The Danish Golden Age or the Golden Age of Danish Painting are terms commonly used to describe the period of creative production between 1800 and the 1850s.[1] It encompasses the work of Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg and his students, including among others Wilhelm Bendz, Christen Købke, Martinus Rørbye, Constantin Hansen, and Wilhelm Marstrand as well the sculpture of Bertel Thorvaldsen.
During this period there was a general increase in Danish art, i.e. art produced by Danes who were trained in Denmark, and who took inspiration in their own country's thematic material.
Non-visual artists associated with this period include writers Adam Oehlenschläger, Bernhard Severin Ingemann and Hans Christian Andersen, the actress Johanne Luise Heiberg and the ballet master and choreographer August Bournonville. Discussions of this period also commonly include the writings of Søren Kierkegaard and Nicolai Grundtvig.
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- ^ Kulturnet Danmark, Guide to the Danish Golden Age
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