Nicolai Abildgaard

Nicolai Abildgaard (1772)

Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard (born September 11, 1743 in Copenhagen , † June 4, 1809 in Frederiksdal) was a Danish painter , sculptor and architect of the neoclassical period .

Life

Abildgaard, son of the draftsman, illustrator and naturalist Søren Abildgaard (1718–1791), who especially made drawings based on natural and architectural monuments, studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen from 1764 to 1772 , received their travel grant in 1771, went to Rome in 1772 and went to on his return in 1777 professor, 1789 director of the academy. His main works, a cycle of historical allegorical pictures in the castle at Christiansburg , were all destroyed by fire in 1794. He also painted scenes from Ossian and Shakespeare and four pictures from Andria des Terenz (on display in the State Art Museum in Copenhagen ). As he also modeled and practically worked as an ornamentist, the young Bertel Thorvaldsen began his artistic career under him. Abildgaard is buried in the Assistens Cemetery in Nørrebro, Copenhagen.

The wounded Philoctetes (1775)

Paintings and sculptures

The wounded Philoctetes , 1775 (panel, Copenhagen)
Ossian , 1782 (panel, Copenhagen)
Emilia's Kilde , 1782 (sculpture)
Mareridt (Nightmare) , 1800 (oil painting, Sorø Art Museum)

literature

Jul. Lange: Nicolai Abildgaard . 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. 38-48 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
Andreas Røder : Paa Abildgaard and Juhls Tid . In: Karl Madsen (Ed.): Kunstens historie i Danmark . tape (1901-1907) . Alfred Jacobsen, Copenhagen 1907, p. 129–175 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Exhibition catalogs

Jenns E. Howoldt, Hubertus Gaßner (ed.): Nicolai Abildgaard: the teacher of Friedrich and Runge . Catalog for the exhibition “Nicolai Abildgaard. The teacher of Friedrich and Runge ”in the Hamburger Kunsthalle from March 6th to June 14th 2009 ', Bremen 2009.

Web links

Commons : Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Abildgaard died on his idyllically situated property "Spurveskjul", which he had built for himself in 1805; it is near Frederiksdal near Virum , north of Copenhagen, today Lyngby-Taarbæk municipality .

personal data
SURNAME	Abildgaard, Nicolai
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Abildgaard, Nicolai Abraham
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Danish painter, sculptor and neoclassical architect
DATE OF BIRTH	September 11, 1743
PLACE OF BIRTH	Copenhagen
DATE OF DEATH	June 4, 1809
Place of death	Frederiksdal, Virum , Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality , Denmark

[1] Abildgaard died on his idyllically situated property "Spurveskjul", which he had built for himself in 1805; it is near Frederiksdal near Virum , north of Copenhagen, today Lyngby-Taarbæk municipality .