In 1825, the Kunstforeningen (the Art Association, now Kunstforeningen GL STRAND) was founded by High War Commissioner Johan Christian Fick together with J.L. Lund, C.W. Eckersberg and G.F. Hetsch – all three professors at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts – landscape artist J.P. Møller, art historian N.L. Høyen and secretary J.M. Thiele. Over the following years, the association became an important forum for Danish art via commissions, raffles and, not least, exhibitions.
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