Poul Hagelstein

Resting on the bench

Poul Hagelstein (* 1825 in Holstein ; † March 4, 1868 in Brussels ) was a Danish portrait and genre painter .

Poul Hagelstein studied from 1846 to 1851 at the Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen . After 1848 he showed his works at the academy exhibitions. 1857 he took part in the opening exhibition of the Kunsthalle zu Kiel.

He spent 1859 in London, where he took part in the exhibition at the British Institution for Promoting the Fine Arts in The United Kingdom .

He received orders from the Danish royal family. Both Frederick VII and Christian IX. Appreciated his art, including his genre and history paintings, particularly addressing subjects from the 16th century. Around 1866 he painted the portraits of George I of Greece and Christian IX for the Hall of the Regents at Miramare Palace on behalf of Archduke Maximilian . from Denmark.

After graduating, he settled in Brussels, where he also continued his education. In this city he remained active as a portrait and genre painter for life. He also sent to the Copenhagen academy exhibition. Hagelstein died at the age of 43.

literature

Hagelstein, Pau. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 1/2, sheets 31–61: Heideck – Mayer, Louis. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1895, p. 445 ( archive.org ). - (Left column).
Otto Andrup: Hagelstein, Poul . In: Ulrich Thieme , Fred. C. Willis (Ed.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 15 : Gresse – Hanselmann . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1922, p. 457-478 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
Elisabeth Fabritius : Poul Hagelstein. In: Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon ( kulturarv.dk ).

Web links

Commons : Poul Hagelstein - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Poul Hagelstein. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)

Individual evidence

^ Two letters in the archive of the Kunsthalle zu Kiel.
^ Rossella Fabiani, Piero Del Negro: Il museo storico del castello di Miramare . Terra Ferma, Vicenza 2005, ISBN 978-88-87760-92-7 , pp. 182 .

personal data
SURNAME	Hagelstein, Poul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hagelstein, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Danish portrait and genre painter
DATE OF BIRTH	1825
PLACE OF BIRTH	Holstein
DATE OF DEATH	March 4, 1868
Place of death	Brussels

[1] Two letters in the archive of the Kunsthalle zu Kiel.

[2] Rossella Fabiani, Piero Del Negro: Il museo storico del castello di Miramare . Terra Ferma, Vicenza 2005, ISBN 978-88-87760-92-7 , pp. 182 .