Holger Topp-Pedersen
Holger Topp-Pedersen (born October 13, 1868 in Odense ; † January 5, 1938 there ) was a Danish landscape painter .
Life
Topp-Pedersen was a son of the businessman Anders Christian Pedersen and his wife Mariane Elise (née Topp). He attended the technical school in his hometown. In 1884 he went to Copenhagen and studied there from 1886 to 1891 at the local art academy . He traveled to New York from 1896 to 1897 and repeatedly to Sweden from 1897 onwards . Topp-Pedersen was a drawing teacher at the Technical School in Odense from 1895 to 1935. In 1901 he married Rosa Christine (nee Samuelsen) there. His older brother was the composer Sophus Christian Danning (June 16, 1867 - November 7, 1925).
The artist made a name for himself as the creator of landscape paintings, which almost always show typical Danish coastal and inland landscapes. He was influenced by naturalism and impressionism .
literature
- Topp-Pedersen, Holger . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 33 : Theodotos vacation . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1939, p. 282 .
- Vera Rasmussen: Holger Topp-Pedersen. In: Danmarks Kunstindeks & Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon
Individual evidence
- ^ Bjørn Steenstrup: Danning, Sophus Christian . In: Hvem er Hvem? 1912, p. 54 (Norwegian, runeberg.org ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Topp-Pedersen, Holger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish landscape painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Odense |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 5, 1938 |
| Place of death | Odense |