HEINRICH HANSEN (Interiors)

 

Post 216 -by Gautam Shah 

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SUNDAY Feature on ART of Architecture 

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Heinrich Hansen (1821-1890) was a Danish architectural and interior painter. His son, Adolf Heinrich-Hansen, was also an architectural painter, but later turned to animal painting.

Hansen studied at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen in 1842 with the intention of becoming a decorative painter.

He was the first and a remarkable architectural painter of Denmark. But he distinguished himself as Interior scene painter. He travelled across the western Europe and captured halls, arcades of Palaces and church buildings. Some of the details are so well captured that it has served as examples in history of Architecture and interior design. Many of the details were so meticulous and truthful that these are used for restoration of historical places.

Over the years, he also worked on restoration projects at Rosenborg, Kronborg and Frederiksborg castles. He also designed furniture, silverware and porcelain.

On return, he became a teaching assistant and then a professor for perspective and ornamentation, at the Academy.

This post covers Heinrich Hansen’s Interior drawings. Last Sunday (20FEb2022) post covered the Architectural buildings. 

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HEINRICH HANSEN

 Post 215 -by Gautam Shah 

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SUNDAY Feature on ART of Architecture 

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Heinrich Hansen (1821-1890) was a Danish architectural painter. His son, Adolf Heinrich-Hansen, was also an architectural painter, but later turned to animal painting.

Hansen studied at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen in 1842 with the intention of becoming a decorative painter.

Hansen secured a grant to study in Germany, and here, he decided to be an architectural painter. He was the first and a remarkable architectural painter of Denmark. With own income support, he travelled across the western Europe. On return, he became a teaching assistant and then a professor for perspective and ornamentation, at the Academy. Over the years, he also worked on restoration projects at Rosenborg, Kronborg and Frederiksborg castles. He also designed furniture, silverware and porcelain.

The artist created architectural landscapes and interiors of churches and palaces. Many of the details were so meticulous and truthful that these are used for restoration of historical places.

His forte was drawing columns, arches and vaulted spaces.

This part covers Heinrich Hansen’s Architectural drawings. Next Sunday post will cover the Interior Spaces.

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CARLOS De HAES

Post-214 by Gautam Shah

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SUNDAY Feature on ART of Architecture 

Carlos De Haes, (1829-1898), was a Spanish painter from Belgium. He was a realist painter of nature and architecture. He charted his own style that took him away from the Romanticism to Realism. He was one of the first Spanish landscape painters to do so. His works relate to depiction of trees, wild terrains, coastal areas and buildings, all against clouds filled skies.

He believed in direct observation of the nature, and prepared many sketches during visits to the site. His style inspired many to follow this Spanish ‘flavour’. Haes' success with landscapes, was also due to the modest size of compositions, which allowed him to handle them well.

His brush strokes, reflects the impressionist manner, but rather modestly. His experiments with light and colour relates only to the skies. The skies in various extent are seen through all the scenes. His paintings lack the instantaneity or spontaneity, till in later days, when he moved to freer Barbizone School style.

Haes believed that the ‘end result of art should be the truth found in the imitation of nature, the source of all beauty’. ‘The painter should imitate nature as closely as possible, and to do so, one must know nature and not rely on imagination’.

In 1857 he became the first professor of landscape painting, and in 1860, he became an Academic at the Royal Academy.

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