Collecting Pinecones (1889)

Haslund, Otto Carl Bentzon (1842 - 1917)

Collecting Pinecones

Oil on Canvas: 40" x 48"
Catalog# HASO-002

Artist: Otto Haslund (1842-1917)

  • Born November 4, 1842 in Copenhagen DK, son of Ole Henrik Haslund and Vilhelmine Beate Bentzon.

Education:

  • 1858 - F.F. Helsteds Technical School of Art / Copenhagen Royal Academy of Art.
  • 1865, 66 - P.C. Skovgaard Academy of Art

Exhibits:

  • 1865, 1867-1916 - Spring Exhibitions at Charlottenborg Palace.
  • 1882 - International Art Exhibition in Vienna
  • 1883, 88, 93, 95 - Copenhagen Nordic Exhibition
  • 1889, 1900 - World Exhibition in Paris
  • 1892, 93 - Berlin
  • 1913 - Munich
  • 1926, 52 - Association of National Art and History in Copenhagen

Awards:

  • 1871, 81 - Neuhausens Prize
  • 1887 - Thorvaldsens Medal
  • 1889, 1900 - Titulaer Prof. Award (World Exhibition in Paris)
  • 1906 - Ancher Award in Copenhagen

*Otto Haslund was a well known artist for his golden age traditional pieces. He was also known as an illustrator of life and times, with a special emphasis on families.

*Many of his paintings feature his own family, or close friends.