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Danish Realist Painter. Aagaard studied at the Danish Royal Academy in Copenhagen. In addition to studying drawing, Aagaard assisted his older brother, a glass engraver. He apprenticed with many well known artists but it was landscape painter Peter Kristian Skoovgaard, that was to be the most influential. In 1857 Aagaard exhibited for the first time to great success. Aagaard was best known for his superbly realistic landscapes.
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