Art, literature & historySkuespillerinden Johanne Cathrine Rosing
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg · ca. 1807-1811
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg: 1783–1853
Other names (3)
Christoffer Vilhelm Eckersberg, C.W. Eckersberg, Eckersberg
Biography
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (2 January 1783 – 22 July 1853) was a Danish painter. He was born in Blåkrog in the Duchy of Schleswig (now in Aabenraa Municipality, in the southern part of Jutland in Denmark). He went on to lay the foundation for the period of art known as the Golden Age of Danish Painting, and is referred to as the "Father of Danish painting".
On 2 January 1783, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg was born in Blåkrog in the Duchy of Schleswig (now in Aabenraa Municipality, in the southern part of Jutland in Denmark), to Henrik Vilhelm Eckersberg, a painter and carpenter, and Ingeborg Nielsdatter. In 1786 the family moved to Blans, a village near the Alssund, where he enjoyed drawing pictures of the surrounding countryside, and taking sailing tours in his father's boat. After confirmation he began his training as a painter under church and portrait painter Jes Jessen of Aabenraa (1797–1800). He continued his training at age 17 under Josiah Jacob Jessen in Flensborg, where he became an apprentice in May 1800.
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- Jes Jesseneditorial inference
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Museums & collections
Documented holdings of works attributed to Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)404 recorded works
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art11 recorded works
- Nationalmuseum7 recorded works
- Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek4 recorded works
- Art Institute of Chicago3 recorded works
- David Collection3 recorded works
- Musée du Louvre3 recorded works
- Hirschsprung Collection2 recorded works
- Finnish National Gallery1 recorded work
- National Gallery of Art1 recorded work
- Randers Museum of Art1 recorded work
- The Cleveland Museum of Art1 recorded work
Sources 11
- Wikidata (CC0)
- National Gallery of Art
- SMK — selected Danish painter catalogue research
- Museum authority country review
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Museum authority country review
- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Expanded artwork research — official museum evidence
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Louvre painter identity and WikiArt profile links
