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Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg

1783 - 1853

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Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (2 January 1783 – 22 July 1853) was a Danish painter. He was born in Blåkrog in the Duchy of Schleswig (now in Aabenraa Municipality, in the southern part of Jutland in Denmark). He went on to lay the foundation for the period of art known as the Golden Age of Danish Painting, and is referred to as the "Father of Danish painting". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg is the 450th most popular painter (down from 444th in 2019), the 142nd most popular biography from Denmark (down from 132nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Danish Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg ranks 450 out of 2,023. Before him are Hubert Robert, Piero Manzoni, Lucian Freud, Jean-Étienne Liotard, Mikhail Vrubel, and Giovanni Battista Moroni. After him are Theophanes the Greek, Cima da Conegliano, Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ary Scheffer, Suzuki Harunobu, and François-Édouard Picot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1783, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg ranks 12. Before him are N. F. S. Grundtvig, Vasily Zhukovsky, Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia, Friedrich Sertürner, Johann Heinrich von Thünen, and Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria. After him are Hugh Glass, Catharina of Württemberg, Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, William Sturgeon, François Magendie, and Roustam Raza. Among people deceased in 1853, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg ranks 10. Before him are Maria II of Portugal, Ludwig Tieck, Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim, Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil, Georg Friedrich Grotefend, and Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria. After him are Leopold Gmelin, Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński, Matteo Carcassi, Bezmiâlem Sultan, Christian Leopold von Buch, and Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg ranks 142 out of 1,032. Before him are Jussi Adler-Olsen (1950), Giancarlo Esposito (1958), Richard Møller Nielsen (1937), Piet Hein (1905), Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891), and Theophil Hansen (1813). After him are Barthold Georg Niebuhr (1776), Wilhelm Johannsen (1857), Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg (1485), Lars Ulrich (1963), Connie Nielsen (1965), and Erik Bruhn (1928).

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Among PAINTERS In Denmark

Among painters born in Denmark, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg ranks 9. Before him are Carl Bloch (1834), Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark (1656), Gerda Wegener (1886), Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864), Michael Ancher (1849), and Anna Ancher (1859). After him are Jens Juel (1745), Asger Jorn (1914), Paul Gustav Fischer (1860), Marie Krøyer (1867), Kurt Westergaard (1935), and Wilhelm Marstrand (1810).

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