In the history of art, Christian Albrecht Jensen is one of the names that keeps being returned to.
The record lists Christian Albrecht Jensen as Danish portrait painter (1792-1870).
Christian Albrecht Jensen was born at Bredstedt in 1792. His recorded nationality is Denmark. He trained at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
Academies set the rules in this period - what counted as a serious subject, and who was allowed to train.
He worked as painter, portrait painter and portraitist.
His recorded movement is danish golden age.
Among his best-known works are 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. Looking is a skill, and the artists who last are those who taught their audience how to do it.
Recognition followed: Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog (1858).
That the work was made in Denmark shaped it: artistic traditions, academies and the galleries that decide what is seen have never been evenly distributed.
Christian Albrecht Jensen died in 1870, aged 78. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.
Achievements
- Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog — 1858
- Notable work: Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig
- Notable work: Cathrine Jensen, nee Lorenzen, the artist's wife
- Notable work: Portrait of Cathrine Jensen, née Lorenzen, the Artist's Wife Wearing a Turban
- Movement: Danish Golden Age
