August Schiøtt

Heinrich August Georg Schiøtt (17 December 1823 – 25 June 1895) was a Danish portrait painter.[1]

August Schiøtt (1862)
The Reventlow Sisters, Malvina and Hilda

Biography

August Schiøtt was born in Helsingør, Denmark. He was the son of Heinrich Erpecum Schiøtt and Anna Sophie Marie Fleron. His father was a customs official. After his confirmation, he was sent to school in Copenhagen where he later entered the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and had an undistinguished academic record. For a short time, he was a private student of Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783–1853). His first portrait (of a child) was created in 1844, two years before his graduation. After that, he painted six to eight portraits every year.[2][3]

Altogether, he presented over 150 portraits at the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition, including several of the Royal Family: Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg (three times), Prince Ferdinand, Princess Caroline and Prince (later King) Christian. In addition to these portraits, his most notable include those of Baron Carl Frederik Blixen-Finecke (1822-1873), who was the grandfather-in-law of Karen Blixen, General Gerhard Christoph von Krogh, and the history painter J.L. Lund.[4][5]

He was married in 1850, but his wife died three years later after they returned from an Academy supported study trip to France, England and Italy. In 1854, he was named a member of the Academy. He remarried in 1855 and in 1866 became a titular professor.[4]

In 1872, he received "Det anckerske Legat"; a grant for composers, writers and artists. This enabled him to visit Southern Europe, Egypt and Palestine where he made numerous sketches of people and landscapes.[4] In addition to his portraits, he created numerous figure compositions, such as King Wermund with his son Offa, Christ at Gethsemane and genre scenes of peasant life.[6][7]

Personal life

In 1880, he was awarded the Order of the Dannebrog. He was married in 1850, he married Betty Augusta Ultima Søth (1820-1853). In 1855, he was to Mariane Ogilvie (1836-1857). He died at Hellebæk in 1895. One of his daughters, Elisabeth Schiott (1856-1893), studied with P.S. Krøyer and Laurits Tuxen and became a landscape painter. In 1938, an auction of his and his daughter's remaining works was held at the Academy and the proceeds were used to establish a scholarship.[4][8]

References
  1. "August Schiøtt". kongernessamling.dk. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  2. "August Schiøtt, genealogy". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  3. "C.W. Eckersberg". kunstnyt.dk. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  4. August Schiøtt Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon
  5. Helge Larsen; N. Neergaard. "Carl Frederik Blixen Finecke". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, Gyldendal. Retrieved March 1, 2019.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. Jens Peter Munk. "August Schiøtt, biography". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  7. Niels Jensen. "Det Anckerske Legat". litteraturpriser.dk. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  8. "Elisabeth Schiott (Danish, 1856–1893)". artnet.com. Retrieved March 1, 2019.

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