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Sophus Vermehren
(1866-1950)
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Sophus Vermehren (1866-1950)was the most talented of Frederik Vermehren's two sons, but unfortunately also the least productive. Sophus Vermehren was taught to draw by his father (who was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen) and finished his education at Teknisk Skole (the Technical School) and at Kunstakademiet (the Academy of Fine Arts) in Copenhagen. He never travelled but received the Neuhausen Prize along with prizes from Serdin-Hansen, The Academy and Raben-Levetzau.

Sophus was a Charlottenborg painter but also exhibited at Kunstnerforeningen af 18. November (the Artist Society of November 18th) and at Kunstnernes Efteraarsudstilling (The Artists Fall Exhibition). In his genre and landscape paintings one sees an influence from Julius Exner. He worked with the folklore motifs, but tended to be more honest in his work than his brother.

Sophus Vermehren is represented at Statens Museum for Kunst (the Danish National Gallery). A Sophus Vermehren painting "Interior with a young girl showing her new dress, 1903" sold for $12,381 at auction in Copenhagen in April 1990.