Harald Jerichau
Harald Adolf Nikolaj Jerichau (born August 17, 1851 in Copenhagen , † March 6, 1878 in Rome ) was a Danish painter .
Life
Harald Jerichau was a son of the artist couple Jens Adolf Jerichau and Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann . He received his first training in Copenhagen from Frederik Christian Lund and Eiler Rasmussen Eilersen , from 1867 to 1868 he was found in the perspective painting class at the art academy . He then went to Rome to study with Jean-Achille Benouville from the Académie de France à Rome and then trained as a landscape painter through studies in nature . From 1870 he painted views from the area around Rome.
In 1869, 1872 and 1874 he toured Greece , Asia Minor and Turkey . In 1874 he married Maria Kutzner, his cousin from Silesia, who died in Naples in 1876 , which pained him very much. Later, after he had regained some enthusiasm for work, Jerichau lived mostly in Rome, where he probably died on March 6, 1878 of typhus or malaria. Jerichau's grave is in the Protestant cemetery in Rome.
His major works include a beach of Sorrento and in the museum at Copenhagen located caravan of Sardis .
Boats moored on the Tiber. In the background the roofs of Rome. Oil on canvas, 56 × 83 cm, Rome 1871
Coast near Sorrento. Oil on canvas, 27.5 × 55.5 cm, Sorrento 1870
literature
- Jerichau, Harald. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 1/2, sheets 31–61: Heideck – Mayer, Louis. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1895, p. 612 ( archive.org ).
- J. Buhl: Jerichau, Harald Adolf Nikolaj . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 18 : Hubatsch – Ingouf . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1925, p. 527 .
- Harald Jerichau . In: Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon (Danish)
- Jerichau, Harald Adolf Nikolaj . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 8 : Holst – Juul . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1894, p. 442-443 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map of the Cimitero Acattolico. zona prima, no. 75/7 , map in the portal cemeteryrome.it ; Retrieved July 10, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jerichau, Harald |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jerichau, Harald Adolf Nikolaj (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th August 1851 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 6, 1878 |
| Place of death | Rome |