ACADEMIC REALISM. FLOWERS AND FRUITS Johann Lorenz Jensen (Johan Laurentz Jensen) — Danish artist (1800—1856) who specialized in flower painting. At the young age of fourteen, he entered the Royal Academy where he studied under Christopher William Akersberga. His talent attracted the attention of crown Prince Christian Frederik, later king Christian VIII, who awarded him the scholarship.Later, Jensen visited Hamburg, Amsterdam and Paris, before becoming a student of Alexander Bronner, Director...