Hans Christian Harald Tegner, known as Hans Tegner (30 November 1853 – 2 April 1932), was a Danish

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and

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. He is primarily known for his illustrations of literary works by

Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen ( , ; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales. Andersen's fairy tales, consist ...

and

Ludvig Holberg Ludvig Holberg, Baron of Holberg (3 December 1684 – 28 January 1754) was a writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright born in Bergen, Norway, during the time of the Dano-Norwegian dual monarchy. He was influenced by Humanism, ...

and for his work for the Bing & Grøndahl porcelain factory.

Early life and education

Son of

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Isac Wilhelm Tegner, Hans studied at the

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from 1869 to 1878.

Career

His first art exhibition was in 1882, featuring

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illustrations of Hans Christian Andersen's story '' The Tinderbox''. His second, and last, exhibition in 1889 was a watercolour painting celebrating the 50-year jubilee of the

Constitution of Denmark The Constitutional Act of the Realm of Denmark ( da, Danmarks Riges Grundlov), also known as the Constitutional Act of the Kingdom of Denmark, or simply the Constitution ( da, Grundloven, fo, Grundlógin, kl, Tunngaviusumik inatsit), is the c ...

, and was bought by king

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. From 1883 to 1888, Tegner painted a series of illustrations for the works of

, his greatest artistic accomplishment. The second great accomplishment of Tegner, was his exquisite illustrations produced for the so-called international selection ( da, Verdensudgaven) of Andersen's fairy tales, finished in 1901. Bricka, Carl Frederik, ''Dansk Biografisk Lexikon'', vol. XVII vend Tveskjæg - Tøxen 1903
p.115
Sigurd Müller, "Tegner, Hans Christian Harald". Tegner was made professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1897.Hans Christian Harald Tegner
at Gravsted.dk He illustrated a number of other books, as well as

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s, and the first 5- Danish krone note in 1898.Hans Tegner
at Gyldendals Åbne Encyklopædi He was the leader of ''Kunsthåndværkerskolen'' (a part of what is now

Danmarks Designskole The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design, more commonly known as the Danish Design School ( Danish: ''Danmarks Designskole''. often abbreviated as DKDS) is an institution of higher education in Copenhagen, Denmark, offering a five-ye ...

) from 1901 to 1917, and chief designer at

porcelain Porcelain () is a ceramic material made by heating substances, generally including materials such as kaolinite, in a kiln to temperatures between . The strength and translucence of porcelain, relative to other types of pottery, arises main ...

manufacturer Bing & Grøndahl from 1907 to 1932. He died on 2 April 1932 in

Fredensborg Fredensborg () is a railway town located in Fredensborg Municipality, North Zealand, some 30 kilometres north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is most known for Fredensborg Palace, one of the official residences of the Danish Royal Family. As of 1 Janu ...

Personal life

Valdemar Irminger - Interiør med Helga og Hans Tegner - 1903

Tegner married Helga Byberg (13 January 1862 - 26 February 1945), a daughter of merchant Ole Strib Hansen Byberg (1812–82) and Karen Møller (1821–89), on 24 November 1896 in Sundby. He died on 2 April 1932 and is buried in Asminderød Cemetery

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1853 births 1932 deaths Danish artists Academic staff of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni 19th-century illustrators of fairy tales 20th-century illustrators of fairy tales {{Denmark-artist-stub