Gustav Friedrich Hetsch

Hetsch was born on 28 September 1788 in Stuttgart to history painter Philipp Friedrich von Hetsch (1758–1838) and Louise Friedericke Wilhelmine Scholl (1766–1800). His father was the director of an art gallery and professor at the academy in Stuttgart. Hetsch studied at the University of Tübingen and in Paris, where his teacher was Charles Percier.

After finishing his studies, he worked for Jean-Baptiste Rondelet on the Church of Sainte-Geneviève. In 1812 he was recalled to Stuttgart, but soon left for Italy, where he continued his studies and met the Danish architect {{ill|Peder Malling|da}} (1781–1865). It was Malling who in 1815 inspired Hetsch to come to Copenhagen, where he taught at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. In 1820 he became a member of the academy, 1822 professor of perspective, 1829 professor extraordinarily, 1835 professor of architecture.

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One of Hetsch's first major projects was the interior decoration of the rebuilt Christiansborg Palace, where Christian Frederik Hansen was the principal architect. Though most of his accomplishments were in the area of decorative art, Hetsch also designed the Great Synagogue (1833) and St. Ansgar's Church (1842) in Copenhagen.{{cite news |last1=Powell-Jones |first1=Tanya |title=Wandering Jew: Coping in Copenhagen |url=https://www.jpost.com/travel/travel-news/wandering-jew-coping-in-copenhagen |work=The Jerusalem Post |date=4 November 2012 |language=en}} In parallel with his duties at the academy he held several other positions, including that of artistic director of the Royal Porcelain Factory (1828–1857).{{cite web|url= https://arkivet.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/personer/hetsch-gustav-friedrich |title= G. F. Hetsch|publisher= Thorvaldsens Museum |access-date=May 1, 2019}}{{cite book |last1=Miller |first1=Judith |title=Furniture: World Styles from Classical to Contemporary |date=19 September 2005 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-7566-7288-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OyRxlOvE95IC&dq=gustav+friedrich+hetsch&pg=PA290 |language=en}}

On 23 August 1823 in Frederick's German Church, Hetsch married Anette Hansen (1795-1827). She was the daughter of the architect Christian Frederik Hansen (1756–1845) and Anna M. Rahbek (1773–1811). After her death, on 4 December 1829 in Christiansborg Chapel, he married her sister Caroline Amalie Augusta Hansen (1800-1874).

Hetsch was created a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1836. In 1840, he was awarded the Cross of Honour.

File:Synagogen Krystalgade 1899.png|The Great Synagogue in Copenhagen, 1899.

File:SanktAnsgar01.jpg|St. Ansgar's Cathedral in Copenhagen, 2007.

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• {{cite book|title=Fra nyklassicisme til historicisme: arkitekten G.F. Hetsch|trans-title=From neoclassicism to historicism: the architect G.F. Hetsch|author=Kjeld von Folsach|publisher=Christian Ejlers|location=Copenhagen|year=1988|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VlxQAAAAMAAJ|isbn=978-87-7241-966-4|access-date=9 March 2010}}
• {{cite web|title=The Soul in Nature — The Danish Golden Age 1800–1850|url=http://www.natmus.dk/saer/aandeninaturen/engelsk/1836e/1836e.htm#hetsch|publisher=National Museum of Denmark|access-date=9 March 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724072555/http://www.natmus.dk/saer/aandeninaturen/engelsk/1836e/1836e.htm#hetsch|archive-date=24 July 2010}}
• {{FamilySearch|id=KNSD-LDB|title=Gustav Friederich Hetsch}}
• {{cite book |last1=Miller |first1=Judith |title=Furniture: World Styles from Classical to Contemporary |date=19 September 2005 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-7566-7288-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OyRxlOvE95IC&q=Gustav%20Friedrich%20Hetsch |language=en}}

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