giving him the economic support needed to develop his artistic skills. Krøyer was a friend of the entire family. He carried on a personal correspondence with Pauline and made a number of family portraits of Heinrich, Pauline and their children. In addition to P.S. Krøyer, their homes were gathering places for such other contemporary artists as authors Holger Drachmann (1846–1908), Herman Bang (1857–1912) and Henrik Pontoppidan (1857–1943) and painters Wilhelm Marstrand (1810–1873), Frederik Vermehren (1823–1910), Otto Bache (1839–1927), Kristian Zahrtmann (1843–1917) as well as Frants Henningsen. The Hirschsprung Collection In 1902, Hirschsprung announced plans to donate his collection of art the works to the state. Heinrich Hirschsprung died during 1908 and was buried at Mosaisk Vestre Begravelsesplads in Copenhagen. The museum was established in 1911 by his widow Pauline Hirschsprung. The Hirschsprung Collection (Den Hirschsprungske Samling) opened with 45 paintings, 13 pastels, 205 drawings, 14 watercolors, 12 busts, 55 sketchbooks as well as P.S. Krøyer’s letters and documents. The collection has grown since then, and the museum continues to this day in a beautiful park setting near central Copenhagen, around the corner from the National Gallery (Statens Museum for Kunst). References External links Den Hirschsprungske Samling website The story of P.S. Krøyer and Heinrich Hirschsprung (in Danish), with Hirschsprung family portraits by Krøyer. Danish industrialists 19th-century Danish businesspeople Danish businesspeople in the tobacco industry Danish philanthropists Danish art collectors Businesspeople from Copenhagen Danish Jews Danish people of German-Jewish descent 1836 births 1908 deaths