Carl Frederik Emanuel Larsen usually known as Emanuel Larsen (15 September 1823, Copenhagen – 24 September 1859, Copenhagen) was a

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painter who specialized in marine painting.

Biography

Larsen was admitted to the

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in January 1839 where he was a student of

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (2 January 1783 – 22 July 1853) was a Danish painter. He was born in Blåkrog in the Southern Jutland region of Denmark. He went on to lay the foundation for the period of art known as the Golden Age of Dani ...

and Frederik Theodor Kloss. Under Eckersberg, he specialized in marine painting. In 1845, he exhibited his ''Morgen ved Sjællands Kyst'' which was purchased by the

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. The same year, he travelled on a naval ship to the

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and

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and from 1852–54 to

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and the French

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."C.W. Eckersberg og hans elever", ''Statens Museum for Kunst'', 1983, p.116.Philip Weilbach, "Carl Frederick Emanuel Larsen"
Dansk biografisk leksikon, vol. 10, p. 74, ''Gyldendal'' (1887–1905). He was awarded the Neuhausen Prize in 1851 for ''Udsigt fra Langelinie mod Nyholm med Mastekranen. Morgenbelysning''. Despite his interest in Dutch marine art, Larsen was probably the Danish artist who was least influenced by foreign works. The influential

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(1788- 1865) praised Larssen's work, commenting that his paintings showed he had "an eye for the fresh, open life at sea" and that his ships were "not still but really appear to move". Larsen died in September 1859 after a short illness.

Gallery

File:Larsen Linieskibet Valdemar krydser Sundet ind for en frisk bramsejlskuling 1856.jpg, ''Linieskibet "Valdemar" krydser Sundet ind for en frisk bramsejlskuling'' (1856) File:Larsen Skibe ved Sjællands kyst Morgen 1845.jpg, ''Skibe ved Sjællands kyst Morgen'' (1845) File:Larsen Fregatten Niels Juel ved hovedvagten på Nyholm 1857.jpg, ''Fregatten "Niels Juel" ved hovedvagten på Nyholm'' (1857) File:Larsen Udsigt fra Langelinie mod Nyholm med Mastekranen Morgenbelysning 1850.jpg, ''Udsigt fra Langelinie mod Nyholm med Mastekranen Morgenbelysning'' (1850)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Larsen, Emanuel 1823 births 1859 deaths Danish marine artists Artists from Copenhagen Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni 19th-century Danish painters Danish male painters 19th-century Danish male artists