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Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg was a Danish painter.
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (2 January – 22 July ) was a Danish painter..
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
Danish painter (1783–1853)
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (2 January 1783 – 22 July 1853) was a Danish painter.
He was born in Blåkrog in the Duchy of Schleswig (now in Aabenraa Municipality, in the southern part of Jutland in Denmark). He went on to lay the foundation for the period of art known as the Golden Age of Danish Painting, and is referred to as the "Father of Danish painting".
Christopher Wilhelm Eckersberg has been called the father of Danish painting, for it was he who tied together the diverse strands of Danish and foreign.Life
Growing up and early training
On 2 January 1783, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg was born in Blåkrog in the Duchy of Schleswig (now in Aabenraa Municipality, in the southern part of Jutland in Denmark), to Henrik Vilhelm Eckersberg, a painter and carpenter, and Ingeborg Nielsdatter.
In 1786 the family moved to Blans, a village near the Alssund, where he enjoyed drawing pictures of the surrounding countryside, and taking sailing tours in his father's boat. After confirmation he began his training as a painter under church and portrait painter Je