Eckersberg, C. W.

1783–1853

Nationality: Kingdom of Denmark

Born: 1783, Blåkrog

Died: 1853, Copenhagen

Gender: male

Movements

Danish Golden Age

Occupations

university teacher

painter

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Biography

Known for his minutely detailed portraits with a Neoclassical sense of clarity and line. He was an influential teacher at the Copenhagen Academy from 1818 where he introduced painting from nature. Danish painter.

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Notable Works

The Russian Ship of the Line "Asow" and a Frigate at Anchor in the Roads of Elsinore
Bella and Hanna. The Eldest Daughters of M. L. Nathanson
Familien Nathanson
At a Window in the Artist's Studio
A nude woman doing her hair before a mirror
Portrait of the model Maddalena or Anna Maria Uhden
Portrait of Bertel Thorvaldsen
Self-Portrait, by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
A View through Three of the North-Western Arches of the Third Storey of the Coliseum

Artworks

12 artworks

Two women conversing on a street corner, from "Linear Perspective, Applied to the Art of Painting"

1841

A couple conversing in a stable yard, with a double rainbow overhead, from 'Linear Perspective, Applied to the Art of Painting'

1841

Deck of a Warship

ca. 1833

A Section of the Via Sacra, Rome (The Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian)

ca. 1814–15

A Section of the Via Sacra, Rome (The Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian)

1814–15

View of the Barrière de la Villette in Paris

1810–13

The Sword of Damocles; verso: Sketches of Man's Head and of a Figure with a Raised Arm

1805

The Surviving Horatian

first half 19th century

Linear Perspective, Applied to the Art of Painting: A Collection of Studies in Perspective

1841

View of Charlottenborg Palace in Copenhagen with the Old Botanical Garden and Figures

ca. 1838–1841

The Harbor of Copenhagen from the Esplanade between Langelinie Park and Toldboden or the Customs House

1809

Sailing Vessels at Wilders Plads, Copenhagen

1830

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