Axel Gustaf Hertzberg

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Axel Gustaf Hertzberg (born August 27, 1832 in the province of Jämtland , Sweden ; † September 2, 1878 in Düsseldorf ) was a Swedish portrait , history and genre painter , lithographer and draftsman .

Life

Confirmands

Hertzberg studied at the Stockholm Art Academy between 1849 and 1860 . He then went to Finland for two years . From 1863 he lived in Paris for a time . In 1867 he became Agré of the Stockholm Art Academy. In the same year he settled in Düsseldorf , where he last lived in the Pempelfort district (Duisburger Straße 144).

At first, Hertzberg appeared primarily through portrait drawings and lithographs. From the 1850s he turned to oil painting. At exhibitions in Stockholm in 1857 and 1858, he was awarded medals for history paintings depicting biblical motifs. He later switched to genre painting in the style of the Düsseldorf School . In it he portrayed peasants from the Rhineland and figures in traditional costumes from the 17th century. Hertzberg created a self-portrait that is preserved in the Swedish National Museum in 1877. He made a living from painting and even cared about one Employment as a drawing teacher tried hard. In 1873, the National Museum acquired his genre painting "Confirmands", which he had completed the year before, and which he also offered there, which he had worked on for a long time and for the completion of which he had to sell parts of his property, but it was not acquired. He died four months later in the Marien Hospital in Düsseldorf .

literature

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Axel Gustaf Hertzberg. In: Svenskt portrait gallery. P. 72 ( runeberg.org ).
  2. ↑ Bettina Baumgärtel , Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: Directory of foreign artists. Nationality, residence and studies in Düsseldorf. In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Hrsg.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international impact 1819–1918. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , Volume 1, p. 432.
  3. ^ Address book of the mayor's office in Düsseldorf. 1877, p. 58; 1878, p. 60.
  4. ^ Georg Nordensvan : Swedish art of the 19th century. EA Seemann, Leipzig 1904, p. 65.
  5. ↑ Axel Gustaf Hertzberg , website in the portal collection.nationalmuseum.se ( Swedish National Museum )
  6. ^ Carl Gunne, Gertrud Serner: Hertzberg, Axel Gustaf . In: Nationalmusei målningssamling: nordiska konstnärers arbeten: paintings of the northern schools… Centraltryckeriet, Stockholm 1942, p. 259-260 ( runeberg.org ).
  7. ^ Georg Nordensvan : Axel Gustaf Hertzberg . In: Svensk konst och svenska konstnärer i nittonde århundradet . Ny, Grundligt omarbetad upplaga - New, thoroughly revised edition. tape 2 : II. Från Karl XV till sekelslutet . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1928, p. 183-185 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
personal data
SURNAME Hertzberg, Axel Gustaf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish portrait, history and genre painter, lithographer and draftsman
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH Jämtland , Sweden
DATE OF DEATH September 2, 1878
Place of death Dusseldorf