Rudolf Bissen - Artist Info

About Rudolf Bissen

  • Biography

    Harald Bissen was a Danish landscape painter born in Copenhagen in 1846. He was the son of sculptor Herman Wilhelm [Vilhelm] Bissen and brother of sculptor Vilhelm Bissen. Harald studied under Peter Christian Thamsen Skovgaard and attended the Royal Academy of Arts in Copenhagen from 1865-1867.

    He supplied the Charlottenborg exhibitions from 1868 and was influenced by Thorvald Niss and his friend Godfred Christensen. Harald went on study trips to Italy in 1871-1872 and 1874-1875.

    In the late 1870s to early 1880s, he suffered from a serious illness and temporarily abandoned painting. He was honored with the Sødring Prize in 1885, a Royal Academy scholarship in 1886, and the Eckersberg Medal in 1890 and 1892. Harald was a...

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