Georg Friedrich Erhardt

The young hunter

Georg Friedrich Erhardt (born January 5, 1825 in Winterbach (Remstal) , † September 20, 1881 in Stuttgart ) was a German portrait and genre painter.

Erhardt studied with the court painter Joseph Anton von Gegenbaur in Stuttgart and around 1844 with Johann Gottfried Brücke or Wilhelm Brücke in Berlin and from December 7, 1848 to 1849 at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich . After graduating, he settled in Stuttgart. In 1876 he was appointed court painter to the House of Württemberg in Stuttgart. He helped Gegenbaur with the frescoes in the New Palace in Stuttgart. He also painted some pictures with oriental motifs for Rosenstein Castle in Stuttgart. However, he mainly painted portraits.

literature

Erhardt, Georg Friedrich. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 1/1, sheets 1–30: Aagaard – Heideck. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1891, p. 276 ( archive.org ).
Erhard, Friedrich . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 10 : Dubolon – Erlwein . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1914, p. 597 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Dankmar Trier: Erhardt, Georg Friedrich . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 34, Saur, Munich a. a. 2002, ISBN 3-598-22774-4 , p. 328.

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personal data
SURNAME	Erhardt, Georg Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German portrait and genre painter
DATE OF BIRTH	January 5, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH	Winterbach (Remstal)
DATE OF DEATH	September 20, 1881
Place of death	Stuttgart