Christian Holm (painter)

Christian Frederik Carl Holm (18 February 1804, Copenhagen – 24 July 1846, Tivoli) was a Danish painter; known primarily for his animal and hunting scenes.

As an only son, he was expected to follow his father's profession, but after arriving at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, decided to become an artist instead.

He began by studying engraving with Johan Frederik Clemens, then did modeling, but eventually settled on being a painter.

[1] In 1829, he was granted money from the "Fonden ad usus publicos [da]", a fund devoted to supporting the arts and sciences.

[3] It was there that his career took hold; beginning with the sale of a large painting depicting a reindeer hunt to the prominent Jenisch family of Hamburg.