Knud Larsen

Knud Erik Larsen (27 August 1865 – 7 December 1922) was a Danish painter.

Biography Born in Vinderød near Frederiksværk, Denmark. He was the son of Jens Peter Larsen (1826–97) and Julie Sophie Olsen (1826–97). Larsen studied painting at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, graduating in 1889. He first exhibited at the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition in 1887. Larsen exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893, the General Art and Industrial Exposition of Stockholm in 1897 and the Baltic Exhibition at Malmö in 1914. Larsen travel to England 1889; Berlin and Dresden 1891; Italy 1898; Paris, the Netherlands, Belgium 1899.

He later moved increasingly towards portraiture, becoming one of the most popular portraitists of his day and often working for public and private institutions. His work embraced some of the most popular contemporary figures including Vilhelm Thomsen, Harald Høffding, Axel Helsted, Hans Smidth, L.A. Ring and Theobald Stein.

Personal life In 1893, he married Frederikke Elisabeth Dall (1870-1963). Larsen died during 1922 in Copenhagen and was buried at Assistens Cemetery.

Awards Larsen was awarded the Neuhausens Prize in 1893, Eckersberg Medal in 1898, Thorvaldsen Medal in 1901 and the Serdin Hansens Prize in 1901, 1905.