Hans Peter Hansen (1797-1861)
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Hans Peter Hansen (20 December 1829 – 18 November 1899) was a Danish xylographer who specialized in portraits. Hansen was born in Copenhagen. He first learned the profession of watchmaking before studying woodcutting under
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. At the same time, he also followed courses at the Academy of Arts of Copenhagen (1843/44). In 1854, he travelled to Germany, first to Dresden and then to Leipzig, where he settled. In 1859, he married Clara Aurelia Sophie Langer (5 August 1830 – 1 July 1913), the daughter of the engraver
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and sister of engraver
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(17 December 1819 – 1895). In 1864, he returned to Copenhagen, where he worked for several illustrated magazines and newspapers, such as ''
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'' and ''Ude og Hjemme''. He also illustrated books, amongst them ''Nyere Dansk Malerkunst'' ( Sigurd Müller, 1884) and the children books printed by Richardt's and Rode's.


References

* Nyrop, Camillus:
Hansen, Hans Peter
', entry in C. F. Bricka (ed.): '' Dansk biografisk lexikon: tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537–1814''; Gyldendal, Copenhagen 1887–1905; vol. VI (1892), p. 633. URL last accessed 2007-09-12. The original version of this article was translated from this entry b
Camillus Nyrop (1843 - 1918)
in this Danish public domain encyclopedia. * Kunst Indeks Danmark:
Hans Peter Hansen
'. URL last accessed 2007-09-16. *Thieme-Becker, entry "Hansen, Hans Peter". 1829 births 1899 deaths 19th-century Danish engravers 19th-century Danish illustrators {{illustrator-stub