Carl Frederik Sørensen (8 February 1818, Besser,
Samsø – 24 January 1879,
Copenhagen) was a
Danish artist who specialized in
marine painting. His paintings not only attracted customers in Denmark but also in the courts of
St Petersburg,
London and
Athens.[1]
Biography
Sørensen attended the
Danish Academy from 1843 to 1846. He took part in the decoration of the
Thorvaldsen Museum in 1844. He studied perspective under
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg at the end of 1845. In 1846, he travelled to the
Mediterranean, in 1853–54 he visited
Germany, the
Netherlands,
Belgium,
France and
England. Almost every year he went on sea voyages. He took a special interest in the weather and its effects on the sea, developing his own recognizable style. He also painted more idyllic scenes, full of charm and atmosphere. His seascapes won him widespread popularity, especially those he painted under the
First Schleswig War when he sailed with the Navy around
Helgoland (1849) and in the
Baltic (1850) where he depicted the Danish fleet in combat.[2][3]
Selected works
Brand på Christianshavn, nat (1840s)
Frederik Wilhelm IV af Preussen aflægger juni 1845 besøg i København (1846)
Marine med damp- og sejlskib (1846)
Dønning efter en storm under Kullen (Neuhausen's Prize, 1847)
Sørensen Et vrag på Jyllands vestkyst ved solnedgang (1847)
Skibbrud efter en storm ved Jyllands vestkyst ud for Ferring Kirke (c. 1848)
Linieskib for anker, diset septembermorgen (1848)
Den danske blokeringsflåde ud for Elben (1849)
Fiskerbåde under kysten, Scheveningen (1853)
Parti fra øen Guernsey, bugten ved byen St. Petersport (1854)
Udsigt fra Nordsjælland over Kattegat med forskellige skibe (1856)
Ved Helsingør havn (1857)
Tidlig sommermorgen på Helsingørs Rhed (1860)
Kystparti ved Kullen fyr (1861
Skærgården nord for byen Marstrands fæstning i Bohuslen (1861-62)
Marinestykke (1862)
Frederik VIIs ligfærd over Knippelsbro 1863 (1863)
Affæren ud for Swinemünde (1864)
Ved Napolis golf (1864)
Slaget ved Lissa (1866)
Sejlere i høj sø (1867)
Svenske orlogsskibe ud for lvsborg (1867)
Søstykke (1869)
Storm på Doggerbanken (1869)
Sundet ved Helsingør, i baggrunden Kronborg (1873)
Christian IX besøger Island (1874)
Landskab (1877)
Kleven ved Mandal, solnedgang (1877)
Storm ud for den norske kyst (1877)
Under Island (1878)
Gallery
View of
Elsinore and
Kronborg from a Beach South of the City (1851)