Johan thomas lundbye biography of barack obama

Danish painter and graphic artist (1818–1848)

Johan Thomas Lundbye (1 September 1818 – 25 April 1848) was a Danishpainter and graphic artist, known for his animal and landscape paintings.

He was inspired by Niels Laurits Høyen's call to develop nationalistic art through depictions of Denmark's characteristic landscapes; the historical buildings and monuments, and the country's simple, rural people. He became one of his generation's national romantic painters, along with P.

C. Skovgaard and Lorenz Frølich, to regularly depict the landscape of Zealand. ^[1]

Biography

He was born in Kalundborg on the island of Zealand, Denmark.

Johan thomas lundbye biography of barack obama

He was one of the sons of Joachim Theodor Lundbye (1778–1841) and Cathrine Bonnevie (1792–1863). He came from a military family and was the brother of Christen Carl Lundbye (1812–1873) and Emanuel Andreas Lundbye (1814–1903) both of whom served as Danish military officers.

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He was sickly as a child and