# Carl Simonsen

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**Carl Nicolaj Marius Simonsen** (30 November 1828 – 5 December 1902) was a [Danish](/source/Denmark) lithographer and publisher. He operated **C. Simonsens Kunst- og Stentrykkeri** from 1868 to 1898 and published the Danish magazine *[Punch](/source/Punch_(Danish_magazine))* from 1873 to 1895. His company was based at [Gammel Strand 50](/source/Gammel_Strand_50) in [Copenhagen](/source/Copenhagen). He was the father of the writer Konrad Simonsen.

## Early life

Simonsen was born in [Copenhagen](/source/Copenhagen), the son of student Niels Simonsen and Caroline Hagemeister. He enrolled at the [Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts](/source/Royal_Danish_Academy_of_Fine_Arts) in 1841 where he won the small silver medal in March 1852. He later trained as a lithographer under Charles Lorilleux in [Paris](/source/Paris). He was represented on the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition four times in the period 1848-1865.

## Career

Simonsen worked for [Em. Bærentzen & Co.](/source/Em._B%C3%A6rentzen_%26_Co.) from 1856 to 1861. In 1868 he established C. Simonsen & P. Andersens Stentrykkeri together with a printmaker from his old employer after acquiring another printing business. The company changed its name to C. Simonsens Kunst- og Stentrykkeri when Andersen left it in 1870. He sold the company in 1898.[1]

Simonsen created portraits of many historic as well as notable contemporary figures such as [Carl Christian Hall](/source/Carl_Christian_Hall), L.N. Hvidt, clockmaker Urban Jürgensen, the dancer Amalie Price, Frederikke Treschow, Johan Welhaven and Henrik Wergeland.

Simonsen was also the founder of the Danish version of the magazine *Punch* (1873–1895).

## Personal life

Simonsen was married to Louise Oline Dihm (1838–1909) and the father of the writer [Konrad Simonsen](/source/Konrad_Simonsen) (28 December 1876 – 1 December 1945).[2]

He is buried in [Solbjerg Park Cemetery](/source/Solbjerg_Park_Cemetery).

## References

1. ["C. Simonsen - Stillinger og hverv"](https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisWeilbach.do;jsessionid=AC8DA29399F1FF267D52EFAC4BA611ED?kunstnerId=10538&wsektion=stillinger) (in Danish). *Kunstindeks Danmark*. Retrieved 12 March 2018.

1. ["Konrad Simonsen"](http://denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Kunst_og_kultur/Litteratur/Forfatter/Konrad_Simonsen) (in Danish). [Dansk Biografisk Leksikon](/source/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon). Retrieved 13 March 2018.

## External links

- [Carl Simonsen](https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisKunstner.do?kunstnerId=10538&wsektion=alle) at [Kunstindeks Danmark](/source/Kunstindeks_Danmark)

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