Johannes Kragh (9 May 1870 – 11 January 1946) was a

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painter and sculptor.

Life

Kragh was born in Bisserup, the son of a priest. He trained as both a craftsman and an artist, and worked with church frescoes, glass mosaic, watercolour, oil painting and sculpture. From 1883 to 1887 he was a pupil of

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. From 1888 to 1889 he was with P.S. Krøyer at the

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.''Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon''
/ref> He specialised in art for churches, in which he was influenced by

Joakim Skovgaard Joakim Frederik Skovgaard (18 November 1856 – 9 March 1933) was a Danish painter. He is remembered above all for the frescos which decorate Viborg Cathedral. Biography Born in Copenhagen, from an early age he was trained in drawing and paintin ...

and the '' Skønvirke'' movement (the Danish equivalent of

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and

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). His earliest church decorations were frescoes, but he later concentrated on glass painting. His best-known work however is not in a church, but in the Palace Hotel on the Rådhusplads in Copenhagen, where he created the big mosaics on the tower. He also painted many portraits and landscapes, and sculpted many portrait busts. He submitted work for the sculpture event in the art competition at the

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. Kragh undertook many study trips, the first in 1896–97 to Italy and again in 1900 to Rome to study with the sculptor

Victor Ségoffin Victor Joseph Jean Ambroise Ségoffin (5 March 1867 – 17 October 1925) was a French sculptor. Biography Born in Toulouse, Ségoffin's early education was at the Lycée Pierre-de-Fermat. After school he was admitted to the Toulouse School o ...

. He also visited the UK, France, Hungary and Yugoslavia. He died in 1946 in

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Selected public works

* Four mosaics on the tower of the Palace Hotel in Copenhagen 1907-10 * Monument to

Henrik Gerner Henrik Gerner (1742–1787) was a Danish naval officer who specialised in shipbuilding and naval architecture. His interests as an entrepreneurial engineer led to unsinkable gun platforms, horse-driven dredging machines, and desalination equipmen ...

in Birkerød 1917 * Frescoes, glass painting, altar in granite and relief carving in limestone, Kirkeby church in

Svendborg Svendborg () is a town on the island of Funen in south-central Denmark, and the seat of Svendborg Municipality. With a population of 27,300 (1 January 2022), Svendborg is Funen's second largest city.Østerbølle church 1932 * Choir in Give church 1933

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