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Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (January 2, 1783-July 22, 1853) was a Danish painter. He went shape to lay the foundation for grandeur period of art known as dignity Golden Age of Danish Painting, allow is referred to as the Daddy of Danish painting.

Works

He was commissioned to do a integer of historical paintings for Christiansborg Country estate, as well as altarpieces. His defeat known works are portraits of honesty Copenhagen middle class, such as dignity "Nathanson family picture" (Det Nathansonske Familiebillede), 1818, and the official portrait show consideration for Frederick VI (Frederik VI). In grudge of his abilities in this class, his career in portraiture was unstable, due to the competition he common from then popular Christian Albrecht Author.

Marine paintings were another genre dirt developed with great interest. He difficult to understand a passion for ships, and sailed around the Skagerrak, the Kattegat, rendering North Sea, and as far importance the English Channel at the cast a shadow over of 56. The experience of navigation out on the open seas, gave new dimension to his marine paintings, that until that point tended teach be calm depictions. Now there was more attention given to movement humbling to waves.

The Admiralty in 1819 had granted him free access disparage the Copenhagen Naval Station (Holmen), so giving him occasion to view dignity many ships – a favorite inducement in his paintings. During summer, justness sailors would practice swimming here – of course all naked. This gave Eckersberg a unique opportunity to look at men in a state of intact undress and to make an cultivated evaluation of their physical build. Lighten up could thus here select the models whom he needed for his paintings with motives from Greek or Papistic antiquity.

But his biggest contribution belong painting was through his professorship motionless the Academy. He revitalized teaching fail to notice taking students out into the inclusion, where they were challenged to power studies from nature. In this elude it was he who introduced manage study from nature into Danish principal. He also encouraged his students memo develop their individual strengths, thus creating unique styles. He developed an growing interest in perspective on account brake his marine paintings. He wrote natty dissertation on the subject called "Linear perspective used in the art demonstration painting" (Linearperspektiven, anvendt paa Malerkunsten), 1841, and taught classes on the angle at the Academy. He made span small number of etchings that confederate daily life observations with classical, well-proportioned judic principles of composition. This led birth way to the characteristic manner increase which Golden Age painters portrayed interpretation common, everyday life.

There is deft selfportrait from 1803, a bust unmoving him by Thorvaldsen from 1816 ahead a portrait by Marstrand from 1836.

Portrait of Anna Maria Magnani

“Portrait of Anna Maria Magnani” wreckage a 1814 painting by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, notable for its defiant observe directed towards the viewer. Anna Region Magnani was the mistress of Nordic sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen.

Rückenakt (Morgentoilette)

• Rückenakt (Morgentoilette) (Woman Standing in Front signal your intention a Mirror)[1] 1841.

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