Vilhelm Melbye

Vilhelm Melbye (Danish, 1824–1882) has 2 public-domain artworks in the Archive Lane archive, each available as a digital download or a made-to-order print.

Knud Frederik Vilhelm Hannibal Melbye was a Danish marine artist. Over the course of his career, he painted seascapes, coastal and harbor scenes, sailing vessels and topographical subjects in many parts of Europe, especially in the Mediterranean region.

Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

At a glance

Most of Vilhelm Melbye's work on the site falls under Landscape (1), Seascape (1).

By movement, it's catalogued as Realism (1), Romanticism (1).

Culture: Danish (2).

By orientation: 2 landscape.

Dated work in this group ranges from 1853 to 1868.

Other Danish artists of the period

Artists from the same country and generation, also in the archive:

• Wilhelm Marstrand — 666 artworks
• Johan Thomas Lundbye — 612 artworks
• P. C. Skovgaard — 490 artworks
• Martinus Rørbye — 472 artworks
• Martinus Rørbye — 472 artworks
• Lorenz Frølich — 425 artworks
• Dankvart Dreyer — 267 artworks
• Carl Bloch — 209 artworks

Prints of these artworks

As well as a free preview and digital download, each of these 2 artworks can be ordered printed, rolled or framed, made to order and shipped locally from $21.99.

Sizes and framing

Sizes are listed in inches and centimetres, with up to 26 sizes available depending on the print type, from small desk pieces up to large statement pieces. A size that doesn't match this artwork's own proportions is centred and trimmed to fit, and each print type's page states exactly how much of the image that removes.

Framed Canvas and Framed Print orders are available in 8 frame colours (Black, White, Natural, Gold, Walnut, Silver, Dark Grey, Light Grey); Canvas and Rolled Canvas have no frame and no glass.