Christian Zacho was an accomplished, medal-winning, Danish artist predominantly known for his idyllic landscapes depicting forest views in a naturalistic style.
He trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and later in Paris under Camille Bernier and Leon Bonnat. He’s represented at the Statens Museum for Kunst and Øregaard Museum.
Exhibited
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition in Copenhagen, World’s Fair in Paris, Artist’s Association, Vienna, Berlin, Royal Academy in London, Chicago, Lübeck, Glass Palace, Munich.
Public Collections
Statens Museum for Kunst, Øregaard Museum.
Timeline
1843
Born in Grenå, Denmark to Rasmus Zacho, a farm owner, and Anne Marie Mørch Zacho (nee Mønsted). His mother became the great aunt of Peder Mørk Mønsted, one of Denmark’s most celebrated landscape painters.
Studied under the animal painter E.L. Høegh-Guldberg in Aarhus, Denmark.
1862
Enrolled at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
Studied under Janus la Cour, PC Skovgaard and Vilhelm Kyhn.
1865
Debuted at the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition in Copenhagen. He continued to exhibit until 1891 aside from 1879 and 1880 when based in France.
1871
Awarded the Sødringske Prize.
1872
Travelled to Italy together with Anton Thiele, Otto Haslund and Christian Blache.
1873
Returned via the World Exhibition in Vienna.
1874
Travelled to Paris.
1874-1876
Trained under Camille Bernier and Leon Bonnat in Paris.
Travelled to Brittany with PS Kroyer.
1878
Travelled to the Pyrenees, France.
Shown at the World’s Fair in Paris.
1879
Travelled to France.
1880-1881
Travelled to France.
C. 1881
‘Den Første Sne (The First Snow)’ acquired by the National Gallery of Denmark.
1882
Shown in Vienna.
1883
Travelled to Menton, France.
1884
Travelled to Cape Martin, France.
Shown in Berlin.
Awarded the Thorvaldsen Medal.
Married Katrine Mathilde Marstrand.
1889
Shown at the World’s Fair in Paris.
1890
Travelled to the South of France (via Switzerland).
Shown in Berlin.
1891
Travelled to France.
Shown in Berlin.
1892
Shown at the Royal Academy, London.
1893
Shown in Chicago.
1895
Shown in Chicago
1900
Shown at the World’s Fair in Paris.
1902
Travelled to Sweden.
1904
Travelled to Norway.
1907
Shown at the Royal Academy, London.
1909
Shown at the Glass Palace, Munich.
1910
Travelled to Menton, France.
1911
Travelled to Sweden.
1913
Died in Hellerup, Denmark.