Background
Son of lithographer Isac Wilhelm Tegner, Hans studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1869 to 1878.
Son of lithographer Isac Wilhelm Tegner, Hans studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1869 to 1878.
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
His first art exhibition was in 1882, featuring watercolour illustrations of Hans Christian Andersen"s story The Tinderbox. His second, and last, exhibition in 1889 was a watercolour painting celebrating the 50-year jubilee of the Constitution of Denmark, and was bought by king Christian IX of Denmark. Tegner was made professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1897.
He illustrated a number of other books, as well as postal stamps, and the first 5-Danish krone note in 1898.
He was the leader of Kunsthåndværkerskolen (a part of what is now Danmarks Designskole) from 1901 to 1917, and chief designer at porcelain manufacturer Bing & Grøndahl from 1907 to 1932. He died on April 2, 1932 in Fredensborg.