Niels Carl Michaelius (Michael) Flindt Dahl, usually known as Carl Dahl, (24 March 1812 in

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– 7 April 1865 in

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) was a

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marine painter during the

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Biography

In 1835, Dahl entered the

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where he ultimately specialized in

marine painting Marine art or maritime art is a form of figurative art (that is, painting, drawing, printmaking and sculpture) that portrays or draws its main inspiration from the sea. Maritime painting is a genre that depicts ships and the sea—a genre parti ...

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 Da ...

who took him to

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where he was able to paint frigates and liners in their natural environment. In addition to a study tour of Italy and the

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, he travelled to Lisbon (1840), Germany and France (1852 and 1855),

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(1861) and to London and the

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(1862). As a result of his interest in marine painting, he became one of Eckersberg's closest friends in the 1840s as they helped each other to complete their paintings."C. W. Eckersberg og hans elever", ''Statens Museum for Kunst'', 1983, p. 93.Philip Weilbach, "Dahl, Niels Carl Michaelius Flindt"
Dansk biografisk leksikon, vol. 4, p. 141, ''Gyldendal'' (1887–1905). In 1849, he won the Neuhausen prize for his ' (Ships passing

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). Despite his mastery of perspective, he lacked the freedom of artistic expression which would have contributed to the value of his paintings. His most important work is considered to be ' (Battle at sea near

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) now in Frederiksberg Museum. Other notable works include ' (Larsen Square near Copenhagen Harbor, c. 1840), ' ( Roadstead of Lisboa, 1843) and ' (A Frigate in Rough Sea).

Gallery

File:Dahl View of Larsen Square near Copenhagen Harbor 1840.jpg, ''Larsen Square near Copenhagen Harbor'' (1840) File:Dahl Lissabons rhed 1843.jpg, ' (1843) File:Slaget ved Helgoland without frame.jpg, ' (1864) File:Dahl Fregat i en storm med rebede undersejl 1846.jpg, ' (1846)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dahl, Carl 1812 births 1865 deaths Danish marine artists Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni People from Faaborg-Midtfyn Municipality 19th-century Danish painters Danish male painters 19th-century Danish male artists