Harald Hansen

Danish painter Harald Hansen studied until 1915 at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in København (København), where he then worked as an assistant professor. He also made extensive travels to Greenland and Persia. As a painter, he was well known for his marine and ship paintings. His mountain landscapes were mostly characterized by a modified expressionistic style in modernistic direction. He also painted javelin throwers, riders, acrobats, and pole vaulters. In the mid-1920s, Hansen also designed decorations for theatres and public buildings. In his later years, he became a renowned portrait painter for the royal family, but remained largely isolated from international currents in art. In 1934, Hansen was awarded the Eckersberg-Medal. His second wife was ethnographer and painter Henny Harald Hansen.