{{Short description|Danish painter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox artist | name = Herman Vedel | image = Herman vedel - self-portrait.jpg | imagesize = | caption =''Self portrait'' by Herman Vedel | birth_name = Herman Albert Gude Wedel | birth_date = {{birth date|1875|3|1|df=y}} | birth_place = Copenhagen, Denmark | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1948|12|1|1875|3|1}} | death_place = Copenhagen, Denmark | field = Painting | training = Royal Danish Academy of Art | movement = | works = | URL = | patrons = | awards =Eckersberg Medal<br> Thorvaldsen Medal }} '''Herman Vedel''' (1 March 1875 – 1 December 1948) was a Danish painter. He was the leading Danish portraitist of his time. One of his most well-known works is ''Negotiating the 1915 Constitution'' which features prominently in Christiansborg Palace.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Herman_Vedel|title= Herman Vedel|website= Dansk Biografisk Leksikon |access-date=1 January 2021}} </ref>
==Biography== Herman Albert Gude Vedel was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He attended the Copenhagen Technical College where he trained under Henrik Grønvold (1858–1940). He was educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1894 to 1897. He earned his cand. phil. in 1893. He also attended the art school Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler from 1896 to 1899.
After his debut at Charlottenborg with ''Portrait of a young girl'' in 1900 (Danish National Gallery), he quickly became a sought after portraitist. <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisWeilbach.do?kunstnerId=1137&wsektion=alle|title= Herman Vedel|website= Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon |access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref>
thumb|''Negotiating the 1915 Constitution''
Wedel specialized in portrait painting from an early age. He painted a vast number of prominent figures of his time, including, critic and scholar Georg Brandes, Nobel Prize-winning author Johannes V. Jensen and polar explorer Knud Rasmussen. He also painted a group portrait, ''Negotiating the 1915 Constitution''.
==Awards== * Eckersberg Medal (1909) * Thorvaldsen Medal (1918)
==Gallery== <gallery mode=packed heights=154px> File:Jeppe Aakjær by Herman Vedel.jpg|''Jeppe Aakjær'' File:Elisabeth Dons by Herman Vedel.jpg|''Elisabeth Dons'' File:Christian Diederich Lerche by Herman Vedel.jpg|''Christian Diederich Lerche'' File:Christian Schmiegelow by Herman Vedel.jpg|''Christian Schmiegelow'' File:Rasmus Emil Holm (1867-1950).gif|''Emil Holm'' File:Victor Bendix by Herman Vedel.jpg|''Victor Bendix'' File:Portrait of G. A. Sadolin.jpg|''Gunnar Asgeir Sadolin'' File:Carl Gammeltoft.png|''Carl Gammeltoft'' </gallery>
==See also== * Art of Denmark
==References== {{reflist}}
==Further reading== * Windfeld-Høeberg, Lars: ''[https://slaegtsbibliotek.dk/923020.pdf Maleren Herman Vedel]''
==External links== {{Commons}} * [https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisKunstner.do?kunstnerId=1137&wsektion=alle Herman Vedel] at Kunstindeks Danmark
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