Constantin Hansen Enter a
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Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Constantin Hansen
early life and training , a prominent figure in the , was born on november 3, 1804, in rome, italy. his father, hans hansen, was a portrait painter, and his godmother was the widow of wolfgang amadeus mozart. after his family relocated to vienna and then copenhagen, hansen began his artistic journey at the royal danish academy of art (det kongelige danske kunstakademi) at the age of 12. artistic career initially, hansen studied architec
ture but later shifted his focus to painting under christoffer wilhelm eckersberg in 1828. following the loss of both parents due to typhus, hansen became the sole supporter of his younger sisters and took over several commissions, including those for the portrait collection at frederiksborg palace and decorative paintings for christiansborg palace. travel and inspiration between 1835 and 1837, hansen received a two-year stipend to tra…
