About Hans Harder
Lived 1792 – 1873 (aged 81). Hans Harder was a Danish painter.
Johannes Georg Smith Harder, known as Hans Harder (12 August 1792 – 25 November 1873) was a Danish painter and drawing master. He was known especially as a painter of landscapes.
Biography Harder was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. In 1822, he became a drawing teacher at the Sorø Academy. With funding from the Fonden ad usus publicos, he conducted a study trip to Munich, Italy and Austria during 1825–29. In 1830, he was unanimously elected as a member of the Art Academy. He remained a drawing teacher at Sorø Academy for most of his life, resigning in 1862. He died during 1873 in Sorø.
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Who was Hans Harder?
painter (1792-1873)
When was Hans Harder born?
Hans Harder was born on 12 August 1792 in Copenhagen.
When did Hans Harder die?
Hans Harder died on 25 November 1873 in Sorø.
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Hans Harder was a painter.
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Hans Harder was Danish.
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