'' (1843) He was born in
Kalundborg on the island of
Zealand, Denmark. He was one of the sons of Joachim Theodor Lundbye (1778–1841) and Cathrine Bonnevie (1792–1863). He came from a military family and was the brother of Christen Carl Lundbye (1812–1873) and Emanuel Andreas Lundbye (1814–1903) both of whom served as Danish military officers. In 1832, he came to the
Royal Danish Academy of Art in
Copenhagen, where he finished in 1842. He began exhibiting in 1835, and in 1839 he made
En gravhøj fra oldtiden ved Raklev på Refsnæs (
An Ancient Burial Mound by Raklev on Refsnæs (1839) and his painting
Parti af Dyrehaven med Hjorte og Hinde (
View of the Deer Park with Stag and Hind) was purchased by
Kunstforeningen, the influential art society associated with art historian and critic
Niels Laurits Høyen (1798–1870). In the years to come he would focus his painting on depicting landscapes. His large "
Kystparti ved Isefjord" ("Coast View by Isefjord") was exhibited in 1843 and purchased by the Royal Painting Collection, now the
Danish National Gallery (Statens Museum for Kunst). He illustrated
Fabler for Børn: Et halvhundrede Billeder by poet
Hans Vilhelm Kaalund (1818–1885), a book of poetry for young children published in 1845. {{cite web|url= http://www.fredericiashistorie.dk/html/fredericia/navne/J_Th_Lundbye.html ==See also==