#danish royal house

Henrik Olrik (May 24, 1830 - 1890) was a Danish sculptor, decorator, designer and painter. He trained as a sculptor at the Royal Academy, made figurines, silverware, and even designed the first Danish 10 Kroner bill.

However, it was portraits of members of the Royal House, such as King Christian IX, that buttered his bread. He had excellent technique as witnessed by this genre piece:

Bruden smykkes af sin veninde, 1859 - oil on canvas (SMK)

Benjamin Olsen (May 3, 1878 - 1935) was an autodidact Danish marine painter. He worked most of his life for Bing & Grøndahl and Royal Copenhagen porcelain factories.

As a marine painter he participated twice in the Danish Royal House’s voyages to The Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland (1921 and 1926). He depicted the naval vessels used in a clean naturalistic style, ass seen here:

Niels Juelved Trøllkonufingur (Kongespiret), Færøerne 6/6 1926 - oil on canvas (Privately owned)

Several of Olsen’s canvases are now at the Danish Maritime Museum…

Christian Bang (April 29, 1868 - 1950) was a Danish painter who vacillated between university studies and a career as an artist. He finally decided for the Academy in 1891 and studied there under Vermehren.

Bang loved spending time in Italy, and went there often for long stays. However, he was also employed by the Danish Royal House as a drawing teacher, and had several commissions to create altar pieces in Danish churches.

Above:A woman in a red dress sitting on a terrace in an Italian landscape, 1909 - oil on canvas (Privately owned)