About Frederik Ferdinand Helsted
Lived 1809 – 1875 (aged 66). Frederik Ferdinand Helsted was a Danish painter.
Frederik Ferdinand Helsted (March 18, 1809 – December 11, 1875) was a Danish painter and drawing master.
Biography Helsted was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was the son of Johan Helsted and Ane Marie Salathee. From 1834 to 1837 he studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. He conducted study trips to Düsseldorf (1841), Nice, Florence and Rome (1844–45). In 1845 he set up a drawing school in Copenhagen which he ran for 30 years. After 1849, he abandoned his painting career and concentrated on drawing lessons.
In 1841, he married Anna Christiane Vilhelmine Olsen (1815–1889). He was the father of painter Axel Helsted (1847–1907). He was buried at the Holmens Cemetery in Copenhagen.
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painter (1809-1875)
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Frederik Ferdinand Helsted was born on 18 March 1809 in Copenhagen.
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Frederik Ferdinand Helsted died on 11 December 1875 in Copenhagen.
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Frederik Ferdinand Helsted was a painter.
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Frederik Ferdinand Helsted was Danish.
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