Carl Frederik Peder Aagaard (29 January 1833 – 2 November 1895) was a Danish landscape painter and decorative artist. He studied at the

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and under P. C. Skovgaard. Many of his paintings focused on spots frequented by tourists.

Biography

He was the son of a shoemaker. He had his first painting lessons in Odense but, in order to improve his skills, moved to Copenhagen in 1852 and joined his brother , who was a

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@ Kunstindeks Danmark. He studied drawing on wood and etching, along with lessons in decorative painting from

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. He also took some classes at the

. Soon, he decided to focus on landscape painting and studied with P.C. Skovgaard. Together with Hilker, he decorated the entrance hall at the

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, which has recently been restored. With Heinrich Hansen, he painted decorative borders for works by

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in the chapel at

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. By himself, he worked at Frijsenborg, the and the

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from the ''Dansk Biografisk Lexikon'' @ Project Runeberg. As a landscape painter, he had his first exhibit in 1857 and was awarded the . In 1865, he became the first recipient of the for landscape painters with his work depicting an autumn morning at the

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, which was purchased by the

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. During the 1870s, he made two extended trips to Italy to sketch landscapes.

Personal life

In 1858, he married Anna Pio (1836–1929); posthumously born daughter of the violinist, Pierre Theodore Pio (1810–1836).Pierre Pio
@ Geni. In 1874, he was elected a member of the Royal Academy. Five years later, he was appointed Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog and, in 1892, became a professor. His home was designed by the architect,

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, using stones from the original

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, which had recently been demolished to make way for a new one. The house was declared a cultural monument in 1977.

References

External links

ArtNet: More works by Aagaard.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aagaard, Carl Frederik Peder 1833 births 1895 deaths 19th-century Danish painters Danish landscape painters Danish male painters Knights of the Order of the Dannebrog People from Odense 19th-century Danish male artists