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Carl Bloch - En seng med omhæng Studie til billedet Niels Ebbesen og Grev Gert udstillet 1868

En seng med omhæng Studie til billedet Niels Ebbesen og Grev Gert udstillet 1868

Carl Bloch (Danish, 1834-1890)
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Carl Bloch

Carl Heinrich Bloch was a Danish artist.

He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and studied there at the Royal Danish Academy of Art (Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi) under Wilhelm Marstrand. Bloch's parents wanted their son to enter what they considered to be a respectable profession - an officer in the Navy. This, however, was not what he wanted. His only interest was drawing and painting, and he was consumed by the idea of becoming an artist. He went to Italy to study art, passing through the Netherlands, where he became acquainted with the work of Rembrandt, which became a major influence on him. Bloch met his wife, Alma Trepka, in Rome, where he married her on 31 May 1868. They were happily married until her early death in 1886.

His early work featured rural scenes from everyday life. From 1859 to 1866, Bloch lived in Italy, and this period was important for the development of his historical style.

His first great success was the exhibition of his "Prometheus Unbound" in Copenhagen in 1865. After the death of Marstrand, he finished the decoration of the ceremonial hall at the University of Copenhagen. The sorrow over losing his wife weighed heavily on Bloch, and being left alone with their eight children after her death was very difficult for him.

In a New Year's letter from 1866 to Bloch, H. C. Andersen wrote the following: "What God has arched on solid rock will not be swept away!" Another letter from Andersen declared "Through your art you add a new step to your Jacob-ladder into immortality."

In a final ode, from a famous author to a famous artist, H.C. Andersen said "Write on the canvas; write your seal on immortality. Then you will become noble here on earth."

He was then commissioned to produce 23 paintings for the King's Chapel at Frederiksborg Palace. These were all scenes from the life of Christ which have become very popular as illustrations. The originals, painted between 1865 and 1879, are still at Frederiksborg Palace. The altarpieces can be found at Holbaek, Odense, Ugerloese and Copenhagen in Denmark, as well as Loederup, Hoerup, and Landskrona in Sweden.

Bloch died of cancer on 22 February 1890. His death came as "an abrupt blow for Nordic art" according to an article by Sophus Michaelis. Michaelis stated that "Denmark has lost the artist that indisputably was the greatest among the living." Kyhn stated in his eulogy at Bloch's funeral that "Bloch stays and lives."

A prominent Danish art critic, Karl Madsen, stated that Bloch reached higher toward the great heaven of art than all other Danish art up to that date. Madsen also said "If there is an Elysium, where the giant, rich, warm and noble artist souls meet, there Carl Bloch will sit among the noblest of them all!" (From Carl Bloch Site).

For over 40 years, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has made heavy use of Bloch's paintings, mostly from the Frederiksborg Palace collection, in its church buildings and printed media. The church has produced films depicting scriptural accounts of Christ's public ministry, using Bloch's paintings as models for the colour, light and overall set design, as well as the movement of the actors in many of the films' scenes. The most notable example of this is the 2000 film The Testaments of One Fold and One Shepherd.

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Bondedammen ved Hellebæk Måneskin

Bondedammen ved Hellebæk Måneskin (1882)

Carl Bloch (Danish, 1834-1890)
Christ on the Cross

Christ on the Cross (1870)

Carl Bloch (Danish, 1834-1890)
Den tornekronede Kristus

Den tornekronede Kristus (1882)

Carl Bloch (Danish, 1834-1890)
Landevejen mellem Husene Ellekilde

Landevejen mellem Husene Ellekilde (1883)

Carl Bloch (Danish, 1834-1890)
Vejen i Granskoven

Vejen i Granskoven (1885)

Carl Bloch (Danish, 1834-1890)
The sick old man

The sick old man (1882)

Carl Bloch (Danish, 1834-1890)
A moonlit summer evening

A moonlit summer evening (1883)

Carl Bloch (Danish, 1834-1890)
Christ Healing the Blind Man

Christ Healing the Blind Man

Carl Bloch (Danish, 1834-1890)
Leende munk

Leende munk (1884)

Carl Bloch (Danish, 1834-1890)
Munken har mavepine

Munken har mavepine (1884)

Carl Bloch (Danish, 1834-1890)
Christus Consolator

Christus Consolator (1881)

Carl Bloch (Danish, 1834-1890)
The worship of the shepherds

The worship of the shepherds (1881)

Carl Bloch (Danish, 1834-1890)
Portrait of Clara Emilie Rose Bloch

Portrait of Clara Emilie Rose Bloch (1886)

Carl Bloch (Danish, 1834-1890)
Båden ved broen

Båden ved broen (1887)

Carl Bloch (Danish, 1834-1890)
Dameportræt

Dameportræt (1881)

Carl Bloch (Danish, 1834-1890)
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