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Georg Emil Hansen (12 May 1833 – 21 December 1891) was one of
A native of Naestved in southern
Ane Grum-Schwensen: "Jeg sad i Dag for Photographen" - 20 portrætter af H.C. Andersen. From Odense Bys Museer.
Retrieved 8 February 2010.
Georg Emil Hansen (12 May 1833 – 21 December 1891) was one of Denmark
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's pioneering photographers in the second half of the 19th century. He had his own studio in Copenhagen and later became a successful court photographer.
Early life
A native of Naestved in southern Sealand
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, he learnt the art of daguerreotyping from his father, C.C. Hansen, who had begun to produce daguerreotypes in 1849. After studying photography in Germany
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, in 1854 he helped his father set up a studio near Kongens Nytorv
Kongens Nytorv (literal translation, lit. "The King's New Square") is a town square, public square in Copenhagen, Denmark, centrally located at the end of the Pedestrian zone, pedestrian street Strøget. The largest square of the city, it was l ...
in the centre of Copenhagen
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. The new equipment he had brought back from Germany was of considerable assistance.
In 1856, he opened a studio of his own, first located at Bredgade
Bredgade (literal translation, lit. "Broad Street") is one of the most prominent streets in Copenhagen, Denmark. Running in a straight line from Kongens Nytorv for just under one kilometre to the intersection of Esplanaden, Copenhagen, Esplanaden ...
22 and later in Østergade. In 1867, he joined with his brother Niels Christian Hansen (a portrait painter) and Albert Schou (a businessman) to create the famous studio that (with the addition of Clemens Weller) would be known as Hansen, Schou & Weller
Hansen, Schou & Weller was a photographic studio in Copenhagen. Many celebrities sat for portraits there in the last decades of the 19th century.
History
Niels Christian Hansen (a portrait painter), his brother Georg Emil Hansen and the lieutenant ...
.
Court photographer
He later became a court photographer, taking photographs of royalty in Denmark,England
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, Russia
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and Greece
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. He was particularly successful in selling prints of the Danish royal family in the carte de visite
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format. It is estimated that he sold some 37,000 prints of the young Princess Alexandra when she married Crown Prince Edward in 1863. He died in Frederiksberg
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.
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen ( , ; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogue (literature), travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales.
Andersen's fai ...
was very interested in photography. From the very beginning he had invited photographers to take his portrait.
He posed on many occasions for Hansen between 1860 and 1874. In his diary entry for 19 July 1862, Andersen records: "Went to Hansen who photographed me; got 24 portraits".Retrieved 8 February 2010.
See also
*Photography in Denmark
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*History of photography
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References
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