ECKERSBERG, KRISTOFFER Danish painter, was born at Warnitz on Jan. 2, 1783. He studied in Paris under J. L. David, and then went to Rome, where he worked until 1816 in close fellowship with Thorwaldsen. His paintings from this period—"The Spartan Boy," "Bacchus and Ariadne" and "Ulysses"—testify to the influence of the great sculptor. After his return to Denmark chief work was done in landscape and sea-painting. It is claimed for. Eckersberg by the native critics that "he created a Danish colour," that is to say, he was the first painter who threw off conventional tones and the pseudo-classical landscape, in exchange for the clear atmosphere and natural out lines of Danish scenery. Eckersberg died on July 22, 1853, at Copenhagen, where he was professor at the academy.