Harald Slott-Møller (Copenhagen 17 Aug. 1864-20 Oct. 1937); Danish painter and ceramist. Together with his wife, painter Agnes Slott-Møller, he was a founding member of Den Frie Udstilling (The Free Exhibition). ...After completing the preparatory course at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (1883), he painted for 3 years under Peder Severin Krøyer. Slott-Møller first exhibited in 1886 at the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition and attracted attention in 1888 with his large lively work Fattigfolk i Fattiglægens Venteværelse (Poor People in the Poor Doctor's Waiting Room). He exhibited at Kunsthal Charlottenborg and Den Frie Udstilling with individual portraits, such as that of Georg Brandes, 1889, and landscapes, which often featured a prominent spot. A change in style occurred in the early 1890s as can be seen in his portrait of the sculptor Anne Marie Brodersen, in which her fair hair is covered with gold, as are the cornfields in one of his landscapes. Then followed a series of painting which ensured him a place as one of the principal participants in 1890 painting: Tre kvinder (Three Women), Foraaret (Spring), and his strikingly symbolic work Primavera (1901). Slott-Møller is remembered for his portraits of well-known figures from Southern Jutland and South Schleswig, often characterized with customized backgrounds such as a landscape or appropriate buildings. Also worked at the faience factory Aluminia 1902-1906 designing a number of notable items together with Christian Joachim. As a result, he gained wide recognition as one of the leading craftsmen of the turn of the century. Although he continued to paint, opinions about his work became ever less supportive, partly on artistic grounds but also as a result of his attitude towards the public. Slott-Møller is portrayed in a double portrait: Ude eller Kammerater, 1886, n which he and his wife have painted each other. Another self-portrait based... (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Slott-M%C3%B8ller) undefined

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