Johan Vilhelm Gertner
Johan Vilhelm Gertner (born May 10, 1818 in Copenhagen ; † March 29, 1871 ibid) was a Danish painter .
life and work
Gertner attended the Royal Danish Art Academy in Copenhagen and initially drew objects for the Museum of Antiquities for copperplate engraving . Gertner was commissioned to record the celebrations for the anointing of Christian VIII on June 28, 1840 in several monumental pictures.
Gertner later turned to portraiture . He was attested to have a confident, if somewhat superficial, sense of form, a self-confident choice of colors and the ability to characterize his models appropriately, but not always pleasantly.
He was a member of the Copenhagen Masonic Lodge "Zorobabel zum Nordstern".
Works (selection)
Portraits
- King Friedrich VII
- Johan Christian Dahl
- GA Gedalia
- Carl Christian Hall
- Bertel Thorwaldsen
- The children on the seashore
- The two friends
literature
- Vagn Poulsen : Danish Painter . Publishing house Köster Langewiesche, Königstein im Taunus 1961.
- Philip Weilbach: Gertner, Johan Vilhelm . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 6 : Gerson-H. Hansen . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1892, p. 8–9 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
Web links
Commons : Johan Vilhelm Gertner - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- JV Gertner Kunstindeks Danmark (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Philip Weilbach : Gertner. In: Dansk Konstnerlexikon. 1877/78 ( rosekamp.dk ), accessed July 14, 2012.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gertner, Johan Vilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gertner, Johann Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1818 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 29, 1871 |
| Place of death | Copenhagen |