Frederik Vermehren

He was the son of Peter Frederik Nikolai Vermehren and his wife, Sophie Amalie Franck.

He began his artistic training in 1838, when he started drawing classes with landscape painter Hans Harder (1792–1873) at Sorø Academy.

[8] [9] [10] In 1844, Vermehren went to Copenhagen, where he became a student at the Royal Danish Academy of Art (Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi) and trained under Jørgen Roed.

On his return home, he painted Reservesoldatens Afsked fra sin Familie (exhibited in 1850) and now hangs in the collection of the Danish National Gallery.

In 1855, Vermehren traveled with the Academy's support for two years via Cologne, Antwerp, Brussels, and Switzerland to Italy (Cervera, Gerano, Florence, Venice and Rome).

In 1862, a stipend from the Ancker Fund (Det Anckerske Legat) allowed Vermehren to travel to the Netherlands, Paris and Rome.

[13] Vermehren became a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1864, and began teaching there in 1865.

During this time he painted portraits of painters Jørgen Sonne and P. C. Skovgaard, and sculptor professor August Vilhelm Saabye, among others.