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| Antonio Nicolo Gaspara Jacobsen
American 1850 -1921 fl (1850-1921)
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Copenhagen, Denmark
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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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(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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