Frans Schwartz
Master of monumental Danish decorative art
Born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1850, Schwartz entered the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts where he studied for six years. Following an 1878 painting trip to Spain with fellow artists, Schwartz founded a private art school. In later years he received important commissions for monumental wall and ceiling decorations in Frederiksborg Castle and the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. In addition to large altar paintings Schwartz was commissioned to paint a mural of The Wise and Foolish Virgins for the Soldenfeldt Foundation, considered by many his greatest work. When he died in 1917, Frans Schwartz donated his entire fortune towards a scholarship for the artistic enhancement of Copenhagen’s public buildings.
Relationship Network
Master student
- Gad Frederik Clement Student
- Hans Michael Therkildsen Student
Fellow student
Artworks by this artist
- Nøgen kvindelig model, siddende i et værelse 1864 - 1917
- Ung pige i profil med opstrøget hår 1898 - 1899
- Hoved af en ældre kone med nedadrettet blik, vendt mod venstre 1864 - 1917
- Portrait of a young girl, Miss Karen Poulsen
- Prøveplade; Fem hoveder 1898 - 1899
- Gammel mand med hvid ulden hue, profil mod højre 1896 - 1897
- Ildebrand i klostret 1887 - 1888
- Gammel skægget mand med sort kalot 1897 - 1898
- Kristus i Gethsemane 1900 - 1901
- Profilhoved af en ung pige, vendt mod højre 1886 - 1887
- Prøveplade; Gammel kone med antydet tørklæde 1898 - 1899
- Kvinde med lampen 1897 - 1898
- Portrait of the Reverend’s wife Mrs. Tidemand 1890
- Andromeda, efter Rubens 1880 - 1881
- Portrait of Mrs. V. Heise, born Hage 1838-1912
- Hyrdedreng 1887 - 1888
- Head of a young girl 1912
- Prøveplade med to studier efter nøgen mandlig og kvindelig model i halvfigur 1864 - 1917
- Ung pige med hue og slør 1892 - 1893
- Portræt af J. Th. Lundbye 1899 - 1900