Celestial lighting, shimmering waters and gracefully arched branches turn Carl Frederik Aagaard’s “The Deer Park” into a magical forest. His exhibitions flourished under the tutelage of Denmark’s most famous artists, including Hilker and landscape painter Peter Kristian Skoovgaard. Frequent travels, particularly to Switzerland, Germany and Italy, helped Aagaard (1833 – 1895) refine his realistic style, and established him as one of Copenhagen’s most prominent Golden Age artists. Aagaard's work drew such acclaim, he was commissioned to paint the chapel of King Christian IV.

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