Peter Christian Skovgaard
(1817–1875) dansk målare
Peter Christian Skovgaard (1817–1875) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Peter Christian Skovgaard belongs to the chapter ‘Realism’ in this site’s history of art.
Peter Christian Skovgaard was born in Ringsted and died in Copenhagen. Peter Christian Skovgaard trained at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Peter Christian Skovgaard studied under Johan Ludwig Lund. Peter Christian Skovgaard worked in Copenhagen. The awards include De Neuhausenske Præmier, Thorvaldsen Medal, Anckerska legatet, and Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog. The students included Edvard Petersen, Carl Frederik Aagaard, Rudolf Bissen, and Viggo Christian Frederik Vilhelm Pedersen.
The best-known works include ‘A Beech Wood in May near Iselingen Manor, Zealand’, ‘Field of Oats near Vejby’, ‘A Country Road near Vognserup Manor, Zealand. The Painter J.Th. Lundbye Sketching by the Roadside’, and ‘Bleaching Linen in a Clearing’. The works belong mainly to the genre landscape painting. The catalogue has 122 works by Peter Christian Skovgaard with free images. The dated works span the years 1832–1887. Works by Peter Christian Skovgaard are held by several collections, among them Statens Museum for Kunst, Nationalmuseum, Nivaagaard, and Skovgaard Museum.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include John Phillip, Aleksandr Agin, Ignacio Merino, Alexandre Antigna, and Julius Lange.