Axel Helsted
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Axel Theophilus Helsted (11 April 1847 – 17 February 1907) was a Danish painter.{{cite web|url=http://emp-web-84.zetcom.ch/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=artist&objectId=20853 |title= Axel Helsted|publisher= National Museum|accessdate=March 1, 2019}}
Biography
Helsted was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was the son of the painter Frederik Ferdinand Helsted. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, completing his course of study in 1866.
In 1869, he traveled to Paris. From 1874, he and his wife stayed in Italy. Helsted made a journey to the Netherlands and Belgium in 1890. In 1887, Helsted became a member of the Royal Academy, in 1892 he received the title of professor.{{cite web|url=https://runeberg.org/nfbk/0205.html |title= Axel Helsted|publisher= Nordisk familjebok|access-date=March 1, 2019}}
Helsted exhibited at the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition between 1865 and 1907; he also had various exhibitions at Paris, Vienna and Munich. He painted the altarpiece of the Church of Christ in Copenhagen.{{cite web|url=https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisKunstner.do?kunstnerId=423&wsektion=alle |title= Axel Helsted
|publisher= Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon|accessdate=March 1, 2019}}
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Other sources
- [https://runeberg.org/dbl/7/0309.html Biography] at the Dansk biografisk Lexikon (in Danish)
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Category:Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni
Category:19th-century Danish painters
Category:20th-century Danish painters
Category:Painters from Copenhagen
Category:19th-century Danish male artists
Category:20th-century Danish male artists
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