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Christen Kobke

Christen Kobke (1810 - 1848) was active/lived in Denmark.  Christen Kobke is known for Genre, portrait and landscape painting.

Little known beyond his native Denmark, Christen Kobke lived a short life of 37 years, but became very well respected in his own country as a painter who captured "the quintessence of Danish life during its most momentous and fertile period, which produced such cultural luminaries as Hans Christian Andersen and Soren Kierkegaard."  It was a time in the 1830s known as the Golden Age of Denmark, when a variety of cultural, scientific, and artistic accomplishments followed and offset a series of military and financial losses for the country.  "As Denmark's regeneration got under way, artists turned their sights to the people, traditions and customs of their native land, bolstered by a renewed sense of national pride. . ."

Kobke, a part of this era, was a quiet, domestic oriented person, who, although married, continued to live with his parents in Copenhagen.  He had little interest in travel, and was focused on life around him---people walking through village streets   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4303 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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Research resources

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Similar artists

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