Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1951-06-04
Denmark
Who's Who In Denmark
Williamson. j. F., born 1868.


Painter and sculptor. After attend
ing a commercial school and a
technical school, where he passed
an examination in house building,
he was admitted to the Academy
of Fine Arts but failed at the ex-
animation at the Painters School.
Studied in Paris, where for seven
years (1SSS-1s94) was permanent
~ domiciled whilst at the m
time travelling a great deal, visit
ing Spain, Brittany, America,
Italy, Greece and Tunis; later, for
many years, he has made Nice his
winter residence; he has worked
not only as painter and sculp-
tor but also as an architect. His
art is on grand lines; his central
characteristic is an indomitable
craving for eauty directed
/ against abstract phenomena in
man and nature.
Particularly well-known paint
ings of his are: THE Quarryman";
The Land of the Giants; Sun
light on the Mountains of the
South; "The Lady Mountain
eer"; Sun and Youth; A Ply
sicist"; The Evening Soup" and
various others. Among his sculp-
lures may be mentioned tn q
statue of Hoerup danish radical
politician), and THE Grand Re-
lief" considered the browning
piece of his life-work.
Nielsen, Carl (1S65-1931). Com
poser. Born in extremely poor
surroundings; his father was a
village fiddler, he himself herded
cattle as boy and was later ap-
prenticed with a shopkeeper, but
his love for music soon drove him
away from this work and at the
age of Is he got a place with the
Military Band at Odense; was ad-
mitted to the Royal Conservatoire
, in Copenhagen, obtained an ap-
pointment with the orchestra of
the Royal Theatre and was even
promoted to Royal Orchestral
Conductor" but withdrew from
this position in 1914. Took up
teaching and became a member of
the Board of the Royal Conserva-
toire of Music and chairman of the
Philharmonic Society. He is not
only the greatest, but also the
most original composer in Danish
music for long time back. His
appearance marks the decisive
break with the musical art of the
10Th century in Denmark and the
advent of new era in the history
of Danish music.
Besides six symphonies, cham
Der music and violin sonatas, Carl
Nielsen has composed, among 9TH
er things, the operas saul and
David" and Masquerade" and a
great deal of scenic music, Herr
Oluf," Aladdin" THE Mother"
etc, patriotic songs, etc.
Jensen, Georg (1S66-1935). Sill
versmith. AS a youngster he was
apprenticed to goldsmith. He
wanted to become a sculptor and
was taugh t at the Technical
School and the Academy of Arts.
In order to get into closer contact
with the public he now took up
ceramic work and eventually, in
1904, he set up for himself, as
sisted only by an apprentice. His
work soon found favor with the
public; his shop was enlarged time
and again whilst the number of
his assistants grew ever larger
and at last, in 1916, his firm was
converted into a jointstock COM
pany with independent shops in
Paris, London, New York, BARGE
Iona and several other places. His
fame as an artist and as the Gre
ator of George Jensen-silver"
has made the round OF the earth,
and at innumerable exhibitions
both in the New and in the Old
World he was honored with h e
Grand Prix" and gold medals.