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Peder Als
(16 May 1725 ? 8 July 1775) was a
Danish
painter. He painted
historical
paintings and
paintings of people
.
Als was born in the city of
Copenhagen
in 1725, and studied from
Carl Gustaf Pilo
.
In 1743, he sold a painting to the King of Denmark, which made him famous.
[2]
He attended the
Kunstakademiet
(the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts). He painted knights of the
order of the Dannebrog
there. He won the academy's gold medal in 1755. He went to Rome and Paris in 1757?62.
[2]
In Rome, he studied from
Anton Raphael Mengs
.
[2]
He spent most of his time in Rome copying the pictures of
Raphael
and
Andrea del Sarto
, and he did that correctly. He also copied
Correggio
and
Titian
.
When he went back to Denmark, he painted some good portraits, but a lot of people said that his colouring was too dark to give a good effect to his pictures of women.
He became a member of the Kunstakademiet in 1764. He became a professor at the Kunstakademiet in 1766.
[2]
He died in 1775.
He did paintings in
oil
, he also worked in
pastel
and produced
miniatures
.
[2]
-
Sophia Magdalena of Denmark
-
Johannes Wiedewelt
, 1766
-
Frederik Christian Kaas (1727?1804)
-
Peter Christian Winsløw