Jes Bundsen (16 September 1766 – 22 September 1829) was a Danish architectural and

landscape painter Landscape painting, also known as landscape art, is the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, especially where the main subject is a wide view—with its elements arranged into a coherent composi ...

and

etcher Etching is traditionally the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal. In modern manufacturing, other chemicals may be used on other types ...

Life

Bundsen was born in Assens in 1766. He attended the Academy of Copenhagen in 1786, and then studied in

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, after which he became a teacher of drawing and a painter in

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and Altona. He died at the latter town in 1829. He chiefly painted views in the vicinity of these places, as well as interiors of churches. He etched several plates in outline, and also practised

lithography Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by the German a ...

to some extent. His brother was the architect Axel Bundsen.

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* 1766 births 1829 deaths Danish landscape painters People from Assens Municipality Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni {{Denmark-painter-stub