Hans Tegner

[1] Son of lithographer Isac Wilhelm Tegner, Hans studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1869 to 1878.

His first art exhibition was in 1882, featuring watercolour illustrations of Hans Christian Andersen's story The Tinderbox.

From 1883 to 1888, Tegner painted a series of illustrations for the works of Ludvig Holberg, his greatest artistic accomplishment.

The second great accomplishment of Tegner, was his exquisite illustrations produced for the so-called international selection (Danish: Verdensudgaven) of Andersen's fairy tales, finished in 1901.

[3] He was the leader of Kunsthåndværkerskolen (a part of what is now Danmarks Designskole) from 1901 to 1917, and chief designer at porcelain manufacturer Bing & Grøndahl from 1907 to 1932.

Hans Tegner in 1881.
The Royal Danish Library.
Valdemar Irminger : Interior with Helga and Hans Tegner , 1903