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Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg is called the father of Danish painting. His pictures are clear, calm and precise: sharp outlines, even light and careful drawing, whether in portraits, views of Rome or ships at sea.
He was born in 1783 in southern Jutland, studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, then with Jacques-Louis David in Paris and in Rome from 1813 to 1816. Back in Copenhagen he became professor at the Academy and taught a whole generation of Golden Age painters, encouraging them to study directly from nature. He died in Copenhagen in 1853. His portrait of the Nathanson family (1818) is one of his best known works.
His marine paintings, such as A Danish Yacht Passing Stevns, show his love of accurately drawn ships and calm skies.
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