Christian August Lorentzen Dannebrog falling from the sky during the Battle of Lyndanisse, June Painting ID:: 81502 new24/Christian August Lorentzen-745476.jpg
Dannebrog falling from the sky during the Battle of Lyndanisse, June Date 1809(1809)
Medium Oil on canvas
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Christian August Lorentzen Parti af Frederiksholms Kanal Painting ID:: 84256 new25/Christian August Lorentzen-355457.jpg
Parti af Frederiksholms Kanal Date 1794(1794)
Medium Oil
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Christian August Lorentzen Dannebrog falling from the sky during the Battle of Lyndanisse Painting ID:: 85505 new25/Christian August Lorentzen-946766.jpg
Dannebrog falling from the sky during the Battle of Lyndanisse 1809(1809)
Medium Oil on canvas
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Christian August Lorentzen Johan Frederik Classen Painting ID:: 96711 new26/Christian August Lorentzen-347395.jpg
Johan Frederik Classen 1700s
Medium Oil
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Christian August Lorentzen Fox in the Poultry Yard Painting ID:: 98204 new26/Christian August Lorentzen-963858.jpg
Fox in the Poultry Yard Oil on canvas, 139x166 cm. Belongs to Nasjonalgalleriet
Date 1860(1860)
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(10 August 1749 - 8 May 1828) was a Danish painter. He was the instructor of Martinus Rørbye.
Christian August Lorentzen was born on 10 August 1749 as the son of a watchmaker. He arrived in Copenhagen around 1771 where he frequented the Royal Academy of Fine Arts but it is unclear whether he received formal training.From 1779 to 1782 he want abroad to develop his skills, visiting the Netherlands, Antwerp and Paris where he copied old masters. In 1792 he traveled to Norway to paint prospects.
In a number of painting, such as Slaget på Reden (1801, Danish Museum of National History and Den rædsomste nat (1807, Danish National Gallery, he documented key events from the English Wars between 1801 and 1814. Later in his career he mainly painted portraits, landscapes and scenes from Ludvig Holberg's comedies.
As a professor at the Royal Academy in Copenhagen from 1803 and until his death in 1828, he exercisized great influence on the next generation of painters such as Martinus Rørbye among others.