View from the Artist's Window [SEP] creator
View from the Artist's Window
View from the Artist's Window () is a painting from 1825 by Martinus Rørbye, a Danish Romantic genre, landscape and architecture painter. It is in the Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen. The painting is considered one of the highlights of the Danish Golden Age painting. It incorporates themes and symbols that resonated with its audience.
Background.
Rørbye was born in Norway, but grew up in Denmark, where he studied painting at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts for
. In Paris he studied French contemporary art. Later he became a professor at the Copenhagen Academy. Following Eckersberg's example, Rørbye was essentially a realist. His pictures were factual but displayed a uniquely sympathetic view of the people he painted.
"View from the Artist's Window" was made as Rørbye was about to leave his childhood homea time when his ideas about art were changing through his studies with Eckersberg and the influence of Romanticism.
Description and themes.
The painting depicts the artist's view from his