Carl Frederik Sørensen (8 February 1818, Besser,

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– 24 January 1879,

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) was a

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artist who specialized in

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. His paintings not only attracted customers in Denmark but also in the courts of St Petersburg,

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and

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Biography

Sørensen attended the

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from 1843 to 1846. He took part in the decoration of the

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in 1844. He studied perspective 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 ...

at the end of 1845. In 1846, he travelled to the

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, in 1853–54 he visited

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, the

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and

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. Almost every year he went on sea voyages. He took a special interest in the weather and its effects on the sea, developing his own recognizable style. He also painted more idyllic scenes, full of charm and atmosphere. His seascapes won him widespread popularity, especially those he painted under the

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when he sailed with the Navy around

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(1849) and in the

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(1850) where he depicted the Danish fleet in combat."C. W. Eckersberg og hans elever", ''Statens Museum for Kunst'', 1983, p. 131.

Selected works

Sørensen Sejlskibe i sundet syd for Kronborg 1857

*''Brand på Christianshavn, nat'' (1840s) *''Frederik Wilhelm IV af Preussen aflægger juni 1845 besøg i København'' (1846) *''Marine med damp- og sejlskib'' (1846) *''Dønning efter en storm under Kullen'' (Neuhausen's Prize, 1847) *''Sørensen Et vrag på Jyllands vestkyst ved solnedgang'' (1847) *''Skibbrud efter en storm ved Jyllands vestkyst ud for Ferring Kirke'' (c. 1848) *''Linieskib for anker, diset septembermorgen'' (1848) *''Den danske blokeringsflåde ud for Elben'' (1849) *''Fiskerbåde under kysten, Scheveningen (1853) *''Parti fra øen Guernsey, bugten ved byen St. Petersport'' (1854) *''Udsigt fra Nordsjælland over Kattegat med forskellige skibe'' (1856) *''Ved Helsingør havn'' (1857) *''Tidlig sommermorgen på Helsingørs Rhed'' (1860) *''Kystparti ved Kullen fyr'' (1861 *''Skærgården nord for byen Marstrands fæstning i Bohuslen'' (1861-62) *''Marinestykke'' (1862) *''Frederik VIIs ligfærd over Knippelsbro 1863'' (1863) *''Affæren ud for Swinemünde'' (1864) *''Ved Napolis golf'' (1864) *''Slaget ved Lissa'' (1866) *''Sejlere i høj sø'' (1867) *''Svenske orlogsskibe ud for lvsborg'' (1867) *''Søstykke'' (1869) *''Storm på Doggerbanken'' (1869) *''Sundet ved Helsingør, i baggrunden Kronborg'' (1873) *''Christian IX besøger Island'' (1874) *''Landskab'' (1877) *''Kleven ved Mandal, solnedgang'' (1877) *''Storm ud for den norske kyst'' (1877) *''Under Island'' (1878)

Gallery

File:Sørensen Udsigt til Helsingør og Kronborg fra stranden syd for byen 1851.jpg, ''View of Elsinore and

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from a Beach South of the City'' (1851) File:Sørensen Et vrag på Jyllands vestkyst ved solnedgang 1847.jpg, ''A Wreck on

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's West Coast at Sunset'' (1847) File:Affæren ud for Svinemünde cropped.jpg, ''The Affair off Swinemünde'' (1864) File:Soerensen Seeschlacht bei Lissa 1866 Rammstoss.jpg, '' Battle of Lissa'' (1866)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sorensen, Carl Frederik 1818 births 1879 deaths Danish marine artists Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni 19th-century Danish painters Danish male painters People from Samsø Municipality Burials at the Garrison Cemetery, Copenhagen 19th-century Danish male artists