Vilhelm Petersen (painter)

Not to be confused with Vilhelm Petersen (1830-1913), the Danish architect.
For the Danish illustrator, see Vilhelm Pedersen
Vilhelm Petersen
Born(1812-12-17)17 December 1812
Copenhagen, Denmark
Died25 July 1880(1880-07-25) (aged 67)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Resting placeAssistens Cemetery
NationalityDanish
Alma materRoyal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
SpouseSophie Margrethe Sørensen-Groth (1838-1916)
AwardsSødrings Legat (1877)

Vilhelm Peter Carl Petersen (17 December 1812 – 25 July 1880) was a Danish landscape painter. He was one of the first Danish landscape painters to work on Bornholm and in the moorlands of Jutland. Small fishing villages were especially attractive to him.[1] [2] [3]

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  2. ^ "Vilhelm (Carl Peter) Petersen (1812-1880)". Øbro Art Gallery. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  3. ^ "Vilhelm Peter Carl Petersen". RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History. Retrieved February 1, 2021.