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Niels Simonsen

Niels Simonsen (1807 - 1885) was active/lived in Denmark, Germany.  Niels Simonsen is known for Military battle scene painting, lithography, portrait bust sculputure.

Niels Simonsen (10 December 1807 – 11 December 1885) was a Danish painter, lithographer and sculptor. The son of Simnon Rasmusson and Bolette Nielsdatter, shopkeepers, he was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. At the age of fourteen, he was apprenticed to a master decorative painter and began to take drawing lessons at the Royal Danish Academy* of Fine Arts. Later, he took private lessons from Johan Ludwig Lund (1777–1867).

He had originally planned to make lithography* his career but, after a successful showing at the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition in 1827, he turned to sculpture and received some orders, including one for reliefs in a hall at Christiansborg. In 1830, he was awarded a gold medal for his relief of Christ Healing the Sick, which is now displayed at Kongens Nytorv public square in Copenhagen.

Although the fees for these commissions were substantial, portrait busts were his primary source of income. His failure to win any more official recognition for his   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4215 characters.]  Artist bio

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