Beyond Painting
The Artists Studio School was established in the winter 1882-1883 as a protest against the Art Academy’s policies, and as an alternative to its educational program. It was led by Laurits Tuxen and had Peder Severin Krøyer as one of its teachers. Zahrtmann taught at the school 1885-1908. In 1893 he became the leader of its preparatory class which under him turned into an independent department. He had some 200 students from the Scandinavian countries. Because of his prominence as a teacher the school was often simply referred to as "Zahrtmann’s School". Some of his students included Funen artists Peter Hansen, Fritz Syberg, Poul S. Christiansen, Johannes Larsen and Oluf Hartmann; and modern painters Karl Isakson, Edvard Weie, Harald Giersing and Olaf Rude.
He helped establish the "Free Exhibition" (Den frie Udstilling), an alternative exhibition space, which opened in 1891.
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