Nicolai Abildgaard
(1743–1809) dansk konstnär
Nicolai Abildgaard (1743–1809) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a sculptor, a draughtsman, and a designer. By year of birth, Nicolai Abildgaard belongs to the chapter ‘Neoclassicism’ in this site’s history of art.
Nicolai Abildgaard was born in Copenhagen and died in Copenhagen. Nicolai Abildgaard trained at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Nicolai Abildgaard worked in Copenhagen and Rome. The students included Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Johan Ludwig Lund, Jens Peter Møller, and Conrad Christian Bøhndel.
The best-known works include ‘Culmin's Ghost Appears to his Mother’, ‘The Wounded Philoctetes’, ‘Ymir Suckling the Cow Audhumla’, and ‘The Temple of Happiness’. The catalogue has 128 works by Nicolai Abildgaard with free images. The dated works span the years 1700–1809. Works by Nicolai Abildgaard are held by several collections, among them Statens Museum for Kunst, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Nationalmuseum, and Nivaagaard.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Ozias Humphry, Gregorio Ferro, Giocondo Albertolli, Louis Jean Desprez, and Deng Shiru.