Eiler Rasmussen Eilersen (1 March 1827 – 24 April 1912) was a Danish landscape painter.
Biography
Rasmussen Eilersen was born at Østerby,
Faaborg-Midtfyn Municipality, Denmark.
His father, Rasmus Eilersen (1788-1869), was a farmer and the local parish constable (').
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Eilersen, Eiler Rasmussen, f. 1827
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Like many future artists, he displayed an early affinity for drawing. Once he had decided on a career as an artist, he obtained the support of (1773-1857), a local landowner and philanthropist who was later appointed as a Royal
Privy Councillor.
Bille-Brahe's son, Christian Bille-Brahe (1819-1899), who would become a government official, was a major patron of Eilersen's work .
He took his first formal lessons in
Faaborg
Faaborg or Fåborg () is an old port town located on Faaborg Fjord in Faaborg-Midtfyn municipality on the island of Funen in Denmark. By road, Faaborg is located southwest of Odense, west-northwest of Svendborg, and roughly southeast of Midde ...
then, in 1847, went to Copenhagen to pursue his plans for becoming a landscape painter. The outbreak of the
First Schleswig War
The First Schleswig War (), also known as the Schleswig-Holstein uprising () and the Three Years' War (), was a military conflict in southern Denmark and northern Germany rooted in the Schleswig–Holstein question: who should control the Du ...
interrupted his plans, however, when he was drafted into the army.
He served for two years, then resumed his studies. He began exhibiting almost immediately, under the name "Rasmussen".
In 1858, after much effort, the
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
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History
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awarded him a travel scholarship. This enabled him and his wife to visit Paris, the
Pyrenees
The Pyrenees are a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain. They extend nearly from their union with the Cantabrian Mountains to Cap de Creus on the Mediterranean coast, reaching a maximum elevation of at the peak of Aneto. ...
and Switzerland. In 1871, he became a member of the Academy.
He participated in numerous exhibitions abroad, including the
Exposition Universelle (1889)
The of 1889 (), better known in English as the 1889 Paris Exposition, was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from 6 May to 31 October 1889. It was the fifth of ten major expositions held in the city between 1855 and 1937. It attracted more t ...
.
Personal life
In 1856, he married Eleanor Vinning (1825–1899), whom he had met in Faaborg. He died in Copenhagen in 1912.
See also
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Cape Eiler Rasmussen
References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eilersen, Eiler Rasmussen
1827 births
1912 deaths
19th-century Danish painters
Danish male painters
Danish landscape painters
People from Faaborg-Midtfyn Municipality
19th-century Danish male artists