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Lauritz Vilhelm Pacht (23 November 1843 – 20 May 1912) was a Danish
Vilhelm Pacht
Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, Gyldendal While taking classes at the Copenhagen Technical College, his drawings attracted the attention of G.F. Hetsch (1788–1864, who advised him to take up porcelain painting. After completing his courses, he was given a position at the Royal Porcelain Factory, which he held from 1862 to 1867. Beginning in 1861, he also attended classes at the
Lauritz Vilhelm Pacht
Who's Who of Victorian Cinema. In 1887, he opened a factory that produced intaglio ink and paint tubes. In 1890, the company went public as an
Vilhelm Pacht
Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon Just before his death, he and his second wife, Oline Kristine Marie Olsen (1868-1928), created the Vilhelm Pacht Foundation (''Vilhelm Pachts Kunstnerboligs Legat'') which awarded scholarships to artists and which turned his mansion, "Pachts Bo", into housing for indigent artists. He died in 1912 at
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Lauritz Vilhelm Pacht (23 November 1843 – 20 May 1912) was a Danish genre
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painter, industrialist and philanthropist.
Biography
Pacht was born inCopenhagen
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, Denmark. He was the son of Lauritz Adolph Pacht (1819–68) and Eleonora Wilhelmine Hansen (1827–57). His father was a cap maker. After his confirmation, he began to learn printing, but was later apprenticed to a marble chipper.Merete BodelsenVilhelm Pacht
Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, Gyldendal While taking classes at the Copenhagen Technical College, his drawings attracted the attention of G.F. Hetsch (1788–1864, who advised him to take up porcelain painting. After completing his courses, he was given a position at the Royal Porcelain Factory, which he held from 1862 to 1867. Beginning in 1861, he also attended classes at the
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
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; passing his final exam in 1866. He began to have showings at the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition
The Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition (''Charlottenborg Forårsudstilling'') is an annual art exhibition in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The event is held at the Charlottenborg Exhibition Building (''Kunsthal Charlottenborg'').
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and in 1869 was awarded the Neuhausenske Prize (''De Neuhausenske Præmier'')
For several years, he worked to perfect a method to improve the reproduction of drawings by printing press. In 1872, he received a patent for his processes and set up a workshop for what he called the "Heliotype" (a process similar to hectography). Later, he also produced phototypes.
In 1880, he joined with the photographer, , to create "Pacht & Crones Illustrationsetablissement". Pacht left the company in 1885 and was replaced by the drawing teacher, . That same year, Pacht started the "Skandinavisk Panoptikon", a combination wax museum
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and cabinet of curiosities.Deac RossellLauritz Vilhelm Pacht
Who's Who of Victorian Cinema. In 1887, he opened a factory that produced intaglio ink and paint tubes. In 1890, the company went public as an
aktieselskab
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called the "Danske Bogtrykkeres Farvefabrik", but he continued as General Manager.
In 1896, he presented the first moving pictures in Denmark in a wooden structure called the "Panorama" at the square in front of Copenhagen City Hall
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. His building and equipment were lost to a suspicious fire, but he soon re-established his shows (renamed the " Kineoptikon") at his Panoptikon.
His activities made him a wealthy man, but also ensured that his output as a painter was rather small.Jens Peter MunkVilhelm Pacht
Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon Just before his death, he and his second wife, Oline Kristine Marie Olsen (1868-1928), created the Vilhelm Pacht Foundation (''Vilhelm Pachts Kunstnerboligs Legat'') which awarded scholarships to artists and which turned his mansion, "Pachts Bo", into housing for indigent artists. He died in 1912 at
Holte
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References
External links
ArtNet: More works by Pacht.
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