Gustav Bartholin Hagen (12 February 1873 – 10 May 1941) was a

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architect. He was the father of the architect Ole Hagen (1913-1984).

Early life and education

Gustav Bartholin Hagen was born in

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, the son of Sophus Hagen, a composer and music editor, and Serine Johanne Frederikke Klingsey. He completed a mason's apprenticeship in 1894 before attending a technical school to prepare for the Art Academy. In 1897 he was admitted to the

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where he studied under

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among others. After graduating in 1906, he received a travel scholarship and went to northern

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the following year.

Career

After his return to Denmark, Hagen established a successful practice, specializing in private villas and country houses, including B. Hertz' villa in

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(1904–08), Lystrupgård at Slangerup (1907) and Broksø at Næstved (1915–16). Another early work is the new headquarters of the Copenhagen Lighting Service (''Københavns Belysningsvæsen'') on Gothersgade in Copenhagen. He won the competition in 1909 and subsequently made the final design in collaboration with Rolf Schroeder who had taken 3rd prize. Later in his career, he designed a number of schools, most notably Øregaard Gymnasium (1922–24, with Edvard Thomsen).

Selected buildings

* ''Villa BH'' (for goldsmith

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), Vedbæk Strandvej 322,

(1904–08) * Lystrupgård main building (1907) * Villa, Østergade 18,

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, now VUC, 53 Gothersgade/8 Vognmagergade (1912–13, with Rolf Schroeder) * Store Heddinge watertower,

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(1913–14 and 1918–19) * Sauntegård (1914) * Broksø (1915–16) *

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Monument,

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, Gothersgade, Copenhagen (1920) * Halskovskolen,

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(competition in 1921) *

Øregård Gymnasium Øregård Gymnasium is an upper secondary school in the Hellerup district of Gentofte Municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. The Neoclassical main building from 1924 is listed. History Øregård Gymnasium was founded in 19 ...

, Gersonsvej, Hellerup (1922–24, with Edvard Thomsen, listed) * Sparekasse, Store Heddinge (1925, extended by the sculptor Mathilius Schack Elo, listed 2003) * Gentofte Central Library, Øregårds Allé, Hellerup (1929–30, nedrevet) * Skovshoved Skole extension,

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(1929–30, with Alfred Brandt) * Dyssegårdsskolen, Dyssegårdsvej, Dyssegård (1929–33, with Alfred Brandt og

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) *

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(1932–33) * Søndermarksskolen,

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(1932–33) * Sønderjyllandsskolen, Frederiksberg (1939–43, with Ole Hagen) * Damsøbadet, Frederiksberg (1941–43, with Ole Hagen)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hagen, Gustav Bartholin Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni Architects from Copenhagen 1873 births 1941 deaths Burials at Holmen Cemetery