Sören Hjorth-Nielsen (1901 - 1983)
Sören Hjorth-Nielsen
Søren Hjorth Nielsen was a Danish painter and illustrator. He is remembered for his paintings of the allotments and outskirts of Copenhagen and later for his landscapes of the Bramsnæs Vig area in northwestern Zealand. He was a professor of painting at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1957 to 1971.
His painting was essentially realistic, sometimes bordering on the grotesque. For a time he also worked as a portrait painter. His favourite subjects included the allotments and harbour districts of Copenhagen. His landscapes included summer scenes at Vester Åby on Funen and around Bramsnæs Vig on the west coast of Zealand; the houses and vegetation in the bottom half of the paintings contrasted with the stillness of the low-set horizon. In his later years, he painted a number of summer and winter scenes from his house at Tempelhuse to the south-east of Holbæk.
His work developed from Expressionism in his early years to participation in the renewal of Danish landscape painting. He was also active in etchings and woodcuts covering studies of models at the Academy, sketches during his travels or landscape depictions. He was also a keen draftsman, often producing crayon drawings as a basis for his oils.
| Date and place of birt: | 2 august 1901, Silkeborg, Denmark |
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| Date and place of death: | 7 july 1983, Holbæk Kommune, Denmark |
| Nationality: | Denmark |
| Period of activity: | XX century |
| Specialization: | Artist, Draftsman, Engraver, Graphic artist, Illustrator, Painter |
| Genre: | Cityscape, Landscape painting, Portrait, Rural landscape, Still life |
| Art style: | Expressionism, Post War Art |
