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J.P. Møller (Oct. 5, 1783 - 1854) was a Danish landscape painter who was a contemporary and life long friend of Eckersberg - they roomed together in Paris. Møller trained at the Academy under Abildgaard and C.A. Lorentzen and later became a professor there himself.

Above: Svendborg By, 1844 - oil on canvas (Thorvaldsens Museum)

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Wilhelm Bendz (March 20, 1804 - 1832) was a very promising Danish painter of the 'Golden Age' of Danish art. He studied at the Academy in the 1820s and received a scholarship to go abroad to Italy. While there he developed TB and died aged 28...

Above: En ung kunstner (Ditlev Blunck) betragter en skitse i et spejl, 1826 - oil on canvas (SMK)

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P.C. Skovgaard (April 4, 1817 - 1875) was a Danish landscape painter of the National Romantic school - a late representative of the so-called Golden Age of Danish arts and sciences. He had trained at the Royal Academy under Eckersberg, but claimed that he learned little there. He preferred the company of his contemporaries - Marstrand and Lundbye - and venerated only few elders such as Købke.

Skovgaard painted extensively in Denmark and did not travel as much abroad (to Italy) as his contemporaries did. He dedicated himself to finding the sublime in the rather tame Danish landscape - beech trees, broad fields and waters, and the limestone cliffs of Møn. These features were often seen in poor weather with dark clouds - which was highly unusual for the time.

Here is an example of his work from Møn:

Udsigt over Havet fra Taleren på Møns Klint, 1851 - oil on canvas (Fuglsang Kunstmuseum) 

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Thorald Brenstrup (May 25, 1812 - 1883), was a Danish landscape painter who had trained as a porcelain painter while also studying at the Academy in Copenhagen. This was the Golden Age of Danish art, as although influenced by Købke, Eckersbreg and P.C. Skovgaard, Brenstrup became a fine exponent of Danish landscape painting, whether he found his subjects in Italy or at home in the Danish woods.

Above: The Ruins of the Antique Theatre at Tusculum, Italy, 1848 - oil on paper pasted onto canvas (Statens Museum for Kunst)

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Ditlev Blunck (June 22, 1798 - 1854) was a Danish painter of the so-called Golden Age of Danish art. He was close to the Thorvaldsen circle in Rome where he had located after winning every possible medal at the Royal Academy of Art in Copenhagen.

He mainly produced religious, mythological and history paintings - and portraits. However, I’ve picked a risqué genre piece for his birthday:

Ditlvev Blunck: Nightmare, 1846 - oil on canvas (Nivaagaard Museum)

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Martinus Rørbye (May 17, 1803 - 1848) was a Danish painter of the so-called Golden Age of Danish art. Rørbye was born in Drammen, Norway but the family moved back to Denmark when Norway gained its independence - on this very day in 1814.

Rørbye started his studies at the Royal Danish Academy at age 16, and won the lesser Gold Medal a few years later. He traveled widely in the Mediterranean area, Italy, Greece, and even Turkey, where not many Danish artists had been. He also explored Skagen as one of the very first artists, capturing the special light up there.

Above is a piece where Rørbye shows off his mastery of the changing light, by combining an interior and an exterior component in one work:

View from the Artist's Window , ca. 1825 (oil on canvas) Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen.

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Gustav Vermehren (Dec. 28, 1863 - 1931) was a Danish painter, who like his father and brother was Academy trained and a respected art teacher as well.

Gustav mostly did genre paintings, often with a strong portrait element in them, but he also painted  landscapes and peasants in rural settings. His style was a belated continuation of the Guldalder-aesthetics in Danish art.

This canvas - unfortunately quite damaged - shows two young men in lamplight, presumably in mid conversation. The two seem to be artists, so perhaps they are Gustav and his brother Sophus...

Above: Interiør med to unge mænd, lampelys, no year (1880s-90s?) - oil on canvas (Privately owned)

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H.J. Hammer (Dec. 29, 1815 - 1882) was a Danish genre and history painter who trained at the Academy in Copenhagen, but had his career derailed a bit by a stint as officer in the Prussian War in 1848 - he stayed in the Army until 1860... By the late 1850s he began spending time in Italy and grew much more confident and successful as an artist. He died in Rome on his final trip and is buried there...

Above - H.J. Hammer: The Artist's Studio in Nyhavn, no year - oil on paper pasted onto cardboard (Privately owned)