Ejnar Nielsen

Ejnar Nielsen studied at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and Zahrtmanns malerskole. Training under Holger Grønvold, Adolph Kittendorff and Frederik Vermehren is recorded. Henry Heerup, Povl Christensen and Viggo Guttorm-Pedersen are recorded as having studied under Ejnar Nielsen. The recorded working language is Danish. Employment is recorded with Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Works named in the authority record are The Sick Girl. Work by Ejnar Nielsen is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Finnish National Gallery, Statens Museum for Kunst and Randers Museum of Art. Distinctions recorded are Eckersberg Medal and Thorvaldsen Medal.

Ejnar Nielsen was born in Copenhagen. He was educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts between 1889 and 93 and at Zahrtmann's Painting School from 1895 to 1896. in 1894 he travelled to Gjern in central Jutland where he painted the people and undulating landscapes. During this period, he became established as a central proponent of symbolism in Danish art but after the turn of the century turned to a more classical expression. He also illustrated books such as Den gamle Mands Barn (Juleroser 1900, Vejen Kunstmuseum) and Ijobs Bog (træsnit, 1927). From 1932 to 1937, he executed the large mosaic in the ceiling of the arched passage underneath the stage tower of the Stærekassen extension to the Royal Danish Theatre on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen. Late in his career he mainly painted flowers and landscapes. He died at Gentofte and was buried at Bispebjerg Cemetery.