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Hans Lynge

Hans Lynge

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Hans Lynge (born 1906 in Nuuk, died 1988 in Haderslev) was a Greenlandic writer, dramatist, painter, politician, printmaker, and sculptor.[1] Many of his sculptures involve mothers or indigenous heroes, but he also did official sculptors of well known Greenlanders. His paintings draw on similar themes of Greenlandic legend and mothers[2] while having the European influence of Impressionism.[3] He played a role in the history of Greenland theatre as well.[4] He also wrote several books depicting Nuuk.[5]

His father was pastor Niels Lynge who was a painter in his own right.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Kunstindeks Danmark
  2. [2]
    Bodil Kaalund (1 January 1983). The Art of Greenland: Sculpture, Crafts, Painting. University of California Press. pp. 51–53 & 205–207. ISBN 978-0-520-04840-9.
  3. [3]
    Greenland.com
  4. [4]
    Martin Banham (21 September 1995). The Cambridge Guide to Theatre. Cambridge University Press. p. 451. ISBN 978-0-521-43437-9.
  5. [5]
    Michael Jones; Kenneth Olwig (2008). Nordic Landscapes: Region and Belonging on the Northern Edge of Europe. U of Minnesota Press. pp. 128–129. ISBN 978-0-8166-3914-4.
  6. [6]
    Nuuk Art Museum


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