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'' -rrb- self-portrait '' , ny carlsberg glyptotek -lrb- 1841 26 april 1848 kalundborg , denmark royal danish academy of fine arts danish painting 1 september 1818 lundbye -rrb- . jpg , j th -lrb- self-portrait 1841 , glyptoteket johan lundbye
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johan lundbye

he was born in kalundborg to joachim theodor lundbye and wife catherine bonnevie .
he was sickly as a child .
he studied privately under animal painter christian holm and at the age of 14 he came into j.l. lund 's drawing school and the royal danish academy of art -lrb- danish , `` det kongelige danske kunstakademi '' -rrb- in copenhagen , where he finished in 1842 .
he began exhibiting in 1835 , and in 1839 his painting '' `` parti af dyrehaven med hjorte og hinde '' '' -lrb- `` view of the deer park with stag and hind '' -rrb- was purchased by n.l. høyen 's influential art union -lrb- kunstforeningen -rrb- .
in the years to come he would focus his painting on depicting landscapes .
his large '' `` kystparti ved isefjord '' '' -lrb- `` coast view by isefjord '' -rrb- was exhibited in 1843 and purchased by the royal painting collection , now the danish national gallery -lrb- `` statens museum for kunst '' -rrb- .
he illustrated hans vilhelm kaalund 's `` fabler for børn '' , a book of poetry for young children published in 1845 .
he received a travel grant from the academy in 1845 , which was renewed a year later .
on june 5 , 1845 he left denmark and traveled through germany -lrb- altona , düsseldorf , cologne , mainz , strasbourg -rrb- , over the rhine to switzerland -lrb- basel , geneva -rrb- to france -lrb- marseilles -rrb- , and then to italy , where he painted '' `` oxer i den romerske kampagne '' '' -lrb- `` oxen in the roman campagne '' -rrb- , which was exhibited in 1847 and purchased by the royal painting collection .
he returned to denmark on 18 july 1846 after a year and half .
he surprised his circle of friends and announced that he was going to live in the country for a year , and took a little farm near helsingør .
the first war of schleswig , known in denmark as the three years ' war -lrb- `` treårskrigen '' -rrb- , however broke out , and in the spring of 1848 he enlisted in the army like many other young artists .
he died eight days later on 26 april 1848 .
there is some question as to whether he died from an accidental shot , or whether the chronically depressed artist took his own life .
