Ludvig Abelin Schou, known as L.A. Schou (11 January 1838, in

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– 30 September 1867, in

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), was a Danish Romantic painter, the older brother of

Peter Alfred Schou Peter Alfred Schou (known as P.A. Schou; 8 October 1844 – 21 November 1914) was a Danish painter. Biography He was born at Copenhagen to a family of merchants from Slagelse shortly after their arrival in Copenhagen. He was the brother of Ludv ...

Biography

He was born to a family of merchants. When he was six, they moved to Copenhagen. At the age of eighteen, he passed the journeyman test to enter the

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. He studied with

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and

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and was awarded two silver medals, in 1860 and 1861, when he began exhibiting portraits and small figure compositions.Biographical notes
@ Kunstindeks Danmark. During 1860, he made a brief study trip to Belgium and the Netherlands. He was dissatisfied with these works, however and, after failing to win a gold medal, nearly decided to quit painting and become a teacher or clerk. His hopes were restored after a relative gave him enough money to study in Italy. He arrived in Rome in 1864 and lived in the nearby mountain villages until 1866. Despite a chronic illness, he managed to finish several

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works and hold a small exhibition. After that, he turned to works on Classical themes, completing his most familiar work depicting Chione killed by Diana (Artemis). In October 1866, he began to travel (briefly visiting Paris) and died of

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in Florence. His most ambitious work and one often described as his main work—''Roman Workmen Transporting an Antique Imperial Statue from the Colosseum through the Arch of Titus to the Capitoline Museums'' was completed shortly before his death.Hornung, Peter Michael (1993) ''Ny dansk kunsthistorie bind 4: Realismen'' . Copenhagen: Fogtdal. It combined a Romantic appreciation of ancient Rome with elements of

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in the depiction of the Roman workers and spectators, and it received high praise when displayed in Copenhagen in 1868. In addition to his works of Classical mythology, he also did a series inspired by

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Selected works

File:Kludesamleren.jpg, The Cloth Collector Ludvig Abelin Schou - Romerske Arbeidsfolk transportere en antik Keiserstatue fra Colossæum, igjennem Titusbuen til Musæerne i Capitol - tegnet af Otto Bache.png, Roman Workmen..., engraving by

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Hel og Valkyrien by Schou.jpg, Hel and the

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(Ragnarök) Ludvig Abelin Schou - Chione dræbt på jagten af den krænkede Diana - 1866.jpg, Chione Slain by Diana

References

External links

ArtNet: More works by Schou.
*Knudtzon, Fr. G. (1869-10-10
"Ludvig Abelin Schou"
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'' vol. 524, pp. 12–15 * Müller, Sigurd (1901
"Schou, Ludvig Abelin"
in Bricka, Carl Frederik (ed.) '' Dansk Biografisk Lexikon'', volume 15. Copenhagen: Gyldendal, pp. 262–63. {{DEFAULTSORT:Schou, Ludvig Abelin 1838 births 1867 deaths People from Slagelse Danish romantic painters Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni 19th-century Danish painters Danish male painters Deaths from cholera 19th-century Danish male artists