Danish painter, sculptor and architect (1743–1809)
Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard
Portrait of Nicolai Abildgaard by Jens Juel (1772)
Born
(1743-09-11)11 September 1743[1]
Copenhagen, Denmark
Died
4 June 1809(1809-06-04) (aged 65)[1]
Spurveskjul near Frederiksdal, Denmark
Resting place
Assistens Cemetery, Copenhagen
Nationality
Danish
Education
New Royal Danish Academy of Art
Known for
Painting
Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard (11 September 1743 – 4 June 1809)[1] was a Danish neoclassical and royal history painter, sculptor, architect, and professor of painting, mythology, and anatomy at the New Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen, Denmark. Many of his works were in the royal Christiansborg Palace (some destroyed by fire 1794), Fredensborg Palace, and Levetzau Palace at Amalienborg.[2]
^ abcHoiberg, Dale H., ed. (2010). "Abildgaard, Nicolai Abraham". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. I: A-ak Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. pp. 32. ISBN 978-1-59339-837-8.
^"Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard". Salmonsens konversationsleksikon. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
and 24 Related for: Nicolai Abildgaard information
Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard (11 September 1743 – 4 June 1809) was a Danish neoclassical and royal history painter, sculptor, architect, and professor of...
Abildgaard is a Danish surname. Notable people with the surname include: NicolaiAbildgaard (1743–1809), Danish painter Oliver Abildgaard (born 1996)...
Ossian as an inspired, holy and poetical singer. The Danish painter NicolaiAbildgaard, director of the Copenhagen Academy from 1789, painted several scenes...
Room of the Society of Arts. The Wounded Philoctetes by Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard, 1775, now in the Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen, which is also...
romanticism, typified in the later previous century by history painter NicolaiAbildgaard. Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg was not only a productive artist in...
the artist NicolaiAbildgaard although it has later been expanded with an extra floor. A room on the first floor features four Abildgaard paintings with...
painter, N. A. Abildgaard. It was painted in 1775. Having received a five-year scholarship from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Abildgaard stayed in...
with the order for execution in his hand. The Danish royal painter NicolaiAbildgaard, however, preferred to feature "The Dying Messalina and her Mother"...
Caspar Frederik Harsdorff 1780 1789 Johannes Wiedewelt 1789 1791 NicolaiAbildgaard 1791 1792 Andreas Weidenhaupt 1793 1795 Johannes Wiedewelt 1796 1797...
Danish Academy of Fine Arts), from 1798 to1801 with Jens Juel and NicolaiAbildgaard, where Caspar David Friedrich, three years his senior, had recently...
would assist his father with wood carving. Among his professors were NicolaiAbildgaard and Johannes Wiedewelt, who are both likely influences for his later...
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1750) 1809 – NicolaiAbildgaard, Danish neoclassical and history painter, sculptor and architect (b...
Lannes, French marshal (mortally wounded in battle (b. 1769) June 4 – NicolaiAbildgaard, Danish painter (b. 1743) June 8 – Thomas Paine, American revolutionary...
the palace is still a trace of the baroque style garden. Architect NicolaiAbildgaard was responsible for the garden pavilions The Swiss House and The Norwegian...
in Copenhagen from 1803 and until his death in 1828. He followed NicolaiAbildgaard (1743–1809) as the Academy Director from 1809 to 1810. He exercised...
Holten née Abildgaard (1747–1826). His grand father was royal furniture maker Johann von Holten and he was named after his maternal uncle Nicolai Abraham...
his former home in Copenhagen, located at Nytorv 5, was designed by NicolaiAbildgaard. It is listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places...
with other artists on decorative assignments. He collaborated with NicolaiAbildgaard on the memorial decorations for Frederik VI and the Battle of Copenhagen...
Delacroix, Henrietta Rae and William Blake. Hamlet hos sin moder, NicolaiAbildgaard, c.1778 Hamlet: Act IV, Scene V (Ophelia Before the King and Queen)...
he did not experience the same level of success as Jens Juel and NicolaiAbildgaard, his contemporaries, and in 1790 he committed suicide. Erik Pauelsen...
Zoo. It was designed in the style of a Roman temple by the painter NicolaiAbildgaard and built in 1802. It is named for the Egyptian bull-deity Apis which...
Tønning to Frederick IV, a sketch for a painting that burned in 1794 by NicolaiAbildgaard. The figure immediately behind Frederick IV is likely Scholten....
Global Information