Frederik Ferdinand Helsted

Frederik Ferdinand Helsted (March 18, 1809, in Copenhagen – December 11, 1875, in Copenhagen) was a Danish painter and drawing master. He was the father of painter Axel Helsted, and the grandfather of composers Carl Helsted and Edvard Helsted. From 1834 to 1837 he studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, and later travelled in Europe. He is buried at the Holmens Cemetery.