Frederik Christian Kiærskou
Frederik Christian Jakobsen Kiærskou , also known as FC Kiærskou (born March 26, 1805 in Copenhagen , † June 6, 1891 ibid), was a Danish landscape painter .
Life
His father was a police clerk. Kiærskou lost both parents at the age of nine and was sent to the royal orphanage, which also offered basic education. After his confirmation he took courses in ornamental painting at the Royal Danish Academy of Art . At the same time he was trained by the landscape painter Jens Peter Møller .
He continued attending advanced courses at the academy and worked as a decorative painter from 1827. In the same year he married. In 1830 he returned to the academy for additional practice and received several cash prizes for landscape paintings.
In 1837 the academy endeavored to propose him for the fund "Fonden ad usus publicos". The fund was set up by King Frederick V to support the arts and sciences. But Kiærskou decided to wait. In 1842 the fund was discontinued.
In 1840 he borrowed money from one of his brothers to travel to Germany and in 1842 he received a travel grant from the academy and was able to win AW Moltke as a supporter. When he returned from Munich he was able to sell some paintings to Moltke and the art association. He became a member of the Academy in 1845 and a corresponding member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in 1848 for his work on a popular book on Swedish landscapes published by Albert Bonniers Verlag.
In 1863, as a bride present for Princess Alexandra of Denmark on her wedding to Edward VII, a landscape painting depicting Bernstorff Castle was created. From 1867 he was a painter at the residence in Charlottenborg Palace . In 1874 he was made a knight of the Dannebrogorden .
Always in excellent health, he died suddenly at the age of 86. His daughter Hanne, a painter who had spent most of her career in South America, had died before him in 1879 at the age of 48. His son Hjalmar was a well-known botanist.
Selected paintings
Strong storm in a fishing village
View of Rundforbi, in Nærum
View of Amager with Lauritz Peter Holmblad's candle factory
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Individual evidence
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kiærskou, Frederik Christian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kiærskou, Frederik Christian Jakobsen (full name); Kiærskou, FC |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish landscape painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1805 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 6, 1891 |
| Place of death | Copenhagen |