Kræsten Iversen

Training under Holger Grønvold is recorded. Palle Nielsen, Egill Jacobsen and Troels Brandt are recorded as having studied under Kræsten Iversen. The recorded working language is Danish. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Copenhagen. Employment is recorded with Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Work by Kræsten Iversen is recorded in the collections of Statens Museum for Kunst, Kunstmuseum Brandts and National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design. Distinctions recorded are Eckersberg Medal, Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog, Decoration of the Cross of Honour of the Dannebrog and commander of the Order of the Dannebrog.

Iversen was born in the parish of Holsted in Vejen Municipality, Denmark. He was the son of Niels Laurids Pedersen (1848–1902) and Grethe Hansen (1851–1910). Between 1904 and 1905, He trained at the Copenhagen Technical College. He exhibited several time during 1910–1918 at the Artists' Autumn Exhibition. In 1919, he exhibited four works at the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition. In 1920, he visited Bornholm for the first time where the natural colours and distinctive light influenced his landscapes. Between 1927 and 1931, he performed the large painted ceiling decoration in the royal hall at Christiansborg Palace. His first work with glass was for stained glass windows at Risskov Church. Iversen also designed the window in the North Chapel at Fårevejle Church. He went on to decorate the windows of the Danish church in Buenos Aires. He decorated a number of other buildings including Christiansborg, the city hall in Aarhus and the windows of Sankt Nicolai Church in Svendborg. Iversen was exceptionally diversified in his art work which covered oils, frescos, watercolours, mosaics and glass painting. He was awarded the Eckersberg Medal in 1923. He became a knight of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1932. He was professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1930 until his death and served director of the Academy 1949–1952. He died during 1955 in Copenhagen.