Jespersen specialized in landscapes and often did paintings with sun sets and sun rises. He was heavily inspired of the artists Janus la Cour and was a pupil of Wilhelm Kyhn, and like them, he kept a strong romantic mood in all his oils. Jespersen was especially known for his detailed and romantic landscapes from the Alps and Zealand. Jespersen has received numerous art prizes and been exhibited in Denmark, Germany, Paris, Chicago, and Budapest.
Henrik Jespersen signed his oils with both with initials, name and monograms.
Education:
Pupil of Wilhelm Kyhn 1878
Educated at the Royal Art Academy in 1879
Exhibitions:
Denmark:
Charlottenborg:1880-1936
Kunstner foreningen: 1882-1942
Abroad:
The world fair in Chicago: 1893
Antwerpen: 1894
Paris: 1900
The Glasgow school artists of Denmark, Chicago: 1895
Budapest: 1936
Awards:
Jespersen received numerous art awards and prices among them was Södring prisen: 1884. Neuhausens prisen: 1889. Academy priser: 1890,1895,1896.
Bronze medallion in Paris: 1900
Travels:
Tyrol, Austria: 1886,1887,1888,1890,1895
Norway: 1894,1915
Italy: 1896-97
Germany: 1902
Sweden: 1905, 1913, 1929
Switzerland: 1906, 1908, 1913, 1924.
Paris and London: 1907
Auction prices:
Henrik Jespersen is listed in artprice.com and his oils have been sold for $ 4,497. (Christies, London. 21-06-2002. Lot no: 63)
Øbro Art Gallery 