Axel Helsted
Encyclopedia
Axel Theophilus Helsted (born Copenhagen
, April 11, 1847 - died there February 17, 1907) was a Danish
painter. Son of the painter Frederik Ferdinand Helsted
, he studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. He painted the altarpiece of the Church of Christ
in Copenhagen.
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, April 11, 1847 - died there February 17, 1907) was a Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
painter. Son of the painter Frederik Ferdinand Helsted
Frederik Ferdinand Helsted
Frederik Ferdinand Helsted was a Danish painter and drawing master. He was the father of painter Axel Helsted, and the grandfather of composers Carl Helsted and Edvard Helsted. From 1834 to 1837 he studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, and later travelled in Europe...
, he studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. He painted the altarpiece of the Church of Christ
Church of Christ, Copenhagen
The Church of Christ is a Church of Denmark parish church situated on Enghave Plads in the Vesterbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. Completed in 1900 to the design of Valdemar Koch, wjo also built several other churches in Copenhagen around that time, it was the first new church to be opened in...
in Copenhagen.
Reference
- Biography at the Dansk biografisk Lexikon (in Danish)