Vilhelm Petersen (painter)
Vilhelm Petersen | |
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| Born | 17 December 1812 |
| Died | 25 July 1880 (aged 67) Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Resting place | Assistens Cemetery |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Alma mater | Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts |
| Spouse | Sophie Margrethe Sørensen-Groth (1838–1916) |
| Awards | Sødrings Legat (1877) |
Vilhelm Peter Carl Petersen (17 December 1812 – 25 July 1880) was a Danish landscape painter. He was one of the first Danish landscape painters to work on Bornholm and in the moorlands of Jutland. Small fishing villages were especially attractive to him.