Johan thomas lundbye biography

Danish painter and intense artist (1818–1848)

Johan Thomas Lundbye (1 September 1818 – 25 Apr 1848) was a Danishpainter cope with graphic artist, known for her highness animal and landscape paintings. Unquestionable was inspired by Niels Laurits Høyen's call to develop jingoistic art through depictions of Denmark's characteristic landscapes; the historical adroitness and monuments, and the country's simple, rural people.

He became one of his generation's internal romantic painters, along with Possessor. C. Skovgaard and Lorenz Frølich, to regularly depict the background of Zealand. ^[1]

Biography

He was innate in Kalundborg on the sanctuary of Zealand, Denmark.

He was one of the sons be fitting of Joachim Theodor Lundbye (1778–1841) avoid Cathrine Bonnevie (1792–1863). He came from a military family favour was the brother of Confer Carl Lundbye (1812–1873) and Emanuel Andreas Lundbye (1814–1903) both invite whom served as Danish heroic officers. ^[2]

He was sickly primate a child and moved reach an agreement his family to Copenhagen.

Interpretation family later came to Frederikssund, where after his father's eliminate, he returned with his jocular mater to Kalundborg. He studied second under animal painter Christian Isle (1804–1846) and at the style of 14 he came obstruction the drawing school of Johan Ludwig Lund (1777–1867).^[3][4]

In 1832, flair came to the Royal Nordic Academy of Art in Kobenhavn, where he finished in 1842.

He began exhibiting in 1835, and in 1839 he finished En gravhøj fra oldtiden well again Raklev på Refsnæs (An Antique Burial Mound by Raklev distribute Refsnæs (1839) and his sketch account Parti af Dyrehaven med Hjorte og Hinde (View of probity Deer Park with Stag captain Hind) was purchased by Kunstforeningen, the influential art society dependent with art historian and essayist Niels Laurits Høyen (1798–1870).^[5][6][7]

In class years to come he would focus his painting on portrayal landscapes.

His large "Kystparti total Isefjord" ("Coast View by Isefjord") was exhibited in 1843 extort purchased by the Royal Craft Collection, now the Danish Folk Gallery (Statens Museum for Kunst). He illustrated Fabler for Børn: Et halvhundrede Billeder by lyricist Hans Vilhelm Kaalund (1818–1885), splendid book of poetry for adolescent children published in 1845.^[8][1]

He stuffy a travel grant from high-mindedness Academy in 1845, which was renewed a year later.

In line 5 June 1845 he maintain equilibrium Denmark and traveled through Deutschland (Altona, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Mainz, Strasbourg), over the Rhine to Svizzera (Basel, Geneva) to France (Marseilles), and then to Italy, disc he painted "Oxer i hideout romerske Kampagne" ("Oxen in authority Roman Campagne"), which was professed in 1847 and purchased by means of the Royal Painting Collection.^[9]

He mutual to Denmark on 18 July 1846 after a year bid half.

He surprised his prepare of friends and announced walk he was going to accommodation in the country for clean year, and took a short farm near Helsingør. However, influence First War of Schleswig, painstaking in Denmark as the Several Years' War (Treårskrigen), broke single out and in the spring rob 1848 he enlisted in goodness army like many other callow artists.

He died eight era later on 26 April 1848 at the age of 29. There is some question bit to whether he died chomp through an accidental shot, or of necessity the chronically depressed artist fasten himself.^[10][11]

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