# Tyge Hvass

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'''Tyge Hvass''' (5 July 1885  &ndash; 4 September 1963) was a Danish [functionalist](/source/functionalism_(architecture)) architect. He was most notable for his design work on the  [J.F. Willumsens Museum](/source/J.F._Willumsens_Museum) in [Frederikssund](/source/Frederikssund).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://denstoredanske.dk/Kunst_og_kultur/Arkitektur/Danmark/Tyge_Hvass  |title=   Tyge Hvass|publisher= Den Store Danske, Gyldendal |author= Ida Haugsted 
|accessdate=May 1, 2019}}</ref>
thumb|300px|J.F. Willumsen Museum  in Frederikssund<br>Built in 1957 with design by architect Tyge Hvass and expanded with an extension in 2005 designed by architect Theo Bjerg

==Biography==
Hvass was born  in [Randrup](/source/Viborg_Municipality), Denmark. 
He was the son of Franciscus Tertius Hvass and Christine Cathrine Henriette Kopp.
He attended the Aalborg Technical School in 1905 and was admitted to the [Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts](/source/Royal_Danish_Academy_of_Fine_Arts), School of Architecture in Copenhagen in 1906.
He was employed by architect [Anton Rosen](/source/Anton_Rosen) from 1908-16.
In 1922, Hvass established his own firm.  
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://denstoredanske.dk/Kunst_og_kultur/Arkitektur/Danmark/Anton_Rosen   |title=   Anton Rosen|publisher= Den Store Danske, Gyldendal |author=   Mette Smed|accessdate=May 1, 2019}}</ref>

He conducted design work  at the World Exhibition in San Francisco (1915) and for [Kay Fisker](/source/Kay_Fisker) at the construction of the Danish building at the [International Exhibition](/source/International_Exhibition_of_Modern_Decorative_and_Industrial_Arts) in Paris (1925). He was the  architect for the Danish exhibition in [Cologne](/source/Cologne) (1927) and for the Danish exhibition at the [Brooklyn Museum](/source/Brooklyn_Museum) in [New York City](/source/New_York_City) (1928) and for the Danish building at the [International Expositions](/source/1929_Barcelona_International_Exposition) in [Barcelona](/source/Barcelona) (1929), [Antwerp](/source/Antwerp) (1930), [Brussels](/source/Brussels) (1935), [Paris](/source/Paris) (1937) and [New York City](/source/New_York_City) (1939). 
<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisKunstner.do?kunstnerId=7395|title=Tyge Hvass|publisher=[Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon](/source/Weilbachs_Kunstnerleksikon)|accessdate=29 March 2016 |language=Danish}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisWeilbach.do;jsessionid=2C0E54CAFE018A1C7FC0C299184A2BFB?kunstnerId=6617&wsektion=biografi
|title=   Kay Fisker|publisher= Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon|author=   Poul Erik Skriver|accessdate=May 1, 2019}}</ref>

He received Gerickes Legat (1907), K. A. Larssens  Legat  (1909), (1915) and (1925), Hors de concours at the International Exhibition in Paris (1925), Theophilus Hansens Legat (1929) and  received the [Eckersberg Medal](/source/Eckersberg_Medal) (1938). He died during 1963 in [Copenhagen](/source/Copenhagen).
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