Hans Ole Brasen

Hans Ole Brasen (16 January 1849 – 24 February 1930) was a Danish painter. He won the Eckersberg Medal in 1894.

Hans Ole Brasen
Brasen photographed in 1872
Born(1849-01-16)16 January 1849
Hillerød, Denmark
Died24 February 1930(1930-02-24) (aged 81)
Copenhagen, Denmark
NationalityDanish
EducationRoyal Danish Academy of Art
Known forPainting

Biography

Brasen was born in Hillerød to a merchant father. His mother had painted some flower paintings as a young girl which inspired him to take up painting. In 1863, he began an apprenticeship with master painter Ernst Schmiegelow, who supported his artistic talent and helped him get into the Art Academy.

Brasen exhibited his works for the first time in 1871 and began to receive instructions from Eiler Rasmussen Eilersen with whom he travelled to Italy in 1876. In 1879, he exhibited a large painting, Guard Hussars watering their horses, which won him the Academy's travel stipend. He then set out for Northern Italy, first making a stop in Tyrol, then spending the winter in Paris where he studied under Léon Bonnat. He then returned to Tyrol where he painted some of his must successful works. In 1885, with support from Det Ancherske Legat, Brasen went on a third journey to Italy.

In 1886 he exhibited a portrait. He later spent several summers in the Sørup on the southeastern shores of Lake Esrom where he painted the washerwomen.[1]

He was a member of Akademirådet during 1896–1914 and of Charlottenborg's Exhibition Committee from 1908–11 and again from 1914–23.[2] Brasen received the Eckersberg Medal in 1894.[3]

  • Sørup (1876)
    Sørup (1876)
  • Sørup. Summer Evening
    Sørup. Summer Evening
  • Summer Evening
    Summer Evening
  • Morning Greetings
    Morning Greetings
  • The Second Class Compartment
    The Second Class Compartment
  • The silversmith and toy designer Kay Bojesen as a child playing cards with his sister Thyra
    The silversmith and toy designer Kay Bojesen as a child playing cards with his sister Thyra

References
  1. "Overdådigt værk fortæller lokalhistorien om Esrum Sø" (in Danish). Politiken. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  2. "H.O. Brasen - stillinger og hverv" (in Danish). Kunstindeks Danmark. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  3. "H.O. Brasen" (in Danish). Gyldendal. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
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