Frederik Theodor Kloss
Frederik Theodor Kloss (born September 19, 1802 in Braunschweig , † June 9, 1876 in Copenhagen ) was a German-Danish marine painter .
From 1819 Kloss studied at the Royal Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin with the history painter Carl Schumann (1767-1827). He visited Prague , Wroclaw and Dresden (1825-1827), the North Sea (1832), Iceland (1834), the Mediterranean (1843) and the Faroe Islands (1844).
Under the influence of the Norwegian painter Johan Christian Clausen Dahl , who worked in Dresden, and the seascapes of the Danish painter Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg , Kloss decided in 1828 to move to Copenhagen to study with Eckersberg at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts . He became a drawing teacher for the sea cadets, with whom he also traveled from time to time, for example to Italy with the frigate Thetis in 1843 .
In the following years Kloss not only became a friend of Eckersberg, but also, like him, a member of the Masonic Lodge . Kloss became an active participant in Danish culture. He was elected Academician in 1840, appointed Professor in 1853, and Treasurer in 1867.
As an artist, he devoted himself almost exclusively to marine painting. Many of his works were published as lithographs .
literature
- "CW Eckersberg og hans elever", Statens Museum for Kunst, 1983, p. 106
- Kloss, T. In: Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs kunstnerleksikon (Danish)
- Kloss, Friedrich Theodor. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: Painters' works of the 19th century, contribution to art history. Dresden 1898, Volume 1, p. 703.
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| SURNAME | Kloss, Frederik Theodor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kloss, Friedrich Theodor (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish marine painter of German descent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 19, 1802 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunschweig |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 9, 1876 |
| Place of death | Copenhagen |