Carl Balsgaard
Carl Vilhelm Balsgaard (* December 24, 1812 in Copenhagen , † August 14, 1893 there ) was a Danish porcelain , vedute , genre , portrait and still life painter , inspector of the private collection of paintings of the Danish King Christian IX. as well as private tutor of his wife Louise .
Life
Balsgaard, son of lottery assistant and auditor Hans Balsgaard and his wife Anna Dorothea, nee Weinreich, studied painting at the Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen, where he trained in figure painting. In 1841 he won a small silver medal there for a nude drawing . Since 1835, however, he devoted himself increasingly to painting flowers and still life in order to secure his livelihood. He was also active in porcelain painting . In 1843 he married Anna Margrete Hirth († 1868). In 1848/1849 he lived in Gothenburg , Sweden. With a travel grant that he had received in 1855, he traveled to Berlin , Dresden , Düsseldorf and Paris . He stayed in Düsseldorf between 1855 and 1856. On July 5, 1858 he became a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Art. In 1862 he visited London . Christian IX appointed him in 1864. inspector of his private painting collection (today Statens Museum for Kunst ). In 1867 he received the title of professor . In 1872/1873 he traveled to Italy . In 1892 he was made a knight of the Order of Dannebrog . Balsgaard's grave is on Solbjerg Parkkirkegård in Frederiksberg-Solbjerg .
literature
- Balsgaard, C. - Internet Archive . In: Friedrich von Boetticher : painter works of the nineteenth century. Contribution to art history . Dresden 1891, Volume 1, p. 47.
- Julius Petersen: Balsgaard, Carl Vilhelm . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 1 : Aaberg – Beaumelle . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1887, p. 467-468 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
- Balsgaard, Carl Vilhelm . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 2 : Antonio da Monza-Bassan . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1908, p. 423 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Carl Vilhelm Balsgaard . Data sheet in the portal rkd.nl ( Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie )
- Carl Vilhelm Balsgaard . Auction results in the portal artnet .de
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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. 426
- ↑ Carl Vilhelm Balsgaard . Short biography on the gravsted.dk portal
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Balsgaard, Carl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Balsgaard, Carl Vilhelm (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish porcelain, vedute, genre, portrait and still life painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1812 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 14, 1893 |
| Place of death | Copenhagen |