Carl Bøgh

Carl Bøgh , photo by Georg Emil Hansen , around 1890

Carl Henrik Bøgh (born September 3, 1827 in Copenhagen ; † October 19, 1893 ibid) was a Danish animal and landscape painter .

Life

Country idyll with pigs and chickens , 1857

Buoyancy of a herd of reindeer , 1875, Statens Museum for Kunst , Copenhagen

Bøgh was the son of the school teacher Hans Henrik Bøgh and his wife Marie Dorothea, nee Møller. His brother was the poet and composer Erik Bøgh (1822–1899). After the First Schleswig-Holstein War , in which he participated as a Danish soldier, he attended the Royal Danish Art Academy in Copenhagen from 1851 . He was taught by Johann Ludwig Lund, among others . In 1854 he made his debut at the Spring Exhibition in Charlottenborg , where he exhibited regularly from then on. In 1857 he won the Neuhausen Prize. In 1860/1861 he stayed on a travel grant in Düsseldorf , Brussels , Antwerp and, above all, Paris . In 1863 he married Anne Cathrine Sophie Henriette Møller, daughter of the bailiff Niels Møller and his wife Elisa, née Gertner. In 1865 the couple had their daughter Elisabeth, who became a painter. In 1873 he received the title of professor .

Bøgh was a popular painter mainly because of his deer depictions. He also found his motifs while traveling in Sweden and Norway .

literature

Bögh, Carl Henrik . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 4 : Bida – Brevoort . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1910, p. 189 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Philip Weilbach : Bøgh, Carl Henrik . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 3 : Brandt – Clavus . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1889, p. 311-312 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
Philip Weilbach: Karl Henrik Bögh . In: Bernhard Meijer (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 4 : Brant-Cesti . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1905, Sp. 870 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).

Web links

Commons : Carl Bøgh - collection of images, videos and audio files

Carl Henrik Bøgh. Auction results in the portal artnet .com

Individual evidence

↑ The Neuhausen Prize goes back to the Copenhagen painter and craftsman Jens Neuhausen (1774–1816), who donated the prize in 1812 for artists in need.
↑ Bettina Baumgärtel , Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: Directory of foreign artists. Nationality, residence and studies in Düsseldorf . In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Hrsg.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international impact 1819–1918 . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , Volume 1, p. 427

personal data
SURNAME	Bøgh, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bøgh, Carl Henrik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Danish animal and landscape painter
DATE OF BIRTH	September 3, 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH	Copenhagen
DATE OF DEATH	October 19, 1893
Place of death	Copenhagen

[1] The Neuhausen Prize goes back to the Copenhagen painter and craftsman Jens Neuhausen (1774–1816), who donated the prize in 1812 for artists in need.

[2] Bettina Baumgärtel , Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: Directory of foreign artists. Nationality, residence and studies in Düsseldorf . In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Hrsg.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international impact 1819–1918 . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , Volume 1, p. 427