Related Paintings of unknow artist :. | Angels and dragons | Rosenstein bei Heubach | Arab or Arabic people and life. Orientalism oil paintings 222 | Cottage in the Moonlight in Briere | Seascape, boats, ships and warships. 50 | Related Artists: Adalbert Waagen painted Bucht von Palermo mit Blick auf Monte Pellegrino in 1896 Gustaf Brandelius painted Kappritten in 1833-1884 Anton Melbye (1818-1875) was a Danish painter. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and was a private student of Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg. He achieved international success as a marine artist, travelling widely especially to Morocco and Turkey.
His paintings are realistic, often enhanced with dramatic light and weather effects as in Eddystone Lighthouse (1846) which earned him the Thorvaldsen Medal. He was also influenced by Camille Corot whom he met in Paris where he lived from 1847 to 1858.
While in Paris he met Napoleon III who ordered a large painting from him.