Dan Sterup-Hansen (3 October 1918 – 2 July 1995) was a Danish painter and illustrator.
Biography
Born near
Holbæk
Holbæk () is a town in Denmark and the seat of Holbæk municipality with a population of 29,608 (1 January 2022).Zealand, Sterup-Hansen was the son of the painter Adler Sterup Hansen. As a teenager, together with his friend
Albert Mertz
Albert Axel Tonndorff Mertz (31 January 1920 – 30 December 1990) was a Danish painter. He was one of the leading artists in the Linien II artists association, working in a Constructivist style in a limited number of strong colours.
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, he painted or drew scenes of
Tivoli
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* Tivoli, Lazio, a town in Lazio, Italy, known for historic sites; the inspiration for other places named Tivoli
Buildings
* Tivoli (Baltimore, Maryland), a mansion built about 1855
* Tivoli Building (Cheyenne, Wyoming), a ...
and Dyrehave which he exhibited in a Copenhagen gallery. In 1936, after taking a preparatory course with
Bizzie Høyer
Jacobine (Bizzie) Severine Henriette Høyer (26 March 1888 – 10 May 1971) was a Danish painter and art teacher.
Biography
Born in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen, Høyer attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1904 to 1909. ...
Aksel Jørgensen
Aksel Jørgensen (3 February 1883 – 9 June 1957) was a Denmark, Danish painter and Wood engraving, wood engraver. He is also remembered for his years as the director and professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Royal Danish Academy whe ...
and Georg Jacobsen. He studied first at the Academy's school of painting (1936–39) and later at the school of graphic art (1943–44). He completed his education at
André Lhote
André Lhote (5 July 1885 – 24 January 1962) was a French Cubist painter of figure subjects, portraits, landscapes and still life. He was also active and influential as a teacher and writer on art.
Early life and education
Lhote was born ...
's school in Paris in 1950.
Although Sterup-Hansen had begun to exhibit at
Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling
Den Frie Udstilling ('The Free Exhibition') is a Danish artists' association, founded in 1891 by artists in protest against the admission requirements for the Kunsthal Charlottenborg. Modeled on the Salon des Refusés, it is Denmark's oldest asso ...
in 1936, it was the painting ''Krigsblinde'' (War Blind), inspired by a procession of blind war victims he saw in France, which earned him the Eckersberg Medal. His many paintings of railway stations show how he stuck to a given theme for experimentation. While his early works have a strict linear style, they became increasingly more free in both line and composition, as evidenced by his etchings of ''Undervandssvømmere'' (Underwater Swimmers, 1957).
Other notable works by Sterup-Hansen include the altarpiece in Vellinge Church (1971) which consists of six paintings including two from the church's original altarpiece. Although small, the paintings are vividly coloured, especially the central frame of the Last Supper. Another notable works is his ''Befrielsesregeringen 1945'' (Liberation Government 1945) in
Christiansborg Palace
Christiansborg Palace ( da, Christiansborg Slot; ) is a palace and government building on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the seat of the Danish Parliament ('), the Danish Prime Minister's Office, and the Supreme ...
(1985–91) depicting both politicians and the royal family.
Order of the Dannebrog
The Order of the Dannebrog ( da, Dannebrogordenen) is a Danish order of chivalry instituted in 1671 by Christian V. Until 1808, membership in the order was limited to fifty members of noble or royal rank, who formed a single class known a ...