Otto Bache | |
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 Otto Bache in 1868 | |
| Born | 21 August 1839 Roskilde, Denmark |
| Died | 28 June 1927 (aged 87) Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Resting place | Cemetery of Holmen, Copenhagen |
| Education | Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts |
| Movement | Realism |
Otto Bache (21 August 1839 – 28 June 1927) was a Danish Realist painter. Many of his works depict key events in Danish history.
At age eleven he received a dispensation and was admitted into the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, studying under Wilhelm Marstrand, among others.[1]
In 1866, he received the Academy's travel grant and went to Paris and later to Italy. His stay in Paris had a particularly deep impact on his work, turning it in a direction characterized by more freedom, more colour, stronger light, and broader scope.[1] Upon his return in 1868, he was married.
He was named a Commander in the Order of the Dannebrog and later was awarded the Dannebrogordenens Hæderstegn.
He received early recognition as a portrait painter but he also showed great interest in painting animal motifs, gradually also turning to genre works and history painting.[1]
He was the father of lawyer Niels Haagensen Bache.
