Eiler Rasmussen Eilersen
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Eiler Rasmussen Eilersen (1 March 1827 – 24 April 1912) was a Danish landscape painter.
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Biography
Rasmussen Eilersen was born at Østerby, Faaborg-Midtfyn Municipality, Denmark.
His father, Rasmus Eilersen (1788-1869), was a farmer and the local parish constable ({{ill|sognefoged|da}}).Ph. Weilbach [https://runeberg.org/dbl/4/0465.html Eilersen, Eiler Rasmussen, f. 1827] Dansk Biografisk Lexikon
Like many future artists, he displayed an early affinity for drawing. Once he had decided on a career as an artist, he obtained the support of {{ill|Preben Bille-Brahe|da}} (1773-1857), a local landowner and philanthropist who was later appointed as a Royal Privy Councillor. Bille-Brahe's son, Christian Bille-Brahe (1819-1899), who would become a government official, was a major patron of Eilersen's work .{{cite web|url= http://denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Monarki_og_adel/Lensgreve/Preben_Bille-Brahe |title= Preben Bille-Brahe|publisher= Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, Gyldendal |author= Hans Knudsen |access-date=April 1, 2019}}{{cite web
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He took his first formal lessons in Faaborg then, in 1847, went to Copenhagen to pursue his plans for becoming a landscape painter. The outbreak of the First Schleswig War interrupted his plans, however, when he was drafted into the army. He served for two years, then resumed his studies. He began exhibiting almost immediately, under the name "Rasmussen".
In 1858, after much effort, the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts awarded him a travel scholarship. This enabled him and his wife to visit Paris, the Pyrenees and Switzerland. In 1871, he became a member of the Academy. He participated in numerous exhibitions abroad, including the Exposition Universelle (1889).
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Category:19th-century Danish painters
Category:Danish landscape painters