Svend Hammershøi [SEP] date of death
Svend Hammershøi
Svend Hammershøi (10 August 1873 – 27 February 1948) was a Danish painter and ceramist. He is remembered principally for the classical pottery designs he contributed to the Royal Copenhagen ("Kongelige Porcelainsfabrik") and to Kähler's Ceramics Factory ("Kählers Keramiske Værksted") in Næstved.
Biography.
Born in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen, he was the younger brother of the painter Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864–1916) who was a strong source of influence and inspiration. After a preparatory period at the Copenhagen
, now the Eckersberg Medal, in 1901 (for "Interior") and in 1908 (for "Evening"), also being made a member of the academy assembly. In 1891 he won a gold medal in Munich.
Holsøe was a friend of Vilhelm Hammershøi, whom he met at the Frie Studieskoler and who depicted him together with his brother Svend Hammershøi, Jens Ferdinand Willumsen, Madsen and Thorvald Bindesbøll in his "Five Portraits".
He died in Asserbo, in North Zealand, and is buried in