Theodor Philipsen was a Danish

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 painter

Painting

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Philipsen has been considered an innovator of 19th century Danish art. He took Danish art into a new level of impressionism

Impressionism

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 and naturalism. He was influenced by French art, this influence beginning in his first time in Paris from 1874–1876. He was impressed by the painters Theodore Rousseau

Théodore Rousseau

Pierre Étienne Théodore Rousseau , French painter of the Barbizon school, was born in Paris, of a bourgeois family.-Youth:At first he received a business training, but soon displayed aptitude for painting...

, Constant Troyon

Constant Troyon

Constant Troyon , French painter, was born in Sèvres, near Paris, where his father was connected with the famous manufactory of porcelain....

, and perhaps Jean-François Millet

Jean-François Millet

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. He made a close personal friendship with the French impressionist Paul Gauguin

Paul Gauguin

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 who was also an important source of inspiration for him. He traveled to many places in the world for inspiration including North Africa and Andalusia

Andalusia

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. His first impressionist principal work was Late Autumn Day in the Jægersborg Deer Park which he painted in 1886. The painting is currently in Statens Museum for Kunst

Statens Museum for Kunst

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. He participated in the exhibition Nordic and French Impressionists. Another one of his more famous paintings is An Avenue in Kastrup, which he painted in 1892. He was one of the most influential impressionist Danish painters of all time.

A collection of Philipsen's works is kept at Kastrupgårdsamlingen in Copenhagen.