Peter Marius Hansen (13 May 1868,

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– 6 October 1928, Faaborg) was a

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painter who became one of the ''

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'' or "Funen Painters" group living and working on the island of

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Biography

Hansen attended the Copenhagen Technical School before studying under Kristian Zahrtmann at the

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(1884–1890). His travels included the Netherlands (1892 and 1909), and several periods in Italy from 1899 where he was in

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with Zahrtmann (1904) and in Pompei with

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(1919–21). He also travelled to Belgium and Paris in 1909. His eldest son, David Shane Hansen (1888-1909) would become one of the leading organizers of the 1909 general strike in Barcelona, Spain. He was killed by military forces July 27, 1909. Peter Hansen would comment that his son had become a great martyr in the rising Spanish Anarchist movement that was sweeping Spain. It was during this time that Peter's art began to reflect the pain he suffered at the loss of his son.

Artistic career

Together with

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. La ...

, Poul S. Christiansen and

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 ...

, Hansen was one of the first Funen artists to study under Zahrtmann, leaving the traditions of the

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and venturing into Naturalism and

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. Initially adopting Zarhtmann's approach but soon influenced by Philipsen's

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, Hansen became one of the finest Colourists of his day. Most of his works are genre paintings inspired by country scenes from both

and Italy. ''Bulgende rug'' (1894) and other earlier landscapes with cornfields and thick hedges, often under cloudy skies, were inspired by

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whose paintings were exhibited in

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in 1893. Others are more Impressionistic. Hansen's frequent visits to Italy influenced his work, as evidenced in the numerous paintings from Naples and Pompei with their sunburnt landscapes and peasant life. From 1905, Hansen spent his summers in his native Faaborg where he painted scenes of the town and the surrounding countryside and his winters in Copenhagen where he captured street life in the districts of Nørrebro and Vesterbro.

Selected works

*''Fra Zahrtmanns skole'' (1890) *''Bøglende rug'' (1894) *''På isen bag byen. Faaborg'' (1901) *''Badende drenge'' (1902) *''Pløjemanden vender'' (1902) *''Frughtsælger i Napoli'' (1903) *''Tiggere uden for en kirke. San Giuliano ved Pompeji'' (1905) *''Legende børn. Enghave Plads'' (1908) *''Forår. Ung pige med barnevogn'' (1910) *''Fåborgs Museums indstiftelse'' (1911)

Gallery

File:Hansen På isen bag byen Fåborg 1901.jpg, Peter Hansen: ''På isen bag byen Fåborg'' (1901) File:Hansen Badende drenge 1902.jpg, Peter Hansen: ''Badende drenge'' (1902) File:Peter Hansen, Pløjemanden vender, 1900-1902. 57, Faaborg Museum.jpg, Peter Hansen: ''Pløjemanden vender'' (1902) File:Peter Hansen, Faaborg Museums indvielse, 1910-1912, 67 , Faaborg Museum.jpg, Fåborg Museums indstiftelse (1911)

References

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