Harald Slott-Møller

(1864–1937) dansk målare

Harald Slott-Møller (1864–1937) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a ceramicist. By year of birth, Harald Slott-Møller belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.

Harald Slott-Møller was born in Frederiksberg and died in Copenhagen. Harald Slott-Møller trained at Copenhagen Technical College, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, and Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler. The teachers included Christian Albrecht Jensen, Peder Severin Krøyer, and Adolph Hellesen. Harald Slott-Møller was awarded Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog. The students included Agnes Slott-Møller and Bertha Dorph.

The best-known works include ‘The Spring’, ‘Danish Landscape’, and ‘The Poor: The Waiting Room of Death’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 17 works by Harald Slott-Møller with free images. The dated works span the years 1888–1923. Works by Harald Slott-Møller are held by several collections, among them Statens Museum for Kunst, Vejle kunstmuseum, Detroit Institute of Art, and Hirschsprungs museum.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Vilhelm Hammershøi, Elia Sala, Paul Cornoyer, Anna Boberg, and Leopold Schmutzler.

• Post-Impressionism and Symbolism
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