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Peter Christian Thamsen Skovgaard

Peter Christian Thamsen Skovgaard (1817 - 1875) was active/lived in Denmark.  Peter Skovgaard is known for Romantic landscape, portrait, history and interior scene painting, teaching.

Peter Christian Thamsen Skovgaard (known as P.C. Skovgaard; 4 April 1817 – 13 April 1875) was a Danish national romantic landscape painter. He is one of the main figures associated with the Golden Age of Danish Painting*. He is especially known for his large scale portrayals of the Danish landscape.

Skovgaard was born near Ringsted to farmer Tham Masmann Skovgaard and his wife Cathrine Elisabeth. The family had to leave the farm when he was six years old. They moved to Vejby in north Sjælland where his father earned his living as a grocer. Already as a young child he impressed his family with his artistic abilities.

His mother, who had studied art under flower painter Claudius Ditlev Fritsch, gave him instructions in drawing until he was confirmed and could be sent to Copenhagen for training at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts* (Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi).
He started his training at the Academy in 1831. He did not think much of this traini   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 9257 characters.]  Artist bio

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