Peder Als (16 May 1725 – 8 July 1775) was a

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historical and portrait painter.

Life

Als was born at

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in 1725, and studied under

Carl Gustaf Pilo Carl Gustaf Pilo (5 March 1711 – 2 March 1793) was a Swedish artist and painter. Pilo worked extensively in Denmark as a painter to the Danish Royal Court and as professor and director at the Royal Danish Academy of Art ( da, Det Kongel ...

whose style was a considerable influence on him. He first attracted attention in 1743, when he sold a painting of biblical subject to the King of Denmark. He attended the Kunstakademiet (the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts), and while still there gained recognition as a portraitist with a series of paintings of knights of the order of the Dannebrog. He won the academy's gold medal in 1755, and travelled to Rome and Paris in 1757–62. In Rome he entered the school of

Anton Raphael Mengs Anton Raphael Mengs (22 March 1728 – 29 June 1779) was a German painter, active in Dresden, Rome, and Madrid, who while painting in the Rococo period of the mid-18th century became one of the precursors to Neoclassical painting, which replace ...

, who became another powerful influence on him. He spent most of his time in Rome copying the pictures of

Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (; or ; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual a ...

and Andrea del Sarto, which it is said that he did with great accuracy. He also copied

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and

Titian Tiziano Vecelli or Vecellio (; 27 August 1576), known in English as Titian ( ), was an Italian (Venetian) painter of the Renaissance, considered the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, nea ...

. On his return to Denmark he painted some good portraits; but his colouring was too sombre to give a pleasing effect to his pictures of females, and his work was frequently so laboured as to be deprived of all animation. He became a member of the Kunstakademiet in 1764, and professor at the Kunstakademiet in 1766. He died in 1775. As well as painting in oils, he also worked in pastel and produced a few miniatures.

Gallery

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Peter Christian Winsløw Peter Christian Winsløw (1708 – c. 1756), also referred to as Peder Christensen Winsløw, was a Danish medal engraver. He was part of the Winsløw family. Early life and education Winsløw was born in Bårse, the son of parish priest Christi ...

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Danish portrait painters 18th-century Danish painters 18th-century male artists Artists from Copenhagen 1725 births 1775 deaths Danish male painters Pastel artists {{Denmark-painter-stub