(1818-1875) was a Danish painter. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and was a private student of Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg. He achieved international success as a marine artist, travelling widely especially to Morocco and Turkey.
His paintings are realistic, often enhanced with dramatic light and weather effects as in Eddystone Lighthouse (1846) which earned him the Thorvaldsen Medal. He was also influenced by Camille Corot whom he met in Paris where he lived from 1847 to 1858.
While in Paris he met Napoleon III who ordered a large painting from him. Related Paintings of Anton Melbye :. | Madonna of the Rabbit | Family Portrait | Mary Salome and Zebedee with their Sons James the Greater and John the Evangelist | Self portrait | Arab or Arabic people and life. Orientalism oil paintings 102 | Related Artists:
MORONI, Giovanni BattistaItalian Mannerist Painter, ca.1520-1578
.Italian painter. He was the most significant painter of the 16th-century school of Bergamo and is best known for his portraits, which feature a naturalistic rendering of both faces and costume and an objective approach to character.
Arvid Ahlbergpainted Segelbatar, Vastkusten in 1907
Moses, Grandma1948
Oil on pressed wood.