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Georg Nicolai Achen (23 July 1860 – 6 January 1912) was a Danish painter. One of the more accomplished Naturalists of his generation, from the 1890s he specialized in portraits.
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Georg Nicolai Achen (23 July 1860 – 6 January 1912) was a Danish painter. One of the more accomplished Naturalists of his generation, from the 1890s he specialized in portraits.
Biography
Born in Frederikssund
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Biography
Eggert Christoffer Achen was born in the parish of Kvislemark in Næstved Municipality. Denmark.
He was the son of Hillerød Eggert Christoffer Achen and Jo ...
. Achen first studied painting under Vilhelm Kyhn
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before attending the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1877 to 1883. Thereafter he studied under P.S. Krøyer
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at Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler. He first exhibited at Charlottenborg in 1883 and at Den Frie in 1896.
In the 1880s, he painted mainly landscapes but from the 1890s, he became one of Denmark's most popular portraitists, creating especially artistic paintings of members of his family. Under the influence of Vilhelm Hammershøi
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, his interiors with a dark female figure in pink, grey and brownish hues testify to his simple, aesthetic approach. One of his most appreciated works is ''Drømmevinduet'' (The Dream Window), an oil painting of a maid peering out of one of the windows in Liselund Slot, painted in 1903.
Georg Achen died in Frederiksberg on 6 January 1912.
Awards
In 1890, Aachen was awarded the Thorvaldsen Medal for ''Min Moders Portræt'', a portrait of his mother .References
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