Otto Haslund

Carl Otto Bentzon Haslund (4 November 1842 – 30 August 1917) was a Danish painter.

Born in Copenhagen, Haslund attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1858 to 1864.

[1][2] Haslund's early work bears traces of the Danish Golden Age approach to painting thanks to his friendship with Christen Købke's nephew, Pietro Krohn while his studies under Marstrand and Vermehren developed his respect for clarity and detail.

Haslund was one of a group of artists who tried to maintain the traditional Danish approach to painting at a time when new styles were being introduced.

[1] After being introduced to the work of Jules Breton and Jules Bastien-Lepage while he was in Paris in 1881, Haslund steered away from the Danish academic style, painting more Realistic portraits, for example of Janus la Cour (1892), and landscapes, using far more vivid colours.