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Martinus Christian Wesseltoft Rorbye

Martinus Christian Wesseltoft Rorbye (1803 - 1848) was active/lived in Denmark.  Martinus Rorbye is known for Genre and landscape painting.

Martinus Christian Wesseltoft Rørbye  (17 May 1803 – 29 August 1848) was a Danish painter, known both for genre works and landscapes. He was a central figure of the Golden Age of Danish painting during the first half of the 19th century.

The most traveled of the Danish Golden Age painters, he traveled both north to Norway and Sweden and south to Italy, Greece and Constantinople. He was also the first Danish painter to take to painting in Skagen at the northern top of Jutland, almost half a century before the thriving community of Skagen Painters formed and came to fame, through Michael Ancher, Anna Ancher and P.S. Krøyer.

Martinus Rørbye was born in Drammen in Norway on 17 May 1803[1] to Danish parents Ferdinand Henrik Rørbye and his wife Frederikke Eleonore Catherine de Stockfleth. Martinus was not inclined to schooling, but in 1820 started his studies at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts at 17 years of age. He studied under Christian August Lorentzen and Christ   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 7641 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Martinus Christian Wesseltoft Rorbye

Martinus Christian Wesseltoft Rørbye  (17 May 1803 – 29 August 1848) was a Danish painter, known both for genre works and landscapes. He was a central figure of the Golden Age of Danish painting during the first half of the 19th century.

The most traveled of the Danish Golden Age painters, he traveled both north to Norway and Sweden and south to Italy, Greece and Constantinople. He was also the first Danish painter to take to painting in Skagen at the northern top of Jutland, almost half a century before the thriving community of Skagen Painters formed and came to fame, through Michael Ancher, Anna Ancher and P.S. Krøyer.

Martinus Rørbye was born in Drammen in Norway on 17 May 1803[1] to Danish parents Ferdinand Henrik Rø  ...  Displaying 750 of 7641 characters.

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