This is a list of Danish

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* Axel Aabrink (1887–1965) *

Jørgen Aabye Jørgen Emil Aabye, born Olsen, (9 June 1868 – 22 June 1959) was a Danish painter. His works were varied widely, ranging from religious art to portraits and landscapes. Above all, he is remembered for his portraits. Early life Born near Nørre ...

(1868–1959) * Carl Frederik Aagaard (1833–1895) *

Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard (11 September 1743 – 4 June 1809) was a Danish neoclassical and royal history painter, sculptor, architect, and professor of painting, mythology, and anatomy at the New Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen ...

(1744–1809) *

Georg Achen Georg Nicolai Achen (23 July 1860 – 6 January 1912) was a Danish painter. One of the more accomplished Naturalism (arts), Naturalists of his generation, from the 1890s he specialized in portraits. Biography Born in Frederikssund and moved with ...

(1860–1912) *

Else Alfelt Else Alfelt (16 September 1910 – 9 August 1974) was a Danish artist who specialized in abstract paintings. She was one of two female members of the CoBrA movement. She was married to Carl-Henning Pedersen, another prominent CoBrA member. Earl ...

(1910–1974) *

Peder Als Peder Als (16 May 1725 – 8 July 1775) was a Danish historical and portrait painter. Life Als was born at Copenhagen in 1725, and studied under Carl Gustaf Pilo whose style was a considerable influence on him. He first attracted attention in 174 ...

(1725–1776) * Peter Alsing Nielsen (1907–1985) * Catherine Engelhart Amyot (1845–1926) *

Anna Ancher Anna Ancher (18 August 1859 – 15 April 1935) was a Danish artist associated with the Skagen Painters, an artist colony on the northern point of Jylland, Denmark. She is considered to be one of Denmark's greatest visual artists. Background Ann ...

(1859–1935) *

Michael Ancher Michael Peter Ancher (9 June 1849 – 19 September 1927) was a Danish realist artist, and widely known for his paintings of fishermen, the lakes, and other scenes from the Danish fishing community in Skagen. Early life and education Michael ...

(1849–1927) *

Morten Andersen Morten Andersen (born 19 August 1960), nicknamed the "Great Dane", is a Danish former American football placekicker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 25 seasons, most notably with the New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons. F ...

(born 1976)

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* Carl Baagøe (1829-1902) *

Otto Bache Otto Bache (21 August 1839 – 28 June 1927) was a Danish Realist painter. Many of his works depict key events in Danish history. Biography At age eleven he received a dispensation and was admitted into the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, ...

(1839–1927) * Carl Balsgaard (1812–1893) *

Emil Bærentzen Emilius Ditlev Bærentzen, usually known as Emil Bærentzen (30 October 1799 – 14 February 1868) was a Danish portrait painter and lithographer, active during the Golden Age of Danish Painting. He founded Em. Bærentzen & Co. Biography Born ...

(1799–1868) *

Mogens Ballin Mogens Ballin (20 March 1871, Copenhagen – 27 January 1914, Hellerup) was a Danish artist, one of a group of painters who gathered in the Breton village of Pont-Aven. He later became a notable silversmith designing jewelry and lamps.

(1871–1914) * Magdalene Bärens (1737–1808) *

Poul Anker Bech Poul Anker Bech (13 April 1942 – 7 October 2009) was a Danish painter. He started painting in the 1960s and studied at The Jutland Academy of Art in Aarhus, 1966–67. He quit his job in 1988 to become a full-time painter. Poul Anker Bech ...

(1942–2009) *

Wilhelm Bendz Wilhelm Ferdinand Bendz (20 March 1804 – 14 November 1832) was a Danish painter mainly known for genre works and portraits which often portray his artist colleagues and their daily lives. He was one of the most talented artists in the successful ...

(1804–1832) * Albert Bertelsen (1921–2019) *

Ejler Bille Ejler Bille (6 March 1910 – 1 May 2004) was a Danish artist. Biography Ejler Bille was born in Odder, Denmark. He was the son of Torben Holger Bille and Anna Kirstine Lysabild Jensen. Bille graduated from Birkerød State School in 1930, and then ...

(1910–2004) *

Jens Birkholm Jens Birkholm (21 November 1869 – 11 May 1915) was a Danish genre painter associated with the group known as the Funen Painters. Biography Birkholm was born in and died in Faaborg. His father was a Sailing Master.

(1869–1915) * Wilhelm Bissen (1836–1913) *

Carl Heinrich Bloch Carl Heinrich Bloch (23 May 1834 – 22 February 1890) was a Danish artist. Biography He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and studied there at the Royal Danish Academy of Art (''Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi'') under Wilhelm Marstran ...

(1834–1890) *

Lars Bo Lars Bo (29 May 1924 in Kolding – 21 October 1999 in Paris) was a Danish artist and writer. He is known for his graphic works with surrealistically inspired fantastic motifs. He was nicknamed "Wizard". Lars Bo worked with P. Rostrup Bøyesen a ...

(1924–1999) *

Jørgen Boberg Jørgen Boberg (24 October 1940 – 24 August 2009) was a self-taught Surrealist Danish painter and illustrator. Biography Born in Roskilde, Boberg was a self-taught artist. After first exhibiting at the Artists Autumn Exhibition (''Kunstneres Eft ...

(1940–2009) *

Peter Brandes Peter Brandes (born 5 March 1944 in Assens, Denmark) is a Danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist and photographer. Brandes' art is abstract and often in brown colours. He had his breakthrough as artist in the beginning of the 1980s. He ...

(born 1944) * Hans Andersen Brendekilde (1857–1942) *

Victor Brockdorff Arthur Victor Schack von Brockdorff, generally known as Victor Brockdorff, (October 11, 1911 – February 25, 1992) was a Danish painter who joined the artists' colony known as the Odsherred Painters in Northwestern Zealand in the early 1930s. He ...

(1911–1992) *

Laura Brun-Pedersen Laura Oline Hedvig Brun-Pedersen (19 July 1883 – 7 March 1961) was a Danish painter. Born in Copenhagen, she studied art at the painting schools of Ernst Goldschmidt (1917–18) and Harald Giersing (1919-20). She painted deeply coloured landscap ...

(1883–1961) *

Johan Jacob Bruun Johan Jacob Bruun (30 November 1715 – 4 January 1789) was a Danish painter. Often working in gouaches, he is most known for his topographic prospects which herald the development of a Danish landscape painting. Biography He was born in Slag ...

(1715–1789) * Eva Louise Buus (born 1979)

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Emil Carlsen Soren Emil Carlsen (October 19, 1853 – January 2, 1932, New York City, U.S.) was an American Impressionist painter who emigrated to the United States from Denmark. He became known for his still lifes. Later in his career, Carlsen expanded his r ...

(1853–1932) * Andreas Riis Carstensen (1844–1906) *

Ebba Carstensen Ebba Ninna Back Carstensen (23 August 1885 – 13 October 1967) was a Danish painter. Her painting developed from a rather Impressionist style towards Cubism. Biography Born in Västra Kärrstorp near Malmö in Sweden, she was the daughter of a fa ...

(1885–1967) * Johannes Carstensen (1924–2010) * C.C.A. Christensen (1831–1912) *

Godfred Christensen Polycarpus Godfred Berry Wildenradt Christensen (23 July 1845, Copenhagen - 15 November 1928, Copenhagen) was a Danish landscape painter. Biography Christensen was born Copenhagen, the son of Mads Christensen and Anna Kirstine Wissing. Afte ...

(1845–1928) *

Poul Simon Christiansen Poul Simon Christiansen, frequently referred to as Poul S. Christiansen (20 October 1855, Rolfsted, Funen – 14 November 1933, Copenhagen) was a Danish painter who developed a Colourist style under Kristian Zahrtmann and as a result of his appre ...

(1855–1933) *

Franciska Clausen Franciska Clausen (7 January 1899 – 5 March 1986) was a Danish painter who was involved in the abstract art movement of the early twentieth century. Clausen studied at the Die Grossherzogliche sächsische Hochschule für bildende Kunst in Weim ...

(1899–1986) * Gad Frederik Clement (1867–1933) *

Janus la Cour Janus Andreas Bartholin la Cour (5 September 1837 – 13 October 1909) was a Danish painter who is remembered for his landscapes painted in the classical style of the Eckersberg school. Biography Born near Ringkøbing, he spent much of his earl ...

(1837–1909)

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* Carl Dahl (1812–1865) *

Christen Dalsgaard Christen Dalsgaard (30 October 1824 – 11 February 1907) was a Danish painter, a late student of Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg. Biography Early life and education Christen Dalsgaard was born on 30 October 1824. He was the son of the owne ...

(1824–1907) * Sven Dalsgaard (1914–1999) * Inger Lut Debois (1931–2015), painter * Heinrich Dohm (1875–1940) * Anton Dorph (1831–1914) *

Bertha Dorph Bertha Olga Vilhelmine Herlich Dorph née Green (4 June 1875 – 25 February 1960) was a Danish painter. Biography Born in Copenhagen, Dorph was privately educated under Harald Slott-Møller and Peter Ilsted in Copenhagen (1893–97) after whic ...

(1875–1960) *

Dankvart Dreyer Dankvart Dreyer (13 June 1816 – 4 November 1852) was a Danish landscape painter of the Copenhagen School of painters who was educated under the guidance of Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg. Around 1840, he was part of the emerging National Romanti ...

(1816–1852)

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Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (2 January 1783 – 22 July 1853) was a Danish painter. He was born in Blåkrog in the Southern Jutland region of Denmark. He went on to lay the foundation for the period of art known as the Golden Age of Dani ...

(1783–1853) *

Heinrich Eddelien Matthias Heinrich Elias Eddelien (22 January 1802 – 24 December 1852) was a Danish history painter of German origin. Biography Eddelien was born in Greifswald, Germany. He was the son of David Niclas Erdelien and Johanna Dorothea Jäde. Edd ...

(1802–1852) * Eiler Rasmussen Eilersen (1827–1912) * Ib Eisner (1925–2003) *

Harald Rudyard Engman Harald Rudyard Engman (1903-1968) was a Danish artist, painter. Above all, he is remembered for his fierce use of satire in criticizing and resisting the German occupation of Denmark during World War II. > Biography Little has been published abou ...

(1903–1968) *

Julius Exner Johan Julius Exner, (30 November 1825 – 15 November 1910), Danish genre painter, was born in Copenhagen to Johann Gottlieb Exner, a Czech musician from Bohemia, who came to Denmark during the Napoleonic period, and his wife Karen Jørgensdat ...

(1825–1910)

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* Paul Gustave Fisher (1860–1934) *

Johanna Marie Fosie Johanna Marie Fosie (24 March 1726 – 23 August 1764) was a Danish painter, the first professional native female artist in Denmark. Biography Fosie was the daughter of Anna Dorothea Ilsøe and the painter Jacob Fosie, who was a teach ...

(1726–1764) *

Wilhelm Freddie Wilhelm Freddie, born Christian Frederik Wilhelm Carlsen (7 February 1909 – 26 October 1995) was a Danish painter, sculptor and filmmaker. Initially working along a somewhat abstract line, he soon turned towards a more realistic surrealism, onl ...

(1909–1995) *

Didrik Frisch Johan Didrik Frisch (4 May 1835 – 22 November 1867) was a Danish landscape and animal painter. Biography Didrik Frisch was born on a farm near Slagelse, Denmark. His father was a landowner. He began his education at the Sorø Academy; a priva ...

(1836–1867) * Cladius Detlev Fritzsch (1765–1841) *

Lorenz Frølich Lorenz Frølich (25 October 182025 October 1908) was a Danish painter, illustrator, graphic artist and etcher. Early life and education Frølich was born into a wealthy bourgeouis family in Copenhagen. The son of Johan Jacob Frølich (1777-1858) ...

(1820–1908) * Georg Mathias Fuchs (1719–1797)

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* Paul Gadegaard (1920–1996) *

Johan Vilhelm Gertner Johan Vilhelm Gertner (10 March 1818 – 28 March 1871) was a Danish painter, best known for his portraiture. One of the last students of Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, who was known as the father of the Golden Age of Danish Painting, Gertner ...

(1818–1871) *

Ib Geertsen Ib Geertsen (7 January 1919 – 3 June 2009) was a Danish painter and sculptor. He began as a Naturalist but later turned to Concrete art. Biography Born in Copenhagen, Geertsen first trained as a gardener (1934–39) before concentrating on art ...

(1919–2009) *

Albert Gottschalk Albert Gottschalk (3 July 1866 – 13 February 1906) was a Danish painter. He had a close connection, personally and artistically, to the poets Johannes Jørgensen, Viggo Stuckenberg and Sophus Claussen. Biography Albert Gottschalk was born in ...

(1866–1906) *

Vilhelm Groth Georg Vilhelm Arnold Groth (9 March 1842, Copenhagen - 14 September 1899, Copenhagen) was a Danish landscape painter. Biography His father was a pharmacist and his mother came from a family of merchants. After taking a diploma at the Det von ...

(1842–1899)

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Erik Hagens Erik Hagens (born 21 April 1940) is a Danish painter and illustrator. He is best known for his 40-metre-long mural ''Esbjerg-evangeliet. Biography Born in Copenhagen, Hagens is the son of the civil engineer Poul Gunnar Hagens and Elsa Margareta Si ...

(born 1940) *

Hans Jørgen Hammer Hans Jørgen Hammer (29 December 1815 – 28 January 1882) was a genre, landscape, and portrait painter and printmaker of the Golden Age of Danish painting. In addition, he served for eleven years as a military officer. Biography Hans Jørgen Ha ...

(1815–1882) * Svend Hammershøi (1873–1948) *

Vilhelm Hammershøi Vilhelm Hammershøi (), often anglicised as Vilhelm Hammershoi (15 May 186413 February 1916), was a Danish painter. He is known for his poetic, subdued portraits and interiors.Souren Melikian,Hammershoi's decade of brilliance, before banality set ...

(1864–1916) *

Constantin Hansen Carl Christian Constantin Hansen (Constantin Hansen) (3 November 1804 – 29 March 1880) was one of the painters associated with the Golden Age of Danish Painting. He was deeply interested in literature and mythology, and inspired by art hist ...

(1804–1880) * Hans Hansen (1769–1828) *

Heinrich Hansen (painter) Heinrich Hansen (23 November 1821, Haderslev – 10 July 1890, Frederiksberg) was a Danish architectural painter and State Councillor. His son, Adolf Heinrich-Hansen, was also an architectural painter. Biography His father was a cloth dyer who ...

(1821–1890) * Peter Hansen (1868–1928) *

Otto Haslund Carl Otto Bentzon Haslund (4 November 1842 – 30 August 1917) was a Danish painter. He is remembered in particular for his paintings of animals and children. Biography Born in Copenhagen, Haslund attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts f ...

(1842–1917) *

Arne Haugen Sørensen Arne Haugen Sørensen (born 27 April 1932) is a Danish painter and illustrator. Since the 1980s, he has become one of Denmark's most productive religious artists, decorating over 25 churches. Biography Born in Copenhagen, Haugen Sørensen had li ...

(born 1932) *

Sven Havsteen-Mikkelsen Sven Havsteen-Mikkelsen (16 September 1912, Argentina – 14 February 1999, Ærøskøbing) was a Denmark, Danish painter who is remembered for his old Nordic landscapes, his church decorations and his woodcuts.Henry Heerup (1907–1993) * Ella Heide (1871–1956) * Einar Hein (1875–1931) * Hanne Hellesen (1801–1844) *

Erik Henningsen Erik Ludvig Henningsen (29 August 1855 – 28 November 1930) was a Denmark, Danish painter and illustrator. He is best known for his Social realism, Social Realist paintings of poor and exposed groups in the 1880s and 1890s. He was the younger brot ...

(1855–1930) *

Frants Henningsen Frants Peter Diderik Henningsen (22 June 1850, Copenhagen – 20 March 1908, Copenhagen) was a Danish painter, illustrator and professor. His paintings depict unfortunate occurrences in the lives of middle-class people living in Copenhagen during ...

(1850–1908) *

Marie Henriques Marie Henriques (26 June 1866 – 12 January 1944) was a Danish painter who created landscapes, figure paintings and portraits, initially in the Realist style but increasingly under the influence of Impressionism. She also painted watercolours of ...

(1866–1944) * Sally Henriques (1815–1886) * Carsten Henrichsen (1824–1897) *

Søren Hjorth Nielsen Søren Hjorth Nielsen (2 August 1901 – 7 July 1983) was a Danish painter and illustrator. He is remembered for his paintings of the allotments and outskirts of Copenhagen and later for his landscapes of the Bramsnæs Vig area in northwestern Zeal ...

(1901–1983) *

Niels Peter Holbech Niels Peter Holbech (14 September 1804 - 11 January 1889) was a Danish portrait painter. Biography Holbech was born on board the ''Maria Constantia'', en route from Calcutta to Copenhagen. His father was a sailing master whose family often trav ...

(1804–1889) *

Johannes Holbek Johannes Holbek (13 November 1872, in Årby, near Kalundborg – 14 May 1903, in Copenhagen) was a Danish painter and graphic artist. Biography His father was a parish priest. He graduated from the Roskilde Cathedral School in 1891 and was adm ...

(1872–1903) * Christian Holm (1804–1846) *

Heinrich Gustav Ferdinand Holm Heinrich Gustav Ferdinand Holm, often referred to as H.G.F. Holm, (23 April 1803, Berlin – 1 May 1861, Copenhagen) was a Danish artist and engraver who is remembered for his finely detailed topographical paintings and drawings of Copenhagen and ...

(1803–1861) *

Paul Høm Paul Briegel Høm (2 May 1905, Ballerup – 25 September 1994, Gudhjem) was a Danish artist who is remembered for his religious paintings and brightly coloured stained glass windows which decorate a number of Danish churches. Biography Høm studi ...

(1905–1994) *

Christian Horneman Christian Horneman (15 August 1765 – 7 March 1844) was a Danish miniature and pastels painter, mainly known for portraits. He was the father of the composer Emil Horneman and grandfather of C. F. E. Horneman, also a composer. Biography Horne ...

(1765–1844) * Johannes Holt-Iversen (born 1989) *

Sophie Holten Sophie Holten (1858–1930) was a Danish painter who created portraits, flower paintings and genre works. She is remembered in particular for her portraits of August Strindberg and L. A. Ring. She was also active in social work and feminism. Bi ...

(1858–1930), painter * Suzette Holten (1863–1937), painter, ceramist *

Oluf Høst Oluf Høst (18 March 1884 – 14 May 1966) was a Danish Expressionist painter, the only member of the Bornholm school who was a native Bornholmer. Although he studied in Copenhagen, he returned to the Danish island of Bornholm in 1929 where h ...

(1884–1966) * Bizzie Høyer (1888–1971) *

Cornelius Høyer Cornelius Høyer (26 February 1771 – 2 June 1804) was a Danish painter, mainly known for his work in miniatures. Within his special trade, he was among the virtuosos of his day and won an international reputation. Early life and education ...

(1741–1804) *

Knud Hvidberg Knud Wedel Hvidberg (27 May 1927 – 5 May 1986) was a Danish painter and sculptor. Biography Born in Holstebro in central Jutland, Hvidberg was a self-taught artist. In the early 1960s, he first painted in a Constructivist style inspired by Gunn ...

(1927–1986) * Ejnar Hansen (painter) (1884–1965)

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Peter Ilsted Peter Ilsted (14 February 1861 – 16 April 1933) was a Danish artist and printmaker. He was most associated with domestic interior scenes. Biography Peter Vilhelm Ilsted was born at Sakskøbing in Guldborgsund, Denmark. He was the son of me ...

(1861–1933) *

Valdemar Irminger Valdemar Heinrich Nicolaus Irminger (29 December 1850 – 10 February 1938) was a Danish painter. Biography Born in Copenhagen, Irminger attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1867 and 1873. He went to Italy on a scholarship from 18 ...

(1850–1938) *

Victor Isbrand Victor Isbrand (1897 – 1989) was a Danish painter. Biography Isbrand was born on 6 July 1897 in Copenhagen. From 1913 to 1917 Isbrand studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen and from 1930 to 1967, he taught drawing at the School of ...

(1897–1989)

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Egill Jacobsen Egill Jacobsen (16 December 1910 – 21 April 1998) was a Danish painter who became a professor at the Royal Danish Academy. Biography Born in Copenhagen, Jacobsen studied painting at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts under Kræsten Iversen ...

(1910–1998) *

Georg Jacobsen Georg Jacobsen (17 September 1887 – 14 February 1976) was a Danish painter. Jacobsen studied under Viggo Johansen at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen from 1906 to 1911. He later spent time in Paris, from 1919 to 1935, a ...

(1887–1976) *

Robert Jacobsen Robert Julius Tommy Jacobsen (4 June 1912 – 26 January 1993) was a Danish sculptor and painter. The Danish Robert Award is named in his honor. Biography Jacobsen was born in Copenhagen. He was self-taught as a sculptor. During World War I, ...

(1912–1993) * Ville Jais-Nielsen (1885–1949) *

Axel P. Jensen Axel Peder Jensen (28 September 1885 – 12 June 1972) was a Danish painter who is remembered above all for his landscapes which added new subjects and stronger colouring to earlier works by the Funen Painters.Christian Albrecht Jensen Christian Albrecht Jensen (26 June 1792 – 13 July 1870) was a Danish portrait painting, portrait painter who was active during the Danish Golden Age, Golden Age of Danish Painting in the first half of the 19th century. Painting more than 400 ...

(1792–1870) * Johan Laurentz Jensen (1800–1856) * Karl Jensen (1851–1933) *

Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann Anna Maria Elisabeth Lisinska Jerichau-Baumann (21 November 1819 – 11 July 1881) was a Polish-Danish painter. She was married to the sculptor Jens Adolf Jerichau. Early life and career Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann was born in Żoliborz (Fr ...

(1819–1881) * Harald Jerichau (1851–1878) *

August Jerndorff August Andreas Jerndorff (25 January 1846 – 28 July 1906) was a Denmark, Danish painter who is best known for his portraits. Biography August Jarndorff was born in Oldenburg (city), Oldenburg in Lower Saxony. His parents were Just Ulrik Jerndo ...

(1846–1906) *

Carl Ludwig Jessen Carl Ludwig Jessen (22 February 1833 – 4 January 1917) was a North Frisian painter. Today he is known as the "Frisian painter" (german: Friesenmaler and da, frisermaler) in Denmark and Germany. As a Naturalism (arts), Naturalist painter he is ...

(1833–1917) *

Svend Johansen Svend Johansen (10 September 1890 – 6 October 1970) was a Danish painter, scenographer and illustrator. Biography Born in Gentofte, Johansen attended the Copehangen Technical School where he met Poul Henningsen who became a friend and associate ...

(1890–1970) *

Asger Jorn Asger Oluf Jorn (3 March 1914 – 1 May 1973) was a Danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist, and author. He was a founding member of the avant-garde movement COBRA and the Situationist International. He was born in Vejrum, in the northwest c ...

(1914–1973) * Jens Juel (1745–1802)

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Ludvig Kabell Ludvig Christian Brinck-Seidelin Kabell (21 July 1853, Vejlby, Norddjurs Municipality - 1 February 1902, Fredensborg) was a Danish landscape painter. Biography His father was a priest. When he was ten, the family moved to Zealand and he attended ...

(1853–1902) * F.C. Kiærskou (1805–1891) *

Anton Eduard Kieldrup Anton Eduard Kieldrup (16 February 1826, Haderslev – 22 May 1869, Copenhagen) was a Danish landscape painter. Biography His father was a sailing master who later became the proprietor of a leasehold estate.

(1826–1869) *

Helvig Kinch Helvig Agnete Kinch née Amsinck (1872–1956) was a Danish artist who specialized in painting animals, especially horses. In the early 20th-century, she participated in archaeological research near Lindos on the island of Rhodes, creating landscap ...

(1872–1956) *

Per Kirkeby Per Kirkeby (1 September 1938 – 9 May 2018) was a Danish painter, poet, film maker and sculptor. Biography By the time Kirkeby completed a masters degree in arctic geology at the University of Copenhagen in 1964, he was already part of the ...

(1938–2018) * Kirsten Kjær (1893–1985) *

Anna Klindt Sørensen Anna Klindt Sørensen (9 August 1899 – 28 July 1985) was a Danish painter and illustrator. She is now remembered as a strong, self-assured women who practised French Expressionism on her own terms in Denmark. Biography Born in Ry in central Ju ...

(1899–1985) * Jesper Knudsen (born 1964) *

Christen Købke Christen Schiellerup Købke (26 May 1810 – 7 February 1848) was a Danish painter, and one of the best known artists from the Golden Age of Danish Painting. Childhood and early training He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was one of 11 c ...

(1810–1848) *

Elise Konstantin-Hansen Elise Konstantin-Hansen (1858–1946) was a Danish painter and ceramist. She developed her own naturalistic style, often painting sea birds, animals, plants and beach scenes. Early life and education Konstantin-Hansen was born in the Frederiks ...

(1858–1946) *

John Kørner John Kørner (born in 1967) is a Danish artist based in Copenhagen. Kørner was born in Aarhus, Denmark. His paintings feature a mixture of figurative and abstract imagery rendered in watered-down acrylic. Some common motifs are people, animals ...

(born 1967) *

Hendrick Krock Hendrick Krock (21 July 1671 – 18 November 1738) was a Danish history painter who, from 1706, was the court painter of Frederick IV as well as his successor Christian VI. Along with Benoit Le Coffre set the tone for history painting in Denmark ...

(1671–1738) * Christian Krogh (1852–1925) *

Pietro Krohn Pietro Købke Krohn (23 January 1840 – 15 October 1905) was a Danish painter, illustrator, theatre director and museum director. He is remembered above all for his work together with Otto Haslund, illustrating Johan Krohn's book ''Peters Jul ...

(1840–1905) *

Marie Krøyer Marie Triepcke Krøyer Alfvén (11 June 1867 – 25 May 1940) commonly known as Marie Krøyer, was a Danish painter. She is remembered principally as the wife of Peder Severin Krøyer, one of the most successful members of the artists' colony kn ...

(1867–1940) *

Peder Severin Krøyer Peder Severin Krøyer (; 23 July 1851 – 21 November 1909), also known as P. S. Krøyer, was a Danish painter. Life Growing up and early training Krøyer was born in Stavanger, Norway, on 23 July 1851 to Ellen Cecilie Gjesdal. He was rai ...

(1851–1909) *

Albert Küchler Albert Küchler, O.F.M., (2 May 1803 – 16 February 1886) was a Danish painter associated with the Danish Golden Age. He mainly painted genre works and portraits. He was highly esteemed by his contemporaries but is little known today. Lat ...

(1803–1886) *

Michael Kvium Michael Otto Albert Kvium (born 15 November 1955) is a Danish artist. He has excelled in a number of fields such as painting, illustrating, sculpting and various performing arts, performance genres. Since the early 1980s, he has created grotesque r ...

(born 1955) *

Vilhelm Kyhn Peter Vilhelm Carl Kyhn (March 30, 1819 – May 11, 1903) was a Danish landscape painter who belonged to the generation of national romantic painters immediately after the Danish Golden Age and before the Modern Breakthrough. Even though he outliv ...

(1819–1903)

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* Alhed Larsen (1872–1927) * Emanuel Larsen (1823–1859) *

Johannes Larsen Johannes Larsen (27 December 1867 – 20 December 1961) was a Danish nature painter. Biography Larsen was born in Kerteminde on Funen, Denmark. He was the son of Jeppe Andreas L. and Vilhelmine Christine Bless. His father was a merchant. Lar ...

(1867–1961) * Freddie A. Lerche (born 1937) * Harald Leth (1899–1986) * Georg Emil Libert (1820–1908) *

Christian August Lorentzen Christian August Lorentzen (10 August 1749 – 8 May 1828) was a Danish painter. Early life and education Christian August Lorentzen was born in Sønderborg, Denmark. He was the son of Hans Peter Lorentzen and Maria Christina Hansdatter. His ...

(1746–1828) * Christine Løvmand (1803–1872) *

Jens Lund Jens Martin Victor Lund (18 November 1871, Copenhagen – 10 June 1924, Hellerup) was a Danish painter, designer and graphic artist. Studies His father was a cabinetmaker for the Royal Court. He left school in 1886, after the loss of both of ...

(1871–1924) *

J. L. Lund Johan Ludwig Gebhard Lund (primarily known as J. L. Lund) (16 October 1777 – 3 March 1867) was a Danish painter, born in Kiel, Duchy of Holstein, to master painter Hans Giewert Lund and his wife Maria Magdalena Christina Bremer. An adherent of r ...

(1777–1867) *

Johan Thomas Lundbye Johan Thomas Lundbye (1 September 1818 – 25 April 1848) was a Danish painter and graphic artist, known for his animal and landscape paintings. He was inspired by Niels Laurits Høyen's call to develop nationalistic art through depictions of Den ...

(1818–1848) * Anders Christian Lunde (1809–1886) *

Marie Luplau Henriette Marie Antonette Luplau (September 7, 1848 – August 16, 1925) was a Danish artist and educator, active in the women's movement. She conducted an art school for women in Copenhagen with her partner, artist Emilie Mundt. Early life and ...

(1848–1925) *

Anne Marie Lütken Anna Maria (Anne Marie) Lütken (1916–2001) was a Danish painter who is remembered above all for her distinctive figure paintings, frequently based on her mother, her grandmother or herself as models. She also painted scenes of nature, including ...

(1916–2001) * Julie Lütken (1788–1816)

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Niels Macholm Niels Macholm (26 August 1915 – 5 November 1997) was a self-taught Danish artist. He had his debut at Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling in 1944 and received the Eckersberg Medal The Eckersberg Medal (originally the ''Akademiets Aarsmedaille'' or ...

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Ernst Mahler Ernst Mahler (October 17, 1887 – July 30, 1967) was an Austrian chemist and leader of the Kimberly-Clark Corporation in Wisconsin. Mahler developed, refined, and commercialized various popular products and processes of papermaking. He was also ...

(1797–1861) * Lise Malinovsky (born 1957) *

Sonja Ferlov Mancoba Sonja Ferlov Mancoba (1 November 1911 – 17 December 1984) was a Danish avant-garde sculptor. Biography She attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and was affiliated with the CoBrA group, along with her husband, South African artist Ernes ...

(1911–1984) *

Wilhelm Marstrand Nicolai Wilhelm Marstrand (24 December 1810 – 25 March 1873), painter and illustrator, was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, to Nicolai Jacob Marstrand, instrument maker and inventor, and Petra Othilia Smith. Marstrand is one of the most renowned ar ...

(1810–1873) *

Anton Melbye Daniel Herman Anton Melbye (13 February 1818, Copenhagen – 10 January 1875, Paris) was a Danish painter and photographer who specialized in maritime scenes. He was the brother of painters Vilhelm and Fritz Melbye. Biography His father was a ...

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Fritz Melbye Fritz Sigfred Georg Melbye (24 August 1826 – 14 December 1869) was a Danish marine painter, the brother of Anton Melbye and Vilhelm Melbye who were also marine painters. He traveled widely, painting seascapes, coastal and harbour scenes as wel ...

(1826–1869) * Vilhelm Melbye (1824–1882) *

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. Biography ...

(1920–1990) * Ernst Meyer (1797–1861) *

Jens Peter Møller Jens Peter Møller (4 October 1783 Faaborg – 29 September 1854) was a Danish painter. Early life Møller was a landscape painter and the son of a potter. He was born in Faaborg and grew up with a relative in Eckernförde in Schleswig. Togeth ...

(1783–1854) *

Mogens Møller Mogens Møller (28 November 1934 – 16 June 2021Valdemar Schønheyder Møller (1864–1905) *

David Monies David Monies (3 June 1812, Copenhagen - 29 April 1894, Frederiksberg) was a Danish portrait and genre painter. Biography His father, Salomon (1786-1853) was a Jewish businessman from the Netherlands. Originally wealthy, the family lost all of i ...

(1812–1894) *

Christian Mølsted Christian Ferdinand Andreas Mølsted (15 October 1862 – 10 May 1930) was a Danish artist who specialized in marine painting. He is best known for his painting of the frigate ''Niels Juel'' during the Battle of Heligoland on 9 May 1864. Biograph ...

(1862–1930) *

Peder Mørk Mønsted Peder Mørk Mønsted (10 December 1859 – 20 June 1941) was a Denmark, Danish Realism (visual arts), realist painter. He is best known for his landscape paintings in a realistic style. His favorite motifs include snowy winter landscapes, still w ...

(1859–1941) *

Richard Mortensen Richard Mortensen (23 October 1910 – 6 January 1993) was a Danish painter. Biography Richard Strange Mortensen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He studied between 1931 and 1932 at the Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen. Influenced by the ...

(1910–1993) * Adam August Müller (1811–1844) *

Emilie Mundt Caroline Emilie Mundt (22 August 1842, Sorø – 25 October 1922, Frederiksberg) was a Danish painter, known for her portraits of children. Biography Her father, Carl Emil Mundt, was a Professor of mathematics at the Sorø Academy. Her mother ...

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* Elisabeth Neckelmann (1884–1956) *

Hermania Neergaard Hermania Sigvardine Neergaard (1799–1875) was a Danish flower and still-life painter. A student of Frederik Christian Camradt (1762–1844), she exhibited her paintings in Charlottenborg where several were bought by the royal family. Biograph ...

(1799–1875) *

Rasmus Nellemann Rasmus Nellemann (2 March 1923 – 4 September 2004) was a Danish painter and illustrator. He is remembered in particular for his many abstract art, abstract postage stamp designs. Biography Born in Millinge near Fåborg on the island of Funen, Ne ...

(1923–2004) *

Arthur Nielsen Arthur Charles Nielsen Sr. (September 5, 1897 – June 1, 1980) was an American businessman, electrical engineer and market research analyst who created and tracked the Nielsen ratings for television as founder of the A.C. Nielsen Company. Backg ...

(1883–1946) *

Ejnar Nielsen Ejnar Nielsen (9 July 1872 – 21 July 1956) was a Danish painter and illustrator, who was a central proponent of Symbolist painting in Danish art. He is also known for his large mosaic on Stærekassen, an extension to the Royal Danish Theat ...

(1872–1956) *

Jais Nielsen Johannes Knud Ove Jais-Nielsen (23 April 1885 – 8 November 1961) was a Danish painter, designer and ceramist, best known for the religious figure groups that he designed for the Royal Copenhagen pottery. Biography Nielsen was born in Copenhage ...

(1885–1961) * Thorvald Niss (1842–1905) *

Emil Normann Emil Wilhelm Normann (18 December 1798 – 21 June 1881) was a Danish painter and naval officer. Biography Normann, who initially developed his painting abilities through his own resources, became a student in Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg's p ...

(1798–1881) *

Ernestine Nyrop Ernestine Nyrop (1888–1975) was a Danish textile artist and fresco painter who is remembered for decorating churches in Denmark and Sweden. In 1930, she published a series of traditional Danish sewing and weaving patterns in ''Danske Mønstre ti ...

(1888–1975)

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Henrik Olrik Ole Henrik Benedictus Olrik (24 May 1830 – 2 January 1890) was a Danish painter, sculptor and applied artist. Early life and education Henrik Olrik, born in Copenhagen, was son of customs inspector Henrik Johan Ludvig Olrik and Benedicte Marti ...

(1830–1890) *

John Olsen John Wayne Olsen, AO (born 7 June 1945) is a former Australian politician, diplomat and football commissioner. He was Premier of South Australia between 28 November 1996 and 22 October 2001. He is now President of the Federal Liberal Party, C ...

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Erik Ortvad Erik Ortvad (born in Copenhagen, 18 June 1917; died in Kvänjarp, 28 February 2008) was a painter and a creator of many drawings. He debuted as a painter in 1935. He is mostly known for colorful surrealistic paintings He also created several ...

(1917–2008)

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Vilhelm Pacht Lauritz Vilhelm Pacht (23 November 1843 – 20 May 1912) was a Danish genre painter, industrialist and philanthropist. Biography Pacht was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was the son of Lauritz Adolph Pacht (1819–68) and Eleonora Wilhelmine H ...

(1843–1912) *

Erik Pauelsen Erik Pauelsen (2 or 14 October 1749 – 20 February 1790) was a Denmark, Danish painter. He is most notable for his landscapes and was also a popular portraitist. However, he did not experience the same level of success as Jens Juel (painter), Jen ...

(1749–1790) *

Julius Paulsen Julius Paulsen (22 October 1860 in Odense – 17 February 1940 in Copenhagen) was a Danish painter. From 1879 to 1882 he studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts where he was later a professor. He had strong connections with several of th ...

(1860–1940) *

Carl-Henning Pedersen Carl-Henning Pedersen (23 September 1913 – 20 February 2007) was a Danish painter and a key member of the COBRA movement. He was known as the "Scandinavian Chagall", and was one of the leading Danish artists of the second half of the 20th ...

(1913–2007) *

Sophie Pedersen Sophie Petrine Pedersen (15 January 1885 – 1 October 1950) was a Danish painter. She specialized in landscapes, including scenes of Copenhagen's streets and parks, but also created portraits and figure paintings. From 1921 to 1924, she headed t ...

(1885–1850) *

Vilhelm Pedersen Thomas Vilhelm Pedersen (28 January 1820 – 13 March 1859) was a Danish painter and illustrator who is known for his illustrations for fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen. He was the first artist to illustrate Andersen's works. His drawings ...

(1820–1859) *

Anna Petersen Anna Sophie Lorenze Petersen (20 February 1845 – 6 October 1910) was a Danish painter. Although she showed some promise as an artist, specifically in genre painting, she struggled to find a place in the male-dominated Danish art world of th ...

(1845–1910) *

Edvard Petersen Edvard Petersen (4 February 1841 – 5 December 1911) was a Danish painter. He also designed the Stork Fountain on Amagertorv in Copenhagen. Petersen, Edvard Frederik ''Dansk biografisk Lexikon'' Access date January 1, 2021 Biography From 185 ...

(1841–1911) * Leif Sylvester Petersen (born 1940) *

Vilhelm Petersen Vilhelm Valdemar Petersen (5 April 1830 – 3 July 1913) was a Danish architect who became Royal Building Inspector from 1892 until his death. He was the father of architect Knud Arne Petersen. Biography Vilhelm Petersen was born in Copenh ...

(1812–1880) *

Fritz Petzholdt Ernst Christian Petzholdt, known as Fritz (1 January 1805 – 29 August 1838) was a Denmark, Danish landscape painting, landscape painter of the ''Copenhagen School'', also known as the Danish Golden Age, Golden Age of Danish Painting. He spent m ...

(1805–1838) *

Theodor Philipsen Theodor Esbern Philipsen (10 June 18403 March 1920) was a Danish painter of Jewish ancestry; known for landscapes and animal portraits. He also did small figures in wax and clay. Biography Theodor Philipsen was born at Copenhagen to a cultured me ...

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Camille Pissarro Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro ( , ; 10 July 1830 – 13 November 1903) was a Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, St Thomas (now in the US Virgin Islands, but t ...

(1830–1903) *

Gudrun Poulsen Gudrun Thorgerd Erna Poulsen (7 March 1918– 20 July 1999) was a Danish painter. Inspired by nature, she painted mainly country landscapes, often including cows. From the 1960s, she spent much of her time painting on the island of Møn while in th ...

(1918–1999) *

Bolette Puggaard Bolette Cathrine Frederikke Puggaard née Hage (1798–1847) was a landscape painter of the Danish Golden Age, one of very few 19th-century Danish women whose art extended beyond flower paintings. She and her husband, the merchant and shipowne ...

(1798–1847)

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Pia Ranslet Pia Ranslet (born 3 July 1956, Allinge, Bornholm, Denmark) is a Danish people, Danish painter and sculptor. Biography Pia Ranslet was born and raised in Bornholm, Denmark, eldest daughter to Tulla Blomberg Ranslet and Arne Ranslet. Her brothe ...

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Tal R Tal Rosenzweig (born 1967), known as Tal R, is a Danish artist based in Copenhagen. Life and work Tal R was born in Israel and moved to Denmark with his family when he was one year old. He studied at Billedskolen, Copenhagen, from 1986 to 1988 and ...

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Erik Raadal Erik Kristoffer Raadal (18 June 1905 – 13 January 1941) was a Danish painter. During his short life, Raadal became one of Denmark's most important landscape painters of the 1930s, often painting scenes around Gjern, his home town in central Jutl ...

(1905–1941) *

Johannes Rach Johannes Rach (1720 – 4 August 1783) was a Danish painter and draughtsman whose works from Copenhagen and Indonesia are a valuable source of architectural and cultural historic knowledge. He began his artistic career painting topographical vi ...

(1720–1783) *

Carl Rasmussen Jens Erik Carl Rasmussen (31 August 1841 – 1 October 1893) was a Danish painter best known for his marine art and scenes of Greenland. Biography Rasmussen was born at Ærøskøbing in Ærø, Denmark. He was the son of Johan Aranth Rasmusse ...

(1841–1893) *

Louise Ravn-Hansen Louise Christiane Ravn-Hansen (19 July 1849, in Copenhagen – January 1909, in the Havel River, near Schwanenwerder) was a Danish landscape painter and etcher. Biography Her father was a railroad stoker. She lost both parents when she was ei ...

(1849–1909) *

Jytte Rex Jytte Rex (born 19 March 1942) is a Danish artist, writer and film director. Her work includes paintings, fiction, biographies, and pioneering artistic activities in support of women's rights. Biography Born in Frederiksberg, after qualifying as ...

(born 1942) * L.A. Ring (1854–1933) *

Elof Risebye Elof Christian Risebye (3 April 1892 – 11 July 1961) was a Danish painter. He became known as the "painter of grief" (''sorgens maler'') for his paintings of coffins and corpses in the 1930s. Biography Born in the Frederiksberg district of Co ...

(1892–1961) *

Jørgen Roed Jørgen Roed, (13 January 1808 – 8 August 1888), Danish portrait and genre painter associated with the Golden Age of Danish Painting, was born in Ringsted to Peder Jørgensen Roed and wife, Ellen Hansdatter. Biography Growing up His father, ...

(1808–1888) *

Johan Rohde Johan Gudmann Rohde (1 November 1856 – 18 February 1935) was a Danish painter, lithographer and designer. He was the principal founder of Den Frie Udstilling, established in 1891 to allow artists to exhibit works which did not fall within the Ac ...

(1856–1935) *

Martinus Rørbye Martinus Christian Wesseltoft Rørbye (; 17 May 1803 – 29 August 1848) was a Danish painter, known both for genre works and landscapes. He was a central figure of the Golden Age of Danish painting during the first half of the 19th century. Th ...

(1803–1848) *

Vilhelm Rosenstand Vilhelm Jacob Rosenstand (31 July 1838 – 11 March 1915) was a Danish painter and illustrator. His best known work is a mural decorating the banqueting hall in the University of Copenhagen. Biography Born in Copenhagen, Rosenstand attended the ...

(1838–1915) * Godtfred Rump (1816–1880)

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August Schiøtt Heinrich August Georg Schiøtt (17 December 1823 – 25 June 1895) was a Danish portrait painter. Biography August Schiøtt was born in Helsingør, Denmark. He was the son of Heinrich Erpecum Schiøtt and Anna Sophie Marie Fleron. His father w ...

(1823–1895) * Alfred Schmidt (1858–1938) * Ludvig Abelin Schou (1838–1867) * Peter Alfred Schou (1844–1914) *

Ole Schwalbe Ole Albert Christian Schwalbe (23 July 1929 – 15 October 1990) was a Danish painter. He was one of the painters in the Linien artists association who in 1956 initiated the second generation of Danish Constructivism which they called concrete rea ...

(1929–1990) *

Carl Christian Seydewitz Carl Christian von Seydewitz (3 November 1777 – 10 October 1857) was a Danish-German portrait painter and army officer. He was not a member of the nobility but, from 1770 to 1860, officers were allowed to use "von" with their surnames. Biog ...

(1777–1857) * Herman Siegumfeldt (1833–1912) *

Alfred Simonsen Alfred Simonsen (16 December 1906 – 12 April 1935) was a Danish painter who in the early 1930s became associated with the artists' colony in northwestern Zealand known as the Odsherred Painters. When he died at the early age of 27, he had only c ...

(1906–1935) *

Niels Simonsen Niels Simonsen (10 December 1807 – 11 December 1885) was a Danish painter, lithographer and sculptor. Biography Simonsen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was the son of Simnon Rasmusson and Bolette Nielsdatter. His parents were shop ...

(1807–1885) *

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 ...

(1856–1933) *

Niels Skovgaard Niels Kristian Skovgaard (2 November 1858 – 3 February 1938) was a Danish painter and sculptor. His statue of N.F.S. Grundtvig is considered to be a masterpiece of Danish sculpture. Biography Born in Copenhagen, Skovgaard was the son of the not ...

(1858–1938) *

P.C. Skovgaard Peter Christian Thamsen Skovgaard (known as P. C. Skovgaard; 4 April 1817 – 13 April 1875) was a Danish national romantic landscape painter. He is one of the main figures associated with the Golden Age of Danish Painting. He is especially known ...

(1817–1875) *

Agnes Slott-Møller Agnes Slott-Møller, née Rambusch (10 June 1862, in Nyboder – 11 June 1937, in Løgismose, Assens Municipality), was a Danish Symbolist painter; influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites. She is known for works inspired by Danish history and folklor ...

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Harald Slott-Møller Harald Slott-Møller (17 August 1864 – 20 October 1937) was a Danish painter and ceramist. Together with his wife, the painter Agnes Slott-Møller, he was a founding member of Den Frie Udstilling (The Free Exhibition). Early life Born in Cope ...

(1864–1937) *

Frederik Sødring Frederik Hansen Sødring (31 May 1809 – 18 April 1862) was a Danish landscape painter and founder of an endowment. Background Sødring was born in Aalborg, Denmark. He was the son of merchant Peder Hansen Sødring (d. 1839) and Ane Do ...

(1809–1862) *

Jens Søndergaard Jens Søndergaard (October 4, 1895 – May 21, 1957) was a Danish expressionist painter. He specialised in strongly coloured landscapes depicting his feelings for the power of nature and the sea. Søndergaard won both national and international ...

(1895–1957) * Jørgen Sonne (1801–1890) *

Carl Frederik Sørensen Carl Frederik Sørensen (8 February 1818, Besser, Samsø – 24 January 1879, Copenhagen) was a Danish artist who specialized in marine painting. His paintings not only attracted customers in Denmark but also in the courts of St Petersburg, Londo ...

(1818–1879) * Ole Sporring (born 1941) *

Niels Larsen Stevns Niels Larsen Stevns (9 July 1864 – 27 September 1941) was a Danish painter and sculptor. He was originally educated as a journeyman painter but attended Kunstakademiet in the years 1886–1887 and 1892–1894. He assisted Joakim Skovgaard decora ...

(1864–1941) *

Christine Swane Christine Swane née Christine Larsen (29 May 1876 in Kerteminde – 16 August 1960 in Farum) was a Denmark, Danish painter who first associated with the Funen Painters before developing her own increasingly Cubism, Cubist style. Biography Christ ...

(1876–1960) *

Sigurd Swane Sigurd Swane (16 June 1879 – 9 April 1973) was a Danish Post-impressionist painter and poet; known primarily for his landscapes. Biography Swane was born in Frederiksberg. He studied in Copenhagen at the Royal Danish Academy of Art from 1899 ...

(1879–1973) *

Anna Syberg Anna Louise Birgitte Syberg (7 January 1870 – 4 July 1914) was a Danish painter. Together with her husband Fritz Syberg, she was one of the Funen Painters (''Fynboerne'') who lived and worked on the island of Funen. She is remembered for he ...

(1870–1914) *

Ernst Syberg Ernst Axel Syberg (12 January 1906 – 17 August 1981) was a Danish painter who in the early 1930s associated with the artists' colony in northwestern Zealand known as the Odsherred Painters. From 1934, he was a member of Corner where he exhibited ...

(1906–1981) *

Fritz Syberg Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Syberg, generally known as Fritz Syberg, (28 July 1862, Fåborg – 20 December 1939, Kerteminde) was a Danish painter and illustrator, one of the or Funen Painters (''Fynboerne'') living and working on the is ...

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Carl Thomsen Carl Christian Frederik Jacob Thomsen (6 April 1847 – 4 October 1912) was a Danish painter and illustrator. He specialized in genre painting and also illustrated the works of several Danish authors. Biography Born in Copenhagen, Thomsen was th ...

(1847–1912) * Reinhold Timm (?–1639) * Peter Tom-Petersen (1861–1926) * Kurt Trampedach (1943–2013) *

Eleonora Tscherning Eleonora Christine Tscherning (1817–1890) was a Danish painter who created flower paintings and later landscapes, often working in the open air. She is also remembered as one of the most important memoirists of her day, writing letters and dia ...

(1817–1890) *

Laurits Tuxen Laurits Regner Tuxen (9 December 1853 – 21 November 1927) was a Danish painter and sculptor specialising in figure painting. He was also associated with the Skagen Painters. He was the first head of Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler, an art school ...

(1853–1927) *

Nicoline Tuxen Bertha Nicoline Tuxen (14 November 1847 – 5 April 1931) was a Danish painter of still lifes, flowers, and portraits. Life Nicoline Tuxen was a daughter of the naval officer and director of the Orlogsværftet Nicolai Elias Tuxen (1810-1891) an ...

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Olga Wagner Olga Rosalie Aloisa Wagner née Packness (1873–1963) was a Danish painter and sculptor. After specializing in painting at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, she was trained as a sculptor by her husband Siegfried. She worked together with him ...

(1873–1963) *

Bertha Wegmann Bertha Wegmann (1847–1926) was a Danish portrait painter of German ancestry. She was the first woman to hold a chair at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Life When Bertha Wegmann was five years old, her family moved to Copenhagen, where her ...

(1847–1926) *

Edvard Weie Viggo Thorvald Edvard Weie (18 November 1879 - 9 April 1943) was a Danish Modernist painter. He was a recipient of Eckersberg Medal in 1925. He died during 1943 in Frederiksberg. Biography Weie was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. His father went ...

(1879–1943) *

Friedrich Bernhard Westphal Friedrich Bernhard Westphal (5 October 1803, Schleswig – 24 December 1844) was a German-Danish genre painter and illustrator. He was also known by his nickname Fritz Westphal. Life From 1821 to 1826 he studied at the Royal Danish Academy ...

(1803–1844) *

Johannes Wilhjelm Johannes Martin Fasting Wilhjelm (7 January 1868 – 22 December 1938) was a Danish painter. Strongly influenced by Kristian Zahrtmann, he painted bright, colourful landscapes while travelling in Italy. His works also include religious paintings ...

(1868–1938) *

Jens Ferdinand Willumsen Jens Ferdinand Willumsen (7 September 1863 – 4 April 1958) was a Danish painter, sculptor, graphic artist, architect and photographer. He became associated with the movements of Symbolism and Expressionism. Biography J. F. Willumsen was born i ...

(1863–1958) * Svend Wiig Hansen (1922–1997) *

Bjørn Wiinblad Bjørn Wiinblad (20 September 1919 – 8 June 2006), was a Danish painter, designer and artist in ceramics, silver, bronze, textiles, and graphics. His work has been shown widely in Europe, in the United States of America first in 1954 and in J ...

(1918–2006) *

Abraham Wuchters Abraham Wuchters (1608 – 23 May 1682) was a Brabant-born Dutch- Danish painter and engraver. He was born in Antwerp but had most of his career in Denmark where he and Karel van Mander III became the preferred painters of the Danish King, no ...

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Christian Zacho Peter Mørch Christian Zacho, usually known as Christian Zacho, (31 March 1843, in Grenå – 19 March 1913, in Hellerup) was a Danish landscape painter who is remembered for his idyllic scenes of Danish beech woods. Early life His education at ...

(1843–1913) *

Kristian Zahrtmann Peder Henrik Kristian Zahrtmann, known as Kristian Zahrtmann, (31 March 1843 – 22 June 1917) was a Denmark, Danish Painting, painter. He was a part of the Danish artistic generation in the late 19th century, along with Peder Severin Krøyer and ...

(1843–1917) *

Johann Georg Ziesenis Johann Georg Ziesenis (1716, Copenhagen – 4 March 1776, Hannover) was a German – Danish portrait painter. Life His father Johan Jürgen Ziesenis was a painter from Hanover who had been granted Danish citizenship in Copenhagen in 1709 and wh ...

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