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Herman Stilling was a Danish painter, graphic artist and author, born in 1925 and died in 1996. He was the brother of Kenn André Stilling. Stilling studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1945 to 1951.

Stilling's artwork is characterized by a fairy-tale and fantastic style, which is especially expressed in his depictions of trolls in graphics, collages, paintings and texts. Another recurring theme in his works is furniture legs, which he began using in the early 1960s and also used in mosaic sculptures. His collages are often composed of torn clippings from old wallpaper books and serve as the basis for abstract paintings.

Stilling provided illustrations for magazines such as Hvedekorn and for his own and others' books. He began a series of charming memoirs with "A Boy Named Herman" (1974).

Among Stilling's larger decorations are the gable painting for GA Hagemann's College (1952) in Copenhagen and the mosaic for Slagelse County Hospital (1969).