Carl Frederik Sørensen

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Carl Frederik Sørensen, photograph before 1879
The sea battle at Lissa in 1866, sinking of the Rè d'Italia , 1868
The naval battle off Svinemünde , 1864

Carl Frederik Sørensen (born February 8, 1818 in Besser on Samsø , † January 24, 1879 in Copenhagen ) was a Danish marine painter .

life and work

From 1834 Sørensen was a student at the Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen and from 1845 a private student with Professor Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (perspective drawing). The young painter immersed himself in nature studies and also traveled to Italy to complete his training. During this time he painted some Venetian motifs. From 1866 the artist stayed at the academy in Stockholm , from 1874 he is recorded in Iceland . In between he traveled to Italy again and again. Sørensen limited himself almost exclusively to maritime motifs in his oeuvre .

Many of his works can be found in state museums in Scandinavia , for example the State Art Museum in Copenhagen or the Swedish National Museum in Stockholm. Many of the artist's works are privately owned. At art auctions - also in German-speaking countries - his works appear again and again and can also be acquired by private art lovers in this way.

Works (excerpt)

  • The sea battle at Lissa. Oil on canvas, 1868, 84 × 120.5 cm. Army History Museum , Vienna.
  • Rough seas around a headland. Oil on canvas, 1849, 32 × 45.5 cm. Fitzwilliam Museum , Cambridge .
  • View from Capri over the Bay of Naples to Vesuvius. Oil on canvas, 1868, private property
  • Ships in front of Copenhagen. Oil on canvas, private property
  • The Battle of Svinemünde , 1864, oil on canvas, Danish National History Museum, Frederiksborg Castle , Hillerød
  • Danish sea blockade in front of the Elbe estuary , around 1849, Danish National History Museum, Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød

literature

Web links

Commons : Carl Frederik Sørensen  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Arist Pander: Sørensen, Carl Frederik . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 31 : Siemering – Stephens . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1937, p. 208 .
  2. ^ Army History Museum / Military History Institute (ed.): The Army History Museum in the Vienna Arsenal. Verlag Militaria, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-902551-69-6 , p. 156.
personal data
SURNAME Sørensen, Carl Frederik
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Soerensen, Carl Frederik; Sörensen, Carl Frederik; Sørensen, CF
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish marine painter
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH Better (Samsø) on Samsø
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 1879
Place of death Copenhagen