Malthe Odin Engelsted (born Malta Odin on 8 August 1852 in Nivågård, Sjælland - 21 December 1930 in Faxe Ladeplads) was a Danish

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Biography

His father, was a military officer. In 1870, having studied theology for 3 years, he began attending the

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, where he studied

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from 1873 to 1879. His first showing was at the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition in 1880. on

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He was awarded the in 1883. Combining his own resources with a scholarship from the Academy, he was able to make study tours to

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; spending most of the years 1887-1889 in travelling. on

Much of his work is infused with humor, exemplified by ''Domino Players'' (1881) and '' L’hombre'' (1887), but he also created canvases of a more serious, psychological nature, such as ''Sara awakens Isaac for his departure to

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'' (1884) or ''Christ and Nicodemus'' (1887). He is buried in the cemetery at Faxe Church.

Sources

* H.R. Baumann, biography, in the first version of the DBL, published by CF Bricka, Volume 4, p. 521, Penguin Books, 1887-1905. * A translation of the corresponding article in the Danish Wikipedia.

References

External links

ArtNet: More works by Engelsted.
1852 births 1930 deaths Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni 19th-century Danish painters Danish male painters 20th-century Danish painters 19th-century Danish male artists 20th-century Danish male artists {{Denmark-painter-stub