Søren Læssøe Lange
Søren Læssøe Lange (5 May 1760 – 19 June 1828) was a Danish painter and illustrator. He is mostly remembered for his topographical watercolours and drawings of landscapes, cityscapes and gardens in the years after 1800.
Biography[edit]
Lange was born on 4 May 1760 in Faaborg, the son of master painter Jesper Henric Johansen Lange and Dorthea Hansdatter Læssøe. [1] He completed a painter's apprenticeship with his father in 1781. He later enrolled at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts's Model School. He won the Academy's small and large silver medals..[2][3]
Works[edit]
In the beginning of his career he created some portraits. He later turned to exclusively painting and drawing landscapes and buildings from different parts of Denmark. He has also created a substantial number of drawings and watercolours of monuments and tombstones of which many have been lost. In 1820, he visited the island of Bornholm.[4]
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Gisselfeld. -
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The Swiss House in Frederiksberg Park. -
Classen's Garden in Østerbro outside Copenhagen.
References[edit]
- ^ "Søren L. Lange:Genealogi". Kunstindeks Danmark (in Danish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Søren Læssøe Lange". Kunstindeks Frederikssund (in Danish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Søren L, Lange". Trap Danmark (in Danish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Søren L, Lange". bornholmerneshistorie.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
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