All Christian August Lorentzen 's Paintings
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Choice ID Image  Paintings (From A to Z)       Details 
85505 Dannebrog falling from the sky during the Battle of Lyndanisse  Dannebrog falling from the sky during the Battle of Lyndanisse   1809(1809) Medium Oil on canvas cyf
81502 Dannebrog falling from the sky during the Battle of Lyndanisse, June  Dannebrog falling from the sky during the Battle of Lyndanisse, June   Date 1809(1809) Medium Oil on canvas cjr
98204 Fox in the Poultry Yard  Fox in the Poultry Yard   Oil on canvas, 139x166 cm. Belongs to Nasjonalgalleriet Date 1860(1860) cyf
96711 Johan Frederik Classen  Johan Frederik Classen   1700s Medium Oil cyf
84256 Parti af Frederiksholms Kanal  Parti af Frederiksholms Kanal   Date 1794(1794) Medium Oil cjr
84226 Peter Norden Solling  Peter Norden Solling   Date Late 1700s Medium Oil cjr

Christian August Lorentzen
(10 August 1749 - 8 May 1828) was a Danish painter. He was the instructor of Martinus Rørbye. Christian August Lorentzen was born on 10 August 1749 as the son of a watchmaker. He arrived in Copenhagen around 1771 where he frequented the Royal Academy of Fine Arts but it is unclear whether he received formal training.From 1779 to 1782 he want abroad to develop his skills, visiting the Netherlands, Antwerp and Paris where he copied old masters. In 1792 he traveled to Norway to paint prospects. In a number of painting, such as Slaget på Reden (1801, Danish Museum of National History and Den rædsomste nat (1807, Danish National Gallery, he documented key events from the English Wars between 1801 and 1814. Later in his career he mainly painted portraits, landscapes and scenes from Ludvig Holberg's comedies. As a professor at the Royal Academy in Copenhagen from 1803 and until his death in 1828, he exercisized great influence on the next generation of painters such as Martinus Rørbye among others.

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