with the Skagen Painters. He was the first head of Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler, an art school established in the 1880s to provide an alternative to the education offered by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.

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87. Peder Severin Krøyer

1851-1909 (aged 58)

sculptor painter graphic artist

Peder Severin Krøyer, also known as P. S. Krøyer, was a Danish painter.

88. Verner Panton

1926-1998 (aged 72)

university teacher architect painter designer textile artist

Verner Panton is considered one of Denmark's most influential 20th-century furniture and interior designers. During his career, he created innovative and futuristic designs in a variety of materials, especially plastics, and in vibrant and exotic colors. His style was very "1960s" but regained popularity at the end of the 20th century. As of 2004, Panton's best-known furniture models are still...

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89. Philipp Otto Runge

1777-1810 (aged 33)

printmaker painter writer draftsperson poet

Philipp Otto Runge was a German artist, draftsman, painter, and color theorist. Runge and Caspar David Friedrich are often regarded as the leading painters of the German Romantic movement. He is frequently compared with William Blake by art historians, although Runge's short ten-year career is not easy to equate to Blake's career. By all accounts he had a brilliant mind...

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90. Carl Bloch

1834-1890 (aged 56)

printmaker painter

Carl Heinrich Bloch was a Danish painter.

91. Jan Gehl

1936-. (aged 90)

urban planner architect

Jan Gehl Hon. FAIA is a Danish architect and urban design consultant based in Copenhagen whose career has focused on improving the quality of urban life by re-orienting city design towards the pedestrian and cyclist. He is a founding partner of Gehl Architects.

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92. Bjarke Ingels

1974-. (aged 52)

university teacher architect

Bjarke Bundgaard Ingels is a Danish architect, founder and creative partner of Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG).

93. Ólafur Elíasson

1967-. (aged 59)

visual artist

Olafur Eliasson is an Icelandic–Danish artist known for sculptured and large-scaled installation art employing elemental materials such as light, water, and air temperature to enhance the viewer's experience.

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94. Arne Jacobsen

1902-1971 (aged 69)

designer architect furniture designer

Arne Emil Jacobsen, Hon. FAIA was a Danish architect and furniture designer. He is remembered for his contribution to architectural functionalism and for the worldwide success he enjoyed with simple well-designed chairs.

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95. Bertel Thorvaldsen

1770-1844 (aged 74)

designer sculptor

Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen was a Danish-Icelandic sculptor and medalist of international fame, who spent most of his life (1797–1838) in Italy. Thorvaldsen was born in Copenhagen into a working-class Danish/Icelandic family, and was accepted to the Royal Danish Academy of Art at the age of eleven. Working part-time with his father, who was a wood carver, Thorvaldsen won many honors...

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96. Vilhelm Hammershøi

1864-1916 (aged 52)

visual artist painter

Vilhelm Hammershøi, often anglicised as Vilhelm Hammershoi (15 May 1864 – 13 February 1916), was a Danish painter. He is known for his poetic, subdued portraits and interiors. In 1905, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote of the artist, "Hammershøi is not one of those about whom one can speak quickly. His work is wide-ranging and slow, and at whatever moment one...

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97. Lili Elbe

1882-1931 (aged 49)

painter

Lili Ilse Elvenes, better known as Lili Elbe, was a Danish painter, transgender woman, and one of the earliest recipients of gender-affirming surgery (then called sex reassignment surgery).

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98. Caspar David Friedrich

1774-1840 (aged 66)

watercolorist landscape painter painter sculptor architectural draftsperson

Caspar David Friedrich was a German Romantic landscape painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation, whose often symbolic, and anti-classical work, conveys a subjective, emotional response to the natural world. Friedrich's paintings often set contemplative human figures silhouetted against night skies, morning mists, barren trees or Gothic ruins. Art historian Christopher John Murray described their presence,...

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99. Gerda Wegener

1885-1940 (aged 55)

designer painter illustrator

Gerda Marie Fredrikke Wegener was a Danish illustrator and painter. Wegener is known for her fashion illustrations and later her paintings that pushed the boundaries of her time concerning gender and love. These works were classified as lesbian erotica at times and many were inspired by her partner, transgender painter Lili Elbe. Wegener employed these works in the styles of...

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100. Dea Trier Mørch

1941-2001 (aged 60)

graphic artist writer

Dea Trier Mørch was a Danish artist and writer. She gained fame in 1976 with Vinterbørn, translated into English as Winter's Child.