Hedvig Collin

Hedvig Jacobine Henriette Collin (27 May 1880 – 2 April 1964) was a Danish painter, illustrator and writer. She created both portraits and landscapes but she is remembered above all for illustrating books for children. In addition to her illustrations in many Danish publications for young people, she wrote and illustrated a number of works in English, including Two Viking Boys and Young Hans Christian Andersen (1955).

Biography Born on 27 May 1880 in Nakskov, Hedvig Jacobine Henriette Collin was the daughter of the photographer (1849–1922) and Ottilia Frederikke Christiane née Bloch (1850–1935). She attended Copenhagen's Arts and Crafts School for Women before becoming a student in the women's section of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts where she befriended Karen Blixen. After graduating from the Academy's decoration school in 1909, she furthered her education at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Berlin.