Frederik Hansen Sødring (31 May 1809 – 18 April 1862) was a Danish landscape painter and founder of an endowment.

Background

Sødring was born in

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, Denmark. He was the son of merchant Peder Hansen Sødring (d. 1839) and Ane Dorthea (née Jepsen; d. 1842). He spent some time living in

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with his parents before studying at the

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beginning in 1825. There he initially studied under

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, but his greatest influence was from the romantic art of

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Career

Between 1829 and 1831 Sødring travelled to

and

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, taking time to study in

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. He traveled to Norway and Southern

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between 1832–36 and returned during 1847. He was awarded the Fund ad Usus Publicos 1836-38. He travelled to Germany (mainly Munich) 1836-38; Paris 1843. He continued to work, sending several paintings back to Denmark. These travels influenced Sødring's later works. Upon his return, he continued to paint, exhibiting landscapes from the

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, and

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. In 1832, he was painted by Christen Købke; the portrait is now part of the Hirschsprung Collection. He exhibited at the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition 1828-36, 1838–40, 1842–47, 1858. Sødring's other exhibition included at the Salon in Paris and University of Copenhagen both in 1843.

Personal life

In 1842 Sødring wed Henriette Marie de Bang (1809–55), the daughter of Niels de Bang (1776–1815) and Cathrine Amalie Henriette (née Callisen); her family were rich landowners in

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. With the marriage Sødring received a sizable

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. Sødring died in

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, Denmark, on 18 April 1862, aged 52. Upon his death, he bequeathed 30,000

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s to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. He also established ''Sødringske Opmuntringspræmie'', a scholarship to be awarded at the annual

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, and provided funds to support elderly landscape artists and widows of such painters.

Gallery

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'' (1831) File:Frederik Hansen Sødring Hohenschwangau.jpg, ''

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'' (1843) File:Frederik-sodring-view frederik church.jpg, ''View of the Uncompleted

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'' (1835)

References

Other sources

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''Dansk Biografisk Lexikon''
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sodring, Frederik 1809 births 1862 deaths People from Aalborg Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni Danish landscape painters Danish romantic painters