Frederik Christian Kiærskou
Frederik Christian Jakobsen Kiærskou, aka F. C. Kiærskou (26 March 1805 – 6 June 1891) was a Danish landscape painter. Biography Kiærskou was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. His father was a clerk in the Police Court (). He lost both parents at the age of nine and was placed an orphanage (''Det Kongelige Vajsenhus''), which also provided an elementary education. After his confirmation, he began taking classes in ornamental painting at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. He continued to take advanced classes at the Academy and, in 1827, set himself up as a decorative painter. He was married that same year, to Ida Gindrup (1802–1880). In 1830, he returned to the Academy for more training and was awarded several cash prizes for landscape painting. By 1837, the Academy was willing to recommend him for funding by the "Fonden ad usus publicos", but he chose to wait. The fund had been created by King Frederick V of Denmark in 1765 to promote the arts and sciences. In 1840, he ...
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