ARTIST: Wilhelm Karl Ferdinand Arnesen (Denmark, 1865 - 1948)
NAME: Seascape with Danish Warship
YEAR: 1923
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Some paint losses (see pictures carefully). No visible inpaint under UV light.
SIGHT SIZE: 19 x 29 1/2 inches / 48 x 76 cm
FRAME SIZE: unframed
SIGNATURE: lower right
PROVENANCE: Bruun Rasmussen Auction (has label on verso)
NAME VARIANTS: Vilhelm Karl Ferdinand Arnesen
CATEGORY: antique vintage painting
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BIOGRAPHY:
Vilhelm Karl Ferdinand Arnesen was born in Flensburg in 1865. The son of Captain Georg Arnesen, he was introduced to marine subject matter at an early age. His father built model ships and introduced young Vilhelm to the rigging and construction of ships. He received his formal training at the Danish Academy in Copenhagen from 1882-1888. He exhibited for the first time in 1885 with the Decembristerne, and then the Charlottenborg's spring and autumn exhibitions. While attending the Academy he was given the honour of accompanying the Danish Royal family on their travels abroad. Arnesen himself made numerous sea voyages over his life time, traveling extensively throughout Europe, the United Kingdom, and East Asia. He quickly became a renowned marine painter and received many medals from the Danish Royal Academy. He also exhibited at the World Expo in Chicago in 1893. Vilhelm Arnesen's paintings are exhibited today in museums in Copenhagen and Aalborg, Denmark. He died in 1948 in Copenhagen.