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2428 RC Girl Bathing 13" / 33 cm Gerhard Henning 1924 Royal Copenhagen In mint and nice condition Born in Stockholm, 27-05-1880 - Hellerup, 16-09-1967. He was trained as painter. As an juvenile artist he was influenced by his friend - the Swedish Artist Ivar Arosenius , who he met in Gothenburg 1897-98 and worked with painting and graphic art under inspiration of Aubrey Beardsley. He moved to Denmark in 1909 and he became Danish citizen in 1931. In 1909 he was employed at the Royal Copenhagen factory. At Royal Copenhagen he created several figural groups with ornamental decoration in overglaze inspired by 1700 century French art. There is great difference between the earlier works and the monumental arts he later created in stone and bronze. His friend, the sculptor Kai Nielsen, helped him to break away from his earlier fin-de siècle style. Throughout his career the female body remained his favorite subject. Worked at the Royal Copenhagen Manufactory in two periods 1909-14, 1920-25.