Eiler Rasmussen Eilersen

Eiler Rasmussen Eilersen (1 March 1827 – 24 April 1912) was a Danish landscape painter.

His father, Rasmus Eilersen (1788-1869), was a farmer and the local parish constable (sognefoged [da]).

Once he had decided on a career as an artist, he obtained the support of Preben Bille-Brahe [da] (1773-1857), a local landowner and philanthropist who was later appointed as a Royal Privy Councillor.

[3][4] He took his first formal lessons in Faaborg then, in 1847, went to Copenhagen to pursue his plans for becoming a landscape painter.

[1] In 1858, after much effort, the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts awarded him a travel scholarship.