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The Danish painter, Carl Heinrich Bloch, was born on May 23, 1834, in
Copenhagen, Denmark. He was the son of merchant Joergen Peter
Bloch and Ida Emilie Ulrikke Henriette Weitzmann Bloch. Counter
to his parent's wishes, he became a painter rather than an officer in
the Danish Navy.
In January 1849, he began study at the Royal Danish Academy of
Art. In 1852, he was awarded a small silver medal for one of his
drawings, which was exhibited the following year at t (showing 500 of 3047 characters). |
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