Hans andersen

Delve into the relationship between the famous authors Charles Dickens and Hans Christian Andersen as Andersen visits Dickens...

Hans Christian Andersen’s Dreams, by twin sisters named Anne and Janet Grahame Johnstone. They worked together on every piece of art passing it back and forth between themselves. They led fascinating lives... Click to read more/follow links

Hans Christian Andersen, the famous Danish writer and a well known gay artist, never found a partner to share his life with in Denmark.

Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875)

Hans Christan Andersen (1805-1875), known as the father of the modern fairy tale, was forced to go to work at the age of eleven, when his father died insane. Hans was apprenticed to a weaver and tailor in Odense and later worked at a tobacco factory. He had a high pitched voice and effeminate mannerisms, and once his trousers were pulled down when other workers suspected that he was a girl. At the age of 14 Andersen left Odense for Copenhagen to seek a career as a singer, dancer or an actor…

Did a portrait of my favorite author Hans Christian Andersen! :D featuring the Little Mermaid and the Ugly Duckling.

The Little Mermaid illustration Helen Stratton, circa 1908.

Hans Christian Andersen 1805 - 1875

Standing tall under the open sky blue, I was still alone with my cape of lavender hue. Listening to rustling leaves and birds ch...