Artist

Erik Henningsen

Portrait of Erik Henningsen
Portrait of Erik Henningsen

Kingdom of Denmark, 1855–1930

Erik Henningsen was a Kingdom of Denmark Post-Impressionism painter. 3 works are cataloged here, principally at Statens Museum for Kunst, most of them oil paintings. Erik Henningsen was born in Copenhagen.

Erik Ludvig Henningsen (29 August 1855 – 28 November 1930) was a Danish painter and illustrator. He is best known for his Social Realist paintings of poor and exposed groups in the 1880s and 1890s. He was the younger brother of Frants Henningsen who was also a painter.

Works by Erik Henningsen

Collections represented

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