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.

Eckersberg, C. W.

Biography

Notable Works

Artworks

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

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

Deck of a Warship

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

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

View of the Barrière de la Villette in Paris

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

The Surviving Horatian

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

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

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

Sailing Vessels at Wilders Plads, Copenhagen