page_title: Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
section_title: Pupils
hierarchical_section_title: Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg / Pupils
context_page_description: Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg was a Danish painter. He was born in Blåkrog in the Duchy of Schleswig, to Henrik Vilhelm Eckersberg, painter and carpenter, and Ingeborg Nielsdatter. He went on to lay the foundation for the period of art known as the Golden Age of Danish Painting, and is referred to as the Father of Danish painting.
context_section_description: Among his students were:
  Wilhelm Bendz
  Ditlev Blunck
  Carl Dahl
  Christen Dalsgaard
  Anton Dorph
  Dankvart Dreyer
  Heinrich Eddelien
  Julius Exner
  Lorenz Frølich
  Peter Gemzøe
  Johan Vilhelm Gertner
  Hans Jørgen Hammer
  Constantin Hansen
  Frederik Theodor Kloss
  Albert Küchler
  Christen Købke
  Vilhelm Kyhn
  Emanuel Larsen
  Christine Løvmand
  Wilhelm Marstrand
  Anton Melbye
  Adam August Müller
  Emil Normann
  Fritz Petzholdt
  Jørgen Roed
  Martinus Rørbye
  Carl Frederik Sørensen
  Adolph Friedrich Vollmer
caption: Bella and Hanna. The Eldest Daughters of M. L. Nathanson (1820)
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