Carl Ludwig Jessen
Painting, Visual Artist
1833 – 1917
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Who was Carl Ludwig Jessen?
Carl Ludwig Jessen was a North Frisian painter. Today he is known as the "Frisian painter" in Germany. As a Naturalist painter he is notable for depicting the contemporary rural life of his native area.
After a sponsored education in Copenhagen, Paris and Rome, Jessen returned to North Frisia where he lived off his paintings. Although one of the key figures in Northern German arts and notable for his accurate and detailed style, he has been blamed for idealising rural life.
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- Born
- Feb 22, 1833
Niebüll - Nationality
- German Empire
- Education
- Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
- Lived in
- Niebüll
- Died
- Jan 4, 1917
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on July 23, 2013
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