Christian August Lorentzen

Christian August Lorentzen
Self-portrait
Born	10 August 1749 Sønderborg
Died	8 May 1828 (aged 78) Copenhagen
Nationality	Danish
Known for	Painter
Movement	Neoclassicism

Christian August Lorentzen (10 August 1749 – 8 May 1828) was a Danish painter. He was the instructor of Martinus Rørbye.

Biography

Christian August Lorentzen was born on 10 August 1749 as the son of a watchmaker. He arrived in Copenhagen around 1771 where he frequented the Royal Academy of Fine Arts but it is unclear whether he received formal training.^[1] From 1779 to 1782 he went abroad to develop his skills, visiting the Netherlands, Antwerp and Paris where he copied old masters. In 1792 he traveled to Norway to paint prospects.^[1]

In a number of painting, such as Slaget på Reden (1801, Danish Museum of National History) and Den rædsomste nat (1807, Danish National Gallery), he documented key events from the English Wars between 1801 and 1814. Later in his career he mainly painted portraits, landscapes and scenes from Ludvig Holberg's comedies.^[1]

As a professor at the Royal Academy in Copenhagen from 1803 and until his death in 1828, he exercised great influence on the next generation of painters such as Martinus Rørbye among others.^[1]

Gallery

• 
  Frederiksholm Canal in Copenhagen, 1794
• 
  The finishing phase of the Battle of Copenhagen, presented as if it was the British who had to ask for a cease fire
• 
  Dannebrog falling from
  heaven during the
  Battle of Lyndanisse in 1219
• 
  Model class at the Danish Academy

See also

• Art of Denmark

References

1. "C.A. Lorentzen". Gyldendal. Retrieved 2010-07-21.