The Man

Hans Christian Andersen was about 1.85 metres tall – 25 cm above the national average. His outward appearance attracted attention and made a clumsy, comical impression on most people but this, however, was only the initial impression. The exhibition in the room “The Man” gives you an impression of the looks and the soul of the poet and tells us about the poets self-perception as well as his friends opinion of him.

Hans Christian Andersen was about 1.85 metres tall - 25 cm above the national average. The long-limbed tall man, the characteristic head with its deep-set eyes, heavy eyelids and the large nose did not range within the ideal for beauty that prevailed at the time. Most people considered him ugly, odd - yes, even repulsive - and his outward appearance attracted attention and made a clumsy, comical impression. This, however, was only the initial impression. Those who got to know the writer more closely gained a different impression. They found his face full of life and wit, his figure stately and his bearing elegant.

 

 

 

At the exhibition dealing with the writer as a person, visitors can compare their own height with that of the writer - as well as their size of shoes. The exhibition provides an impression of what the writer looked like, what appearance he preferably wanted to convey as well as the photographs that his friends said resembled him the most. The visitors can gain an impression of Hans Christian Andersen by looking at the  3D photos taken of him - in his own time - in a stereoscopic apparatus. The physical and mental state of the writer is also described. Two psychological self-portraits that the writer wrote in his later years provide a very interesting picture and a special impression of the great artist.