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...Niels Larsen Stevns

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The sculptor and painter Niels Larsen Stevns lived from 1864 to 1941 and was very interested in historical and biblical motifs. The frescoes in the Memorial Hall were painted with the assistance of Eigil Wendelboe (1899-1940), a painter from Funen, on the basis of a number of sketches. Some of them you can find in the museum’s collection. In 1937 Stevns made the illustrations – watercolour paintings – for a deluxe edition of Hans Christian Andersen’s memoirs, The Fairy Tale of My Life (Mit Livs Eventyr).

 
 
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...Niels Larsen Stevns has depicted himself in the fresco which shows the torchlight procession in front of Odense Town Hall on the occasion of Hans Christian Andersen’s appointment as an honorary citizen of Odense

He is the little gray man with the wry hip who is standing with the back to the spectator.   

 
 

The Memorial Hall

The Memorial Hall of the museum is constructed as a dome hall and is decorated with the Danish artist Niels Larsen Stevns beautiful frescoes.

The Memorial Hall: Topping-out ceremony 1929

The Memorial Hall is a sight in itself. It is constructed as a domed hall and was built in 1929 as a part of the extension of The Hans Christian Andersen Museum. 

 

 

 

 

 

The Memorial Hall: Torchlight Procession to The Honorary Citizen of Odense 6 December 1867

In 1930 the Danish artist Niels Larsen Stevns (1864-1941) decorated the Memorial Hall with eight large frescoes, providing illustrations of Hans Christian Andersen's life, taken from the writer's autobiography The Fairytale of My Life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here you can see The Memorial Hall all the way round shown in panoramic view.

The Memory Hall is often used for arrangements in the museum and can be rented for special occasions.