Two Figures 'Greenlanders'

Carl Martin-Hansen (Kolding 1877 - Kopenhagen 1941)

Royal Copenhagen. Designed 1924, the woman made 1924-1993. Porcelain, colored. H. 32-34,5 cm. Man: underglaze blue Juliane Marie mark, model number 12225, painter's mark MA, Woman: Juliane Marie mark 1924-1993, model number 12224 (green), gdx (green). Both figures are dressed in traditional Greenlandic costume, the woman wearing a typical, colorful pearl scarf, which is very elaborately reproduced in nine different colors. The series of Danish national costumes comprises a total of 47 figures, which Martin-Hansen created between 1906 and 1925. He placed particular emphasis on the accurate reproduction of details, which were copied from original costumes in the Danish National Museum or other Danish museums. Forty-two figures were eventually presented to King Christian X and Queen Alexandrine on their silver wedding anniversary in 1923. The figures show typical costumes from all Danish territories, including the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, and Slesvig - Danish painter and porcelain artist, initially trained as a ceramist under H. Christian Petersen and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen from 1897. He was particularly well known for his porcelain figurines of people from the Netherlands and Greenland in traditional dress, including rare figurines of Inuit children.