Alexander Bertrand

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Alexander Bertrand (born October 27, 1877 in Darmstadt , † April 22, 1947 in Düsseldorf ) was a German genre and interior painter from the Düsseldorf School .

Life

Bertrand first attended the Düsseldorf School of Applied Arts . In 1894 he enrolled at the Düsseldorf Art Academy , where he became a student of the elementary class under Heinrich Lauenstein . The further training at the Düsseldorf Academy shaped the teachers Peter Janssen the Elder , Arthur Kampf and Claus Meyer .

Bertrand settled permanently in Düsseldorf (Jahnstrasse 43, Düsseldorf-Oberkassel) and has participated in numerous important exhibitions with his work since 1902. The depiction of motifs from monastery life, which he composed with effective coloring, occupy a special place in his work. From 1908 to 1917 he was a member of the artists' association “Malkasten” in Düsseldorf.

Works (selection)

  • Factory in Flingern , 1897; Oil / canvas, 20 × 24.5 cm: Düsseldorf, Stadtmuseum
  • Monks in the reading room , 1901; Oil / canvas, 88 × 132.5 cm
  • Monks in the monastery garden , 1901; Oil / canvas, 100.5 × 82 cm
  • The Devoted Gardeners , 1903; Oil / canvas, 82 × 115.5 cm
  • Sinking Sun , exhibited: Great Berlin Art Exhibition 1904, catalog no. 64
  • Young peasant woman ; Lady at the table , (1906)
  • The Trappists ,
  • Interior , 1908, oil / canvas, 39 × 47 cm
  • Sewing girl at the chest , 1908, oil / canvas, 80 × 112 cm; inscribed: Alexander Bertrand 1908
  • Monk picking flowers in the monastery garden , 1908, oil / canvas, 80 × 113 cm
  • Interior of a room with a maid at a table , 1908, oil / canvas, 39 × 47 cm
  • The novice ; Illustration: Velhagen & Klasings monthly books, 23rd year, 2nd volume, Bielefeld and Leipzig 1909
  • Adelheid , girl reading at the window, 1911, oil / canvas, 40 × 31 cm
  • White seamstresses ; exhibited: Great Art Exhibition, Düsseldorf 1911 (Illustration: Die Kunst für Alle, October 1, 1910, p. 244)
  • The Lady with the Lace Scarf , 1912, oil / canvas, 101 × 84 cm; Fig .: Westermannsmonthshefte, 58th volume, 116th volume, 1st part, March, April, May 1914
  • Lakeshore landscape , 1928, oil / canvas, 34.29 × 29.5 cm
  • Boy making music with his flute , 1940, oil / canvas, 60.5 × 51 cm
  • Still life , 1940, oil / canvas, 81 × 87 cm, signed and dated 1940
  • The wounded , women with flowers
  • Interior with a blue tiled stove , oil / canvas, mounted on wood
  • Erection of the Cross , 1943, washed pen drawing, 26 × 19.5 cm
  • Portrait of a boy , drawing, 1956
  • Cardamine pratensis (monks), pastel

Participation in exhibitions (selection)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Museum Kunstpalast : Artists of the Düsseldorf School of Painting (selection, as of November 2016) , PDF
  2. ↑ Finding aid 212.01.04 Student lists of the Art Academy Düsseldorf , website in the portal archive.nrw.de ( Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen )
  3. ↑ A. Bertrand's "Young Peasant Woman" and the Lady "at the Table" do not cheat, but rather let the lured onlookers follow the thought, sensibility and love with which they composed and drawn. In: Supplement to Die Christliche Kunst , 3rd year, issue 1, October 1, 1906.
  4. ^ NN A look at the Städtische Galerie zu Düsseldorf (new acquisition). In: Society for Christian Art GmbH, Munich (Ed.): The Christian Art. Monthly for all areas of Christian art and art history as well as for the entire art life . 3rd year, 1906/07. Alphons Bruckmann, Munich, ill. P. 27: ... the holy, harmonious, supernatural peace in the quiet monastery night, where the fratres, each with their special intimacy and piety, celebrate St. Receive communion; the brownish darkness of the church is only illuminated by the eternal lamp and two candles at the tabernacle and turns sideways into a wonderful deep blue - they are flowers - as the color of faith.
  5. ↑ The workshop of art. Organ for the interests of visual artists , 5th year, 1905/06, issue 48, p. 660
  6. ^ G. Howe, in: Die Kunst für Alle , 1910, p. 522
personal data
SURNAME Bertrand, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German genre and interior painter from the Düsseldorf School
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 1947
Place of death Dusseldorf