Lorenz Frølich

Frølich was born into a wealthy bourgeouis family in Copenhagen. The son of Johan Jacob Frølich (1777-1858) and Pouline Wilhelmine Tutein (1789-1881). His father owned a successful trading firm in partnership with his brother. His mother was the daughter of Friederich Tutein, another wealthy whole-seller and the Prussian consul in Copenhagen. Frølich's father and uncle owned the building at Store Kongensgade 81. He lived with his parents in the apartment on the first floor. The uncle lived with his wife in the ground-floor apartment. The family belonged to the city's German reformed congregation.

Frølich was fond of drawing from an early age. Another early influence was his father's maternal uncle, Johan Conrad Spengler, who in his capacity of inspector of Kunstkammeret was able to give him access to the royal galleries in Christiansborg Palace. He received instructions in drawing from Martinus Rørbye from 1833 and later also from Christen Købke and Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg.

He later continued his training abroad, first in Dresden under Eduard Julius Bendemann (1843–1846) and then in Paris under Thomas Couture (1852–1853).

Image:Grathe Hede - Froelich.jpg as envisioned by Lorenz Frølich.]]

Afterward he lived much in Rome and in Paris, where he constantly exhibited at the salons. In 1877 he was appointed professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Art, Copenhagen. His illustrations, especially of children's books, are known everywhere and are more important than his paintings. His daughter Edma Frølich was his favorite model when a baby and a child for his French albums with Pierre-Jules Hetzel.{{cite web|url=https://www.daxermarschall.com/en/portfolio-view/lorenz-frolich/

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He also furnished original etchings for {{Lang|da|Illustreret Danmarkshistorie for Folket}} (1853–1855) by {{Interlanguage link multi|Adam Kristoffer Fabricius|da|3=Adam Kristoffer Fabricius}}; {{Lang|de|Die Götter des Nordens}} (1845) and {{Lang|da|De tvende Kirketaarne}} (1844) by Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger, and many other works. He painted a decoration in the Court of Appeals at Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, and in some public buildings of his native land.{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://snl.no/Lorenz_Fr%C3%B8lich |title= Lorenz Frølich|encyclopedia= Store norske leksikon |author= Katrine Kalleklev|accessdate=March 1, 2019}}

Danish painter and tapestry artist Dagmar Olrik (1860–1932) and her assistants spent 18 years decorating a room in Copenhagen's City Hall with tapestries based on cartoons of Nordic mythology by Frølich.{{cite web|url=http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/889/origin/170/|title=Dagmar Olrik (1860 - 1932)|publisher=Kvinfo|author=Cock-Clausen, Ingeborg|accessdate=12 October 2017 |language=Danish}}{{cite web|url=http://denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Kunst_og_kultur/Kunsth%C3%A5ndv%C3%A6rk/V%C3%A6ver/Dagmar_Olrik|title=Dagmar Olrik|publisher=Gyldendal: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon|author1=Paludan, Charlotte |author2=Nygaard, Georg |accessdate=12 October 2017 |year=1979|language=Danish}}

In 1855, he married Carolina (Lina) Charlotta in de Betou (1823–1872). They were the parents of painter Edma Frølich (1859–1958).{{cite web|url=https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisWeilbach.do?kunstnerId=622&wsektion=alle|title=Edma Stage|author=Hartmann, Sys|publisher=Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon|accessdate=April 1, 2019}}

Carl Nielsen composed the {{Lang|da|Kantate til Lorenz Frølich-Festen}} (CNW 103) for Frølich's eightieth birthday, celebrated in Koncertpalæet, Copenhagen, on 30 November 1900.

Lorenz Frølich died in 1908 in Hellerup, Denmark.

• King Harald Bluetooth (1840)
• Cupid and the Water-Sprite (1845, Leipzig Museum)
• Family of a Wood-God

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• [http://www.germanicmythology.com/BIBLE/FrolichLordsPrayer.html The Lord's Prayer, Illustrated in a series of Etchings, 1863.]
• [http://www.germanicmythology.com/works/FROLICHART5.html Illustrations for Nordens Guder (Nordic Gods) by Adam Oehlenschläger, 1885.]
• [http://www.germanicmythology.com/works/FROLICHART1.html Illustrations for Den Ældre Eddas Gudesange by Karl Gjellerup, 1895.]
• {{Gutenberg author | id=32041| name=Lorenz Frølich}}
• {{Internet Archive author |sname=Lorenz Frølich}}
• [http://ufdc.ufl.edu/juv/results/?t=lorenz%20fr%C3%B6lich Eight stories illustrated by Lorenz Frølich in the Baldwin Library, University of Florida]
• [https://myndir.uvic.ca/FrLch01.html MyNDIR (My Norse Digital Image Repository)] Illustrations by Lorenz Frølich from manuscripts and early print books.

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