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Carl Frederik Aagaard was born in Denmark in 1833. He was first introduced to art in Odense but moved to Copenhagen to gain more formal artistic training. In Copenhagen he joined his brother Johan, a wood engraver by trade, under whom he began his studies in drawing on wood and etching. Carl also attended classes at the Danish Royal Academy. After he completed his studies at the academy, and with his brother, Aagaard joined the decorative painter Georg Hilker and collaborated with him on works for the University of Copenhagen and other public monuments. Later Carl joined the artist Heinrich Hansen, to produce the ceiling of the chapel of King Christian IV. It was during this time that Carl traveled with the well-known landscape artist Peter-Kristain Skoovgaard, under whose influence Aagaard began to paint landscapes. In 1857 Aagaard exhibited for the first time with great success receiving the Neuhausenske Prize, taking his place as an established Danish painter. In 1865 he was the first recipient of the Sødringske Opmuntrings Prize for landscape painting, for his work Autumn Morning at the Jægersborg Dyrehaven which was purchased by the National Gallery of Denmark. He left Denmark in 1869 to travel in Italy and Switzerland and used these trips to perfect his style, which proved to be successful for his career. In 1874 he was elected a member of the Danish Royal Academy, and in 1879 was given the honour of the Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog.
Aagaard died in Copenhagen in 1895. His home was designed by the architect Vilhelm Dahlerup, reusing materials from the recently demolished Royal Danish Theater in the 1870`s. The house was declared a cultural monument in 1977.