Nicolai Abraham Abilgor [1] ( Dat. Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard ; September 11, 1743 , Copenhagen - June 4, 1809 , Frederiksdal ) - Danish artist, founder of the Danish school of painting .
| Nikolay Abraham Abilgor | |
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 Nikolay Abraham Abilgor 1772 | |
| Birth name | |
| Date of Birth | September 11, 1743 |
| Place of Birth | Copenhagen , Denmark |
| Date of death | June 4, 1809 (aged 65) |
| Place of death | Fredericksdal , Denmark |
| Citizenship | Denmark |
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The son of the ethnographer and painter Søren Abilgor and the younger brother of the famous Danish veterinarian Peter Abilgor . He was educated at the Danish Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen , after which he went to Rome as an artist, where he stayed from 1772 to 1777. Upon returning to his homeland, he became a professor at the Danish Academy of Arts , in 1789 - 1792 and then from 1802 he was its director. He died near Fredericksdal on June 4, 1809.
Abilgor is considered the founder of the Danish school of painting. Of his many historical and allegorical paintings in the castle of Christianborg during the fire of 1794, only a few were saved; but enough of his paintings remained in Copenhagen. His students are B. Thorvaldsen and K. Eckersberg .
Notes
- ↑ Abilgor / L.I. Taruashvili // A - Questioning. - M .: Great Russian Encyclopedia, 2005. - P. 24. - ( Great Russian Encyclopedia : [in 35 vols.] / Ch. Ed. Yu. S. Osipov ; 2004—2017, vol. 1). - ISBN 5-85270-329-X .
Sources
- Abildgaard, Søren // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
Literature
- Patrick Kragelund, Abildgaard - Kunstneren mellem oprørerne , bind 1-2, Museum Tusculanums Forlag, 1999. ISBN 87-7289-510-1 .
- Else Kai Sass, Lykkens Tempel - Et maleri af Nicolai Abildgaard , Christian Ejlers Forlag, 1986. ISBN 87-7241-516-9 .