Constantin Hansen Artist

Carl Christian Constantin Hansen (Constantin Hansen) (3 November 1804 – 29 March 1880) was one of the painters associated with the Golden Age of Danish Painting. He was deeply interested in literature and mythology, and inspired by art historian Niels Lauritz Høyen, he tried to recreate a national historical painting based on Norse mythology. He painted also many altarpieces and portraits, including the historical The Constitutional Assembly (Den grundlovgivende Rigsforsamling) between 1861-1865.

Personal facts

Constantin Hansen
Birth dateNovember 03, 1804
Birth place
Italy , Rome
Date of deathMarch 29, 1880
Place of death
Copenhagen

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Artist

Movement
Romanticism
Danish Golden Age
training at
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts

Topical connections

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Constantin Hansen on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Constantin_Hansen
  2. http://runeberg.org/dbl
  3. http://www.germanicmythology.com/works/HansenArtPage.html
  4. http://www.kid.dk