Frederik Theodor Kloss

Frederik Theodor Kloss, Store Geysir på Island under eruptionen i året 1834 (1835)

Frederik Theodor Kloss (19 September 1802, in Braunschweig – 9 June 1876, in Copenhagen) was a German-Danish painter who specialized in marine painting.[1]

Kloss attended the Berlin Academy where he studied under Carl Schumann. He travelled to Prague, Breslau and Dresden (1825–27), North Sea (1832), Iceland (1834), the Mediterranean (1843) and the Faroe Islands (1844). On seeing one of Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg's marine paintings in Dresden, Kloss decided to go to Copenhagen and become one of his students at the Danish Academy. Over the years, the two became great friends not only in art but also as members of the Free Masons. Kloss became fully integrated into Danish cultural life. After becoming a member of the Academy in 1840, he received a professorship in 1853 and was treasurer from 1867.[1][2]

Selected works

References

  1. 1 2 "C.W. Eckersberg og hans elever", Statens Museum for Kunst, 1983, p. 106 (Danish)
  2. "Frederik Theodor Kloss", Kunstindeks Danmark / Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon, (Danish)

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