Christian Albrecht from Benzon

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The death of Knuts the Holy , painting by Christian Albrecht von Benzon (1843)

Christian Albrecht von Benzon (born July 11, 1816 in Copenhagen , † September 3, 1849 in Paris ) was a Danish history painter.

Life

The son of the chamberlain and cavalier Jacob von Benzon (1759–1842) and his second wife, the opera singer Sophie Catherine, née Holm (1796–1862), studied portrait and history painting at the Copenhagen Art Academy from 1833 to 1836 , including with the German-born History painter Johann Ludwig Lund . During this time his portrait of the poet Hans Christian Andersen was created . He then continued his education in Düsseldorf , where he was enrolled in the painting classes of Theodor Hildebrandt and Friedrich Wilhelm von Schadow at the art academy from 1839 to 1843 . In his private life, he joined the Norwegian painter Adolph Tidemand , who painted his portrait in 1839 and was also Hildebrandt's student at the art academy until 1841. Both already knew each other from studying together in Copenhagen. In Düsseldorf von Benzon married the painter Marie Therese Cazin. In 1845 he moved to Paris, where he got into debt despite some respectable successes. In 1848 he traveled to Denmark for the last time. He died of cholera in a Paris guilty prison, only 33 years old.

Von Benzon is considered the only "true" representative of the Düsseldorf School of Painting in Danish art. In 1842 he sent his painting The Last Confession , and in 1844 his painting The Assassination of St. Knud in St. Alban's Church in Odense 1086 , which is considered to be his most important work, from Düsseldorf to Denmark. In 1846 he submitted the painting Norman Guide Hastings conquers an Italian city by a ruse from Paris for the spring exhibition in Charlottenborg Palace . For another picture taken in Paris, Louis IV of France recognizes Richard I and his descendants as dukes of Normandy in Rouen in the presence of Harald Blåtand of Denmark , Louis-Philippe I awarded him a gold medal.

Works

  • Portrait of Hans Christian Andersen. 1835: Frederiksborg Castle, National History Museum.
  • The last confession ( The Death of Don Juan ), Düsseldorf 1842.
  • The murder of St. Knud in St. Alban's Church in Odense 1086. Düsseldorf 1843.
  • Norman leader Hastings conquers an Italian city by ruse. originated in Paris; issued in 1846.
  • Louis IV of France recognizes Richard I and his descendants as dukes of Normandy in Rouen in the presence of Harald Blauzahn of Denmark. Made in Paris: Rouen, City Hall.
  • Head of a fisherman. Bruun Rasmussen auction, Copenhagen, 6 June 2011, no.1007.

Exhibitions

  • Copenhagen / Charlottenborg Palace: 1836–38, 1842, 1844, 1846 (a total of eleven works).

literature

  • Rudolf Wiegmann : The Royal Art Academy in Düsseldorf. Their history, origin and effectiveness and the Düsseldorf artists . Verlag der Buddeus'schen Buch- und Kunsthandlung (Ed. Schulte), Düsseldorf 1856, p. 236 ( digitized version ).
  • Benzon, Christian. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 1/1, sheets 1–30: Aagaard – Heideck. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1891, p. 81 ( archive.org ).
  • Benzon (Bentzon), Christian Albrecht von . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 3 : Bassano – Bickham . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1909, p. 362 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • Hans Wolfgang Singer (Ed.): General artist lexicon. Life and works of the most famous visual artists. Prepared by Hermann Alexander Müller. Volume 1, Literary Institution Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt / Main 1921.
  • Herman Madsen: The Fynske Painting. Levin & Munksgaard, Copenhagen 1935.
  • Weilbach's Kunstnerleksikon. Udgivet af en komite støtte af Carlsbergfondet. Editor: Merete Bodelsen og Povl Engelstoft. Tredje udgave, Aschehoug, København, Volume I (1949); 4th edition 1994 (with further literature).
  • Emmanuel Bénézit (ed.): Dictionnaire Critique et Documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays. Volume I, 1976.
  • Benzon, Christian Albrecht from . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 9, Saur, Munich a. a. 1994, ISBN 3-598-22749-3 , p. 153.
  • Hans Paffrath (Ed.): Lexicon of the Düsseldorf School of Painting 1819–1918. Volume 1: Abbema – Gurlitt. Published by the Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf in the Ehrenhof and by the Paffrath Gallery. Bruckmann, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-7654-3009-9 , pp. 121-122 (fig.), 124.

Web links

Commons : Christian Albrecht von Benzon  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ Another portrait of Benzon was created by the painter August Behrends (1821–1904) from Odense (Weilbach).
personal data
SURNAME Benzon, Christian Albrecht from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish history painter
DATE OF BIRTH July 11, 1816
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen
DATE OF DEATH September 3, 1849
Place of death Paris