Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau mai i Vinderød e tata ana ki Frederiksværk, Denmark. Ko ia te tama a Jens Peter Larsen (1826-97) me Julie Sophie Olsen (1826-97). I ako a Larsen i te peita i te Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, i puta i te tau 1889. I whakaatu tuatahi ia i te Whakaaturanga Spring Charlottenborg i te tau 1887. I whakaatuhia a Larsen i te Whakaaturanga o te Ao o Columbian i Chicago i te 1893, te General Art and Industrial Exhibition o Stockholm
i te tau 1897 me te Baltic Exhibition i Malmö i te tau 1914. I haere a Larsen ki Ingarangi i te 1889; Berlin me Dresden i te 1891; Itari i te 1898; Paris, Netherlands, Belgium i te 1899.