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Ludvig Find (May 16, 1869 - 1945) was a Danish Modernist painter who did some of his best work while still a student - first a couple of years at the Academy, then much longer with Krøyer and Zahrtmann. His work was Symbolist at the time with lines back to the Renaissance.

After trips to Florence and Paris his style changed to a less pregnant Neo-Impressionist one, and he embarked on an endless series of paintings of children in bright rooms and landscapes - which brought him commercial success as a child portraitist.

He did occasionally still paint worthwhile works, such as this one:

To herrer ved et bord, 1927 - oil on cardboard (Privately owned)

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.

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