Jens Lund

Jens Lund: Self-portrait

Jens Martin Victor Lund (18 November 1871 – 10 June 1924) was a Danish painter and illustrator.[1]

Biography

Born in Copenhagen, he was the son of the master carpenter Jens Gustav Lund who ran a successful furniture business. After first studying law and forestry, he turned to art becoming a student of J. Jensen Egebjerg and Axel Hou. In 1896, he went to Paris where he attended the Académie Julian, studying under Tony Robert-Fleury.[2]

In Paris he associated with the Danish Symbolists Rudolph Tegner, Johannes Holbek and Niels Hansen Jacobsen who inspired him to espouse Symbolism and Art Nouveau. He began to create simple pen-and-ink drawings depicting ornamental sketches and landscapes, considered to be forerunners of Surrealism.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Teresa Nielsen. "Jens Lund" (in Danish). Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Biografi: Jens Lund 1871-1924" (in Danish). Vejen Kunstmuseum. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
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