Abstract
This article presents a case-study of the, largely forgotten, Danish painter, F. C. Kiaerskou (1805–1891). Kiaerskou’s regular inclusion in exhibitions by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and the Arts Society of Copenhagen indicates the success he enjoyed during his lifetime. Furthermore, a popular pictorial atlas of Denmark, published by Em. Baerentzen in 1856, featured several reproductions of Kiaerskou’s paintings, many of which were then in prominent collections in Denmark. Nevertheless, Kiaerskou found himself on the wrong side of a cultural rift that pitted the national against the international in art. Kiaerskou’s success began to wane in his later years, and since his death he has been written almost completely out of Danish art history. This article explains Kiaerskou’s journey into oblivion through an analysis of his method, subject-matter, correspondence, and reception.
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