Ditlev Blunck
(1798–1853) Danish artist (1798-1853)
Ditlev Blunck (1798–1853) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Ditlev Blunck belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.
Ditlev Blunck was born in Münsterdorf and died in Hamburg. Ditlev Blunck trained at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Ditlev Blunck worked in Copenhagen. Wikidata associates Ditlev Blunck with Danish Golden Age.
The best-known works include ‘Infancy. From the series: The Four Ages of Man’, ‘Youth. From the series: The Four Ages of Man’, ‘Manhood. From the series: The Four Ages of Man’, and ‘Old Age. From the series: The Four Ages of Man’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 34 works by Ditlev Blunck with free images. The dated works span the years 1820–1877. Works by Ditlev Blunck are held by several collections, among them Statens Museum for Kunst, Museumsberg Flensburg, Nivaagaard, and Thorvaldsens Museum.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Jules Coignet, Antonio Cabral Bejarano, Henry Scheffer, Eugène Delacroix, and Heinrich Maria von Hess.