Christian Albrecht Jensen
(1792–1870) dansk målare
Christian Albrecht Jensen (1792–1870) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Christian Albrecht Jensen belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.
Christian Albrecht Jensen was born in Bredstedt and died in Copenhagen. Christian Albrecht Jensen trained at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. The teachers included Christian August Lorentzen, Johan Herman Cabott, and Carl Probsthayn. Christian Albrecht Jensen worked in Copenhagen. Wikidata associates Christian Albrecht Jensen with Danish Golden Age. Christian Albrecht Jensen was awarded Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog. The students included Harald Slott-Møller.
The best-known works include ‘Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig’, ‘Cathrine Jensen, nee Lorenzen, the artist's wife’, and ‘Portrait of Cathrine Jensen, née Lorenzen, the Artist's Wife Wearing a Turban’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 62 works by Christian Albrecht Jensen with free images. The dated works span the years 1813–1858. Works by Christian Albrecht Jensen are held by several collections, among them Statens Museum for Kunst, Nationalmuseum, Hirschsprungs museum, and Nivaagaard.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Nicolas Charlet, István Ferenczy, Anne Hall, Lucie Marie Ingemann, and George Hayter.