Carl Frederik Sørensen

Carl Frederik Sørensen (8 February 1818, Besser, Samsø – 24 January 1879, Copenhagen) was a Danish artist who specialized in marine painting.

His paintings not only attracted customers in Denmark but also in the courts of St Petersburg, London and Athens.

In 1846, he travelled to the Mediterranean, in 1853–54 he visited Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France and England.

He took a special interest in the weather and its effects on the sea, developing his own recognizable style.

His seascapes won him widespread popularity, especially those he painted under the First Schleswig War when he sailed with the Navy around Helgoland (1849) and in the Baltic (1850) where he depicted the Danish fleet in combat.