Famous People with Name Frants

Frants Nielsen            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Frants Nielsen: was a Danish sports shooter who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Frants Johannes Hansen            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Frants Johannes Hansen: was a Danish composer.

Frants Peter Diderik Henningsen            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Frants Peter Diderik Henningsen: was a Danish painter, illustrator and professor. Erik Henningsen, also an artist, was his younger brother. His paintings depict unfortunate occurrences in the lives of middle-class people living in Copenhagen during difficult times. His connections with Denmark's more traditional, realist school encouraged criticism from many of his more reactionary contempories, especially Karl Madsen who objected to his appointment as a professor at the Academy in 1887. His painting of En Begravelse (A Funeral) (1883) shows how he had mastered the use of colour from the Spanish school, for example Diego Velázquez. His dark tones and a deep, dull black are not unlike Édouard Manet and the early works of Krøyer. In his development of style, he is half way between Georg Brandes and Julius Lange. His interest in compassion rather than beautification can be seen in his masterpiece of an abandoned mother in Forladt. Dog ej af Venner i Nøden (Deserted. But Not by Friends in Need).