Anders Christian Lunde (24 October 1809, Copenhagen – 26 October 1886, Copenhagen) was a Danish landscape painter, a minor participant in the

Golden Age of Danish painting The Danish Golden Age ( da, Den danske guldalder) covers a period of exceptional creative production in Denmark, especially during the first half of the 19th century.Kulturnet DanmarkGuide to the Danish Golden Age Although Copenhagen had suffered ...

. He painted his native Denmark including the north of Zealand and the island of

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while also showing an interest in Mediterranean landscapes.Peter Nørgaard Larsen, "Anders Christian Lunde"
''Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon'', Retrieved 7 July 2012.

Biography

Lunde was the son of teahouse manager Svend Svendsen Lunde (1776–1846) and Johanna Johanne Michaeline (born Møller; 1769–1849). After an apprenticeship as a house painter, he studied at the

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, winning both its silver medals (1833–35). He began to exhibit in 1834 as a portrait painter but soon switched to landscapes, following in the footsteps of

Louis Gurlitt Heinrich Louis Theodor Gurlitt (8 March 1812 – 19 November 1897), also called Louis Gurlitt, was a Danish-German painter of landscapes. His brother was the composer Cornelius Gurlitt, and his son was the architect and art historian also cal ...

in depicting the Italian countryside. While he gained some attention, he never became well-known. Lunde Frederik 7 ved Helligdomsklipperne 1851

In 1842, Lunde traveled to Italy, though he had not received a scholarship. However the work he sent home raised so much interest that he was later awarded a two-year stipendium and only returned to Denmark in 1847. In 1857, he was in line to become a member of the Academy, but when his membership application was almost complete, the Academy's charter changed and as a result he never became a member. The

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has only bought one of his juvenile works but a larger image, Frederiksborg Castle, painted for

Frederik VII Frederick VII (Frederik Carl Christian; 6 October 1808 – 15 November 1863) was King of Denmark from 1848 to 1863. He was the last Danish monarch of the older Royal branch of the House of Oldenburg and the last king of Denmark to rule as a ...

in 1850, was the gift of a Russian grand duke.

Style

Lunde paid great attention to detail in his landscapes. His best works reconcile his interest in detail with a masterly representation of nature while his less successful paintings barely do more than convey the scene. Especially in his paintings of the Italian countryside, his contemporaries noted similarities with Gurlitt's efforts to add a more idealistic approach to his meticulous studies of nature.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lunde, Anders Christian Danish landscape painters 1809 births 1886 deaths Painters from Copenhagen 19th-century Danish painters Danish male painters 19th-century Danish male artists