Artist Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783 - 1853) | Danish Painter | WAA

Christopher Wilhelm Eckersberg was born January 2, 1783, died July 22, 1853. He was a Danish painter. He was born in Blackrug in the southern Jutland region of Denmark. He went on to lay the foundation for the period of art known as the Golden Age of Danish Painting, and is referred to as the Father of Danish Painting. Marine paintings were another genre he developed with great interest. He had a passion for ships, and sailed around the Skagerog, the Kattegat, the North Sea, and as far as the English Channel at the age of 56. The experience of sailing out on the open seas gave new dimension to his marine paintings, which until that point tended to be calm depictions. Now there was more attention given to movement and to waves.