Christian Franzen
Christian Franzen Nissen (1864–1923) was a Danish photographer and diplomat largely active in Spain. Specialised in portrait photography and often employed by the Spanish royal family, he reportedly self-styled as "Photographer of Kings and King of Photographers".
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Christian Franzen
Joaquín Sorolla · Joaquín Sorolla (1863-1923), Exhibition introduction, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid · Public domain
- Born
- 1864. · Denmark.
- Died
- 1923. · Madrid.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark and Spain.
- Occupation
- photographer and diplomat.
- Fields
- portrait.
- Languages
- Spanish.
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Christian Franzen Nissen (1864–1923) was a Danish photographer and diplomat largely active in Spain. Specialised in portrait photography and often employed by the Spanish royal family, he reportedly self-styled as "Photographer of Kings and King of Photographers".
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Biography
Biography
He was born in 1864. Once settled in Spain, he opened a photographic studio at the Madrid's calle del Príncipe. Very appreciated by Queen Mother Maria Christina, he was able to take many full-body portraits of the Spanish royal family and the aristocracy. He became consul of Denmark in 1910. He was, along with Kaulak, one of the best known portrait photographers in Spain by the turn of the 20th century. He died in 1923.
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• Illustration — Matilde Moreno • Illustration — Benito Pérez Galdós • Illustration — Leonardo Torres Quevedo • Illustration — Emérita Esparza • Illustration — The Prince of Asturias • Illustration — Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg
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Christian Franzen is recorded as photographer and diplomat.
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Christian Franzen · (1914-12-09). "Ratonería liberal". Mundo Gráfico (163). ISSN 1579-847X.
Electra, acto cuarto.
Christian Franzen · (1901-02-09). " Electra. Drama en cinco actos, de D. Benito Pérez Galdós ". Blanco y Negro (510). ISSN 0006-4572.
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1864
Christian Franzen born at Denmark.
1923
Christian Franzen died at Madrid.
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