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Antonio Nicolo Gaspara Jacobsen
American 1850 -1921 fl (1850-1921)
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Born: |
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Active: |
New York, New York West Hoboken, New Jersey
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Examples of Work: |
Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia Museum of the City of New York National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC Newark Museum, New Jersey New York Historical Society, New York Peabody Museum, Salem, Massachusetts Philadelphia Maritime Museum Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Old Dartmouth Historical Society and Whaling Museum, Mass. South Street Seaport Museum, New York City
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Specialty: |
Painter
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Style/School: |
Realism
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Subjects Known For: |
Marine Ships
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BIOGRAPHY: |
(1850-1921) Antonio Jacobsen is one of America's foremost marine painters. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark to a family of violin makers and was himself an accomplished string player. To avoid being drafted into the Franco-Prus...
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Antonio Jacobsen was a marine painter who studied at the Royal Academy of Copenhagen and is represent in every large marine museum in the U.S. and Europe. Jacobsen came to New York City in 1871 and made money by decorating the doors of bank safes. He began painting portraits of vessels in the "...
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Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark on November 2, 1850, the son of a famous Danish violinmaker. Jacobsen came to New York in 1873 and with a letter of introduction, was hired as...
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