Johannes Georg Smith Harder, known as Hans Harder (12 August 1792 – 25 November 1873) was a

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painter and drawing master. He was known especially as a painter of landscapes.

Biography

Harder was born in

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, Denmark. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. In 1822, he became a drawing teacher at the Sorø Academy. With funding from the Fonden ad usus publicos, he conducted a study trip to

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during 1825–29. In 1830, he was unanimously elected as a member of the Art Academy. He remained a drawing teacher at Sorø Academy for most of his life, resigning in 1862. He died during 1873 in

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19th-century Danish painters Danish male painters Artists from Copenhagen Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni 1792 births 1873 deaths Landscape artists 19th-century Danish male artists {{Denmark-painter-stub