#charlottenborg

Sigvard Hansen (May 23, 1859 - 1938) was a Danish landscape painter. He was apprenticed at Aluminia (Porcelain factory) and studied at the Academy at the same time, but never graduated.

His specialty was Danish and foreign winter landscapes which he executed with great skill and sold in copious amounts. Here I have selected an atypical canvas, which I think shows off his technical skill with figures, scenery and a typical Danish grey sky:

Above:The Harbour of Elsinore, Denmark, 1884 - oil on canvas (Shown at Charlottenborg, privately owned)

Carl Wentorf (April 25, 1863 - 1914) was a capable Danish genre and portrait painter. He studied at the Royal Academy in the 1880s and exhibited chiefly at the Charlottenborg seasonal shows. His works are found in good museums, such as Den Hirschsprungske and SMK.

Above:Under gudstjenesten i en kirke på Amager, 1891-2 - oil on canvas (SMK)

Jais Nielsen (April 23, 1885 - 1961) was a Danish painter and ceramics/glass artist. He was among the first Danes to absorb Cubism and Futurism/Vorticism into his art (he had spent 3 years in Paris from 1911 to 1914), and he shocked the Danish establishment by exhibiting works like this one:

Afgang!/Departure! - 1918 (oil on canvas). First shown at Charlottenborg, Fall Exhibition, 1918 - now at Fuglsang Kunstmuseum.

Georg Seligmann (April 22, 1866 - 1924) was a Danish genre painter who had studied with P.S. Krøyer and Laurits Tuxen, after which he traveled extensively abroad, studying old masters (particularly Frans Hals).

He exhibited at Forårsudstillingen at Charlottenborg and later at Den Frie. He did quite a few architecture paintings and portraits, including a whole show of “Doctor portraits” (apparently he was hospitalized for long periods towards the end of his life).

He is represented at Den Hirschsprungske Samling and Statens Museum for Kunst, from where this canvas comes:

Ukrudt. En kvinde i et landskab, 1888 - oil on canvas (SMK)