Frederik Ferdinand Helsted
Illustration — Frederik Ferdinand Helsted Frederik Ferdinand Helsted (March 18, 1809 – December 11, 1875) was a Danish painter and drawing master.
Frederik Ferdinand Helsted
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- Born
- 1809 · Copenhagen.
- Died
- 1875 · Copenhagen.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- portrait
- Education
- Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
- Teachers
- Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
- Languages
- Danish
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Illustration — Frederik Ferdinand Helsted Frederik Ferdinand Helsted (March 18, 1809 – December 11, 1875) was a Danish painter and drawing master.
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Frederik Ferdinand Helsted studied at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Training under Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg is recorded. Peder Severin Krøyer, O.A. Hermansen and Oscar Carlson are recorded as having studied under Frederik Ferdinand Helsted. The recorded working language is Danish. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Copenhagen. Employment is recorded with Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
Helsted was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was the son of Johan Helsted and Ane Marie Salathee. From 1834 to 1837 he studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. He conducted study trips to Düsseldorf (1841), Nice, Florence and Rome (1844–45). In 1845 he set up a drawing school in Copenhagen which he ran for 30 years. After 1849, he abandoned his painting career and concentrated on drawing lessons. In 1841, he married Anna Christiane Vilhelmine Olsen (1815–1889). He was the father of painter Axel Helsted (1847–1907). He was buried at the Holmens Cemetery in Copenhagen.
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1809
Frederik Ferdinand Helsted was born on 18 March 1809.
1875
Frederik Ferdinand Helsted died on 11 December 1875.
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- 1.Sophus August Vilhelm Stein (1797–1868; Professor für Anatomie an der Kopenhagener Kunstakademie): Haandbog i Menneskets Anatomi, autoriseret til Brug for Eleverne ved det Kongl. Academi for de skjønne Konster, Kopenhagen 1840
- 2.Bettina Baumgärtel, Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: Verzeichnis der ausländischen Künstler und Künstlerinnen. Nationalität, Aufenthalt und Studium in Düsseldorf. In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Hrsg.): Die Düsseldorfer Malerschule und ihre internationale Ausstrahlung 1819–1918. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9, Band 1, S. 432.
- 3.d. i. Blumenkinder, Öl auf Leinwand, 103 × 90 cm (Kunsthandel; Provenienz: Aus der Privatsammlung des Kronprinzen Christian VIII. lt. Carl Reitzel).
- 4.Christian Peder Flensborg (1772–1838) und Charlotte Margrethe, geborene Leth.
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Frederik Ferdinand Helsted studied at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. He trained under Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
Frederik Ferdinand Helsted is recorded with the occupation painter. Classed in the genre portrait. Helsted worked at Copenhagen. Recorded as having studied at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
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