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Carlo Christoffer Hornung Jensen
(1882-1960)
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Carlo Christoffer Hornung-Jensen (1882-1960) is a well-listed artist. Initially he became a journeyman painter in 1902 and was, after graduating from The Techn. School in Copenhagen, admitted to The Royal Danish Academy of Arts (also Copenhagen) in 1904. He left The Academy in 1906 to attend the Academy Colarossi in Paris (under Chr. Krohg and Fritz Thaulow) and later the École nat. des beaux arts under Gabriel Ferrier and Léon Bonnat. He mostly painted portraits, genre paintings and landscapes.

He debuted at The Artists Fall Exhibitions (Copenhagen) in 1907. From 1909 he was a very frequent exhibitor at the esteemed Charlottenborg Fall Exhibitions until 1960. Jensen also exhibited at Kunstnernes Efteraarsudstilling (the Artists' Fall Exhibition), The Artist Society of November 18 and the Deer Park group as well as numerous other prominent exhibitions.

He was a member of and later the deputy chairman of the committees of Kunstnerforeningen af 18. November (The Artist Society of November 18) and Dyrehavens Malere (the Deer Park Group). In the years 1958-59 he was also a member of the Charlottenborg Exhibition Committee.
He exhibited at "Kunstnernes Efteraarsudstilling" (The Autumn Exhibition of the Artists), Charlottenborg and at the Young Artist's exhibition.

In recognition of his work he won several prizes and scholarships, e.g. The Otto Bache Prize (1930) and The Ornborg Prize (1945).
Hornung Jensen was highly influenced by his tutors Fritz Thaulow and León Bonnat which formed his naturalistic manner. Furthermore, his versatile technical education enabled him to paint a broad selection of motifs, ranging from portraits over genre pictures to landscapes.

A Jensen painting "The Family Picnic" sold for $7,500 at Christie's, New York, in February 1986.