J. F. Willumsen

Jens Ferdinand Willumsen (7 September 1863 – 4 April 1958) was a Danish painter, sculptor, graphic artist, architect and photographer.

His works were exhibited in the Paris Salon, the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, the Société des Artistes Indépendants, the art gallery of Le Barc de Boutteville and at the Exposition Universelle (1900).

Besides painting, Willumsen had interests in sculpture, architecture, ceramics, and photography, and was an accomplished engraver.

It was here that he carried out most of the preparatory work on his painting Badende børn på Skagen strand (completed in 1909).

[5] Willumsen was an influence on Norwegian landscape painter Kitty Lange Kielland (1843–1914), who attempted to simplify her art in order to follow his style.