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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…