Frederik Theodor Kloss (19 September 1802, in

Braunschweig Braunschweig () or Brunswick ( ; from Low German , local dialect: ) is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the ...

– 9 June 1876, in

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) was a German-Danish painter who specialized in marine painting."C.W. Eckersberg og hans elever", ''Statens Museum for Kunst'', 1983, p. 106

Biography

Kloss attended the Berlin Academy where he studied under Carl Schumann (1767-1827). He travelled to

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, Breslau and

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(1825–27),

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(1832),

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(1834), the

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(1843) and the

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(1844). On seeing one of Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg's marine paintings in Dresden, Kloss decided to go to Copenhagen and become one of his students at the

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. Over the years, the two became great friends not only in art but also as members of the Free Masons. Kloss became fully integrated into Danish cultural life. After becoming a member of the Academy in 1840, he received a professorship in 1853 and was treasurer from 1867.Peter Nørgaard Larsen
"Frederik Theodor Kloss"
Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon

Selected works

* (The Great Geyser in Iceland during Eruption) (1835) * (Danish Men-of-War in the Roads of Copenhagen) (1837) * (A French-built Man-of-War Cutting away her Masts Swept Overboard in a Storm (1839) * (The Harbour of Nyborg. In the Foreground the Cutter "Neptun") (1840)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kloss, Frederik Theodor 1802 births 1876 deaths Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni Artists from Braunschweig Painters from Lower Saxony 19th-century Danish painters Danish male painters 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters Danish marine artists Prussian Academy of Arts alumni 19th-century Danish male artists Emigrants from the Kingdom of Prussia Immigrants to Denmark