Peter Henrik Gemzøe (6 February 1811 – 3 October 1879) was a

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painter and lithographer.

Early life and education

Gemzøe was born in

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, the son of copyist in the Treasury Carl Henrik Peter Gemzøe (1778–1840) and Andriette Frederikke Opitius ( – 1830). He was endorsed to pursuit his talent for drawing by

Wilhelm Bendz Wilhelm Ferdinand Bendz (20 March 1804 – 14 November 1832) was a Danish painter mainly known for genre works and portraits which often portray his artist colleagues and their daily lives. He was one of the most talented artists in the successful ...

and was admitted to the

Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts ( da, Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi - Billedkunst Skolerne) has provided education in the arts for more than 250 years, playing its part in the development of the art of Denmark. History The Royal Dani ...

in 1829 while in the same time studying privately under

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 ...

. He qualified for the Academy's Model School in 1832. He belonged to Christen Købke's social circle and in 1832 created a number of lithographies based on Købke's portraits of N. L. Feilberg and F. C. Sibbern. In the late 1830s, he gave up painting altogether to completely focus on lithography. He spent four years in Munich from 1840 where he studied under Hohe and Kohler.

Career

Gemzøe worked for Det kgl. stentrykkeri until 1837 and then for E. Bærentzen & Co. from 1837 to 1840 and again from 1844 and he also worked for Tegner & Kittendorff. He specialized in portraits but he also created reproductions of many of

Wilhelm Marstrand Nicolai Wilhelm Marstrand (24 December 1810 – 25 March 1873), painter and illustrator, was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, to Nicolai Jacob Marstrand, instrument maker and inventor, and Petra Othilia Smith. Marstrand is one of the most renowned ar ...

's paintings of scenes from

Ludvig Holberg Ludvig Holberg, Baron of Holberg (3 December 1684 – 28 January 1754) was a writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright born in Bergen, Norway, during the time of the Dano-Norwegian dual monarchy. He was influenced by Humanism, ...

's plays and of popular works by

Julius Exner Johan Julius Exner, (30 November 1825 – 15 November 1910), Danish genre painter, was born in Copenhagen to Johann Gottlieb Exner, a Czech musician from Bohemia, who came to Denmark during the Napoleonic period, and his wife Karen Jørgensdat ...

Carl Bloch Carl Heinrich Bloch (23 May 1834 – 22 February 1890) was a Danish artist. Biography He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and studied there at the Royal Danish Academy of Art (''Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi'') under Wilhelm Marstrand ...

and other artists of the time. He exhibited at Charlottenborg in 1833 and 1835.

Personal life

Gemzøe did not marry. He committed

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in 1879 and is buried in

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in Copenhagen.

References

External links

Peter Gemzøe
at

Kunstindeks Danmark ''Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon'' (Weilbach's Biographical Dictionary of Artists) is a Danish biographical dictionary of artists and architects. The current edition, which is also freely accessible online, contains the biographies of some 8,000 Danis ...

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