Niels Simonsen
Paintings
The Port of Algiers with the Jamaa Al-Jdid and Jemaa Kebir Mosques
Sea Fight
The Battle of Fredericia on July 6, 1849
Battle of Mysunde September 12, 1850
Portrait of a young Italian woman
Kirsten Svendsdatter Finds The Gold Horn
Niels Simonsen (born December 10, 1807 in Copenhagen; † 11 December 1885 in Frederiksberg, Zealand) was a Danish painter and sculptor.
With 16 years Simonsen he went 1823 to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. He first studied painting and later moved there to sculpture. In 1827 he was a student in the studio of Johan Ludvig Lund (1777-1867). Funded by Lund Simonsen could soon debut on some exhibitions as a sculptor.He soon devoted himself solely to painting.
Simonsen went 1833 to the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. From there he made several study tours to the Bavarian and Austrian Alps. In 1839 he traveled to the Mediterranean and Algeria and from all his travels he brought back many sketches and impressions, which in his studio formed the basis of many oil paintings.
Simonsen left Munich 1845 and went back to Denmark forever. In addition to his work in his own studio he worked for many years as a professor at the School of Art in Stockholm.
Simonsen died one day after his 78th birthday on 11 December 1885 in Frederiksberg where he found his last resting place.
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