Tyge Hvass (5 July 1885 – 4 September 1963) was a Danishfunctionalist architect. He was most notable for his design work on theJ.F. Willumsens Museum inFrederikssund.[1]
Hvass was born inRandrup, Denmark. He was the son of Franciscus Tertius Hvass and Christine Cathrine Henriette Kopp.He attended the Aalborg Technical School in 1905 and was admitted to theRoyal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture in Copenhagen in 1906.He was employed by architectAnton Rosen from 1908-16.In 1922, Hvass established his own firm.[2]
He conducted design work at the World Exhibition in San Francisco (1915) and forKay Fisker at the construction of the Danish building at theInternational Exhibition in Paris (1925). He was the architect for the Danish exhibition inCologne (1927) and for the Danish exhibition at theBrooklyn Museum inNew York City (1928) and for the Danish building at theInternational Expositions inBarcelona (1929),Antwerp (1930),Brussels (1935),Paris (1937) andNew York City (1939).[3][4]
He received Gerickes Legat (1907), K. A. Larssens Legat (1909), (1915) and (1925), Hors de concours at the International Exhibition in Paris (1925), Theophilus Hansens Legat (1929) and received theEckersberg Medal (1938). He died during 1963 inCopenhagen.
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