Peder Henrik Kristian Zahrtmann, known as Kristian Zahrtmann, (31 March 1843 – 22 June 1917); Danish painter. He was a part of the Danish artistic generation in the late 19th century, along with Peder Severin Krøyer and Theodor Esbern Philipsen, who broke away from both the strictures of traditional Academicism and the heritage of the Golden Age of Danish Painting, in favor of naturalism and realism. He was known especially for his history paintings, and especially those depicting strong, tragic, legendary women in Danish history. He also produced works of many other genres including landscapes, street scenes, folk scenes and portraits. He had a far-reaching effect on the development of Danish art through his effective support of individual style among his students during the many years he taught, and by his pioneering use of color. Born in Rønne, Denmark on the island of Bornholm to chief doctor for the island Carl Vilhelm Zahrtmann and wife Laura Pauline. He was the oldest child among seven boys and two girls. After graduating from Rønne Realskole at seventeen years of age, he was sent to Sorø Academy, where he studied painting with landscape painter Johannes Georg Smith Harder (also known as Hans Harder).... Zahrtmann spends the summer of 1873 at Hornbæk (Helsingør municipality) in the company of fellow painters Peder Severin Krøyer and Viggo Johansen. He finally traveled to Italy in December 1875 with financing from his father, before he received a travel grant from the Academy.... ....In June 1917 he was hospitalised with appendicitis. After an apparent improvement his condition worsened, and he died on 22 June in Frederiksberg..... Zahrtmann never married. He was reputedly gay, as well as a transvestite, and cross-dressed on a number of semi-public occasions. A portrait of him by Vilhelm Hammershøi (1899) is found in the Hirschsprung Collection. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristian_Zahrtmann) undefined

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