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Frederik Ludvig Storch (July 21, 1805 – September 2, 1883) was a Danish
Frederik Ludvig Storch (July 21, 1805 – September 2, 1883) was a Danish genre painter
Genre painting (or petit genre) is the painting of genre art, which depicts aspects of everyday life by portraying ordinary people engaged in common activities. One common definition of a genre scene is that it shows figures to whom no identity ca ...
.
Biography
Storch was born inKerteminde
Kerteminde (nickname: ''Min Amandas by'', i.e. ''My Amanda's town''), is a town in central Denmark, located in Kerteminde Municipality on the island of Funen. The town has a population of 6,128 (1 January 2025).
on the island of Fyn
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Fyn is a 59-kDa member of the Src family of kinases typically associated with T-cell and neurona ...
, Denmark. He was the son of Hannibal Samuel Storch (1775-1817) and Eleonore Christine Kamp (1772-1849). His father was a parish priest and vicar.
Storch studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts () has provided education in the arts for more than 250 years, playing its part in the development of the art of Denmark.
History
The Royal Danish Academy of Portraiture, Sculpture, and Architecture in Cope ...
in Copenhagen. In 1828, he made his debut at the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition
The Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition (''Charlottenborg Forårsudstilling'') is an annual art exhibition in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
The event is held at the Charlottenborg Exhibition Building (''Kunsthal Charlottenborg'').
Kunsthal Cha ...
. In 1832 he went to the suburb of Schwabing
Schwabing is a borough in the northern part of Munich, the Capital (political), capital of the Germany, German state of Bavaria. It is part of the city borough 4 (Schwabing-West) and the city borough 12 (Schwabing-Freimann). The population of Sc ...
in Munich
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which was forming a small Danish artist colony. He associated with fellow artists Niels Simonsen
Niels Simonsen (10 December 1807 – 11 December 1885) was a Danish painter, lithographer and sculptor.
Biography
Simonsen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was the son of Simnon Rasmusson and Bolette Nielsdatter.
His parents were sho ...
(1807–1885) and Christian Andreas Schleisner (1810-1882). In 1845–46, he traveled to Italy
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.
He stayed at Munich until 1852. He became a professor at the Royal Academy upon his return to Denmark.
Personal life
In 1830, he had married his cousin Gertrudmine Claudine Kamp (1811-1881). He died during 1883 and was buried at theCemetery of Holmen
Holmen Cemetery ( Danish: Holmens Kirkegård) is the oldest cemetery still in use in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was first located next to the naval Church of Holmen in the city centre but relocated to its current site on Dag Hammarskjölds Allé in ...
(''Holmens Kirkegård'').
References
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* 1805 births 1883 deaths 19th-century Danish painters Danish male painters Danish genre painters Academic staff of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni People from Kerteminde Burials at Holmen Cemetery 19th-century Danish male artists {{Denmark-artist-stub