Fredrik Wohlfahrt
Carl Thure Fredrik Wohlfahrt , also spelled Wohlfart (* October 18, 1837 in Gothenburg ; † October 28, 1909 there ), was a Swedish genre painter and caricaturist from the Düsseldorf School .
Life
Wohlfahrt, son of the Gothenburg genre and portrait painter Bernhard Wilhelm Wohlfahrt (1812–1863), studied painting from 1856 to 1858 at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . There were Christian Köhler and Karl Müller his teachers. He stayed in Düsseldorf until 1871, in 1872 he went to Paris , where he stayed until 1873. He then returned to Gothenburg and took a job as a teacher at the art and drawing school founded in his hometown in 1865 . He worked at this school until 1885. His private student was the Swedish portrait and genre painter Lotten von Gegerfelt(1834–1915), as well as his daughter Fredrique Wilhelmina Wohlfahrt. Wohlfahrt was a member of the Konstnärsförbundet . Among the Gothenburg art public, Wohlfahrt was best known for a series of paintings depicting popular figures of elves ( Nisse ).
literature
- Svenskt konstnärslexikon , Allhems förlag, Malmö 1953, Volume V, p. 713
- Albin Hildebrand: Wohlfart, Carl Thure Fredrik . In: Svenskt portraittgalleri , Stockholm 1895–1913, Volume XXVI, p. 819
Web links
- Fredrik (Carl Thure) Wohlfahrt , Auction Results on the artnet .com Portal
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bettina Baumgärtel , Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: Directory of foreign artists. Nationality, residence and studies in Düsseldorf . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , Volume 1, p. 443
- ↑ Fredrique Wilhelmina Wohlfahrt , data sheet in the portal rkd.nl ( Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Welfare, Fredrik |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wohlfart, Fredrik; Wohlfahrt, Carl Thure Fredrik (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish genre painter and cartoonist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 18, 1837 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gothenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 28, 1909 |
| Place of death | Gothenburg |