Background
Anton Rosen was born on 9 September 1859 in Horsens, the son of an apprentice mason.
Anton Rosen was born on 9 September 1859 in Horsens, the son of an apprentice mason.
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
In his architecture, he combined a free Historicist style with inspiration from contemporary English architecture and details influenced by Jugendstil. The family moved to Copenhagen and young Rosen was accepted into the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1877. After graduating in 1882 he was employed with Vilhelm Dahlerup and in 1883 moved to Silkeborg to oversee the construction of Silkeborg Bath.
In 1889 Rosen was married to the daughter of a local hotel owner, which gave him a personal attachement to Silkeborg which was to last and over the years he left a considerable mark on the cityscape of the young town with buildings such as Silkeborg Watertower and the chimney at Silkeborg Paperworks.
The time with Vilhelm Dahlerup, until 1884 and again from 1890 to 1896, had great influence on his later works. Rosen participated in many of the large exhibitions which were popular around the turn of the century, including as the main architect of the National Exhibition in Århus in 1909.
1909 Eckersberg Meda
1927 Honorary member of Akademisk Arkitektforening.