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Johan Vilhelm Gertner (10 March 1818 – 28 March 1871) was a Danish painter, best known for his portraiture. One of the last students of Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, who was known as the father of the Golden Age of Danish Painting, Gertner belonged to the tail end of the Golden Age, a period during which Danish art moved towards a more realistic style, relying on inspiration both from French Realism and emerging photographic techniques.

Life and career

Gertner was born to a craftsman at the Holmen Naval Base. He attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1831 to 1837 where he was one of the pupils of Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, known as the father of the Golden Age of Danish Painting.[1] Eckersberg taught him a naturalistic approach to painting, but Gertner went much further with inspiration from French art and the emerging techniques of photography.

His virtuosity in producing almost photographically precise portraits impressed many; in particular, his ability to reproduce textures and materials — crisp silk dresses, lustrous medals and jewellery, dark mahogany furniture, silky wallpapers, and soft carpets — won him much acclaim.[2] Others, such as the influential art historian and critic Niels Lauritz Høyen, who opposed any foreign influence on Danish painting, disapproved of his style, preferring more sincere and sensitive portrayals.[1] He was a professor at the Academy from 1858.

Works

Gertner painted many of the leading artists of his time, including Bertel Thorvaldsen in Thorvaldsen in his studio (1839, Thorvaldsens Museum) and C.W. Eckersberg (1850, Royal Danish Academy). Occasionally he also painted genre works, history painting or architecture pieces.[1]

Selected portraits

• 
  Jacob Peter Mynster
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  Bertel Thorvaldsen
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  Carl Christian Hall
• 
  King Christian VIII

Exhibitions

• Nivaagaard Painting Collection, Johan Vilhelm Gertner, 2 September – 18 November 2001[2]

See also

• List of Danish painters
• Art of Denmark

References

External links

• ArtNet: More works by Gertner.

На других языках

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[de] Johan Vilhelm Gertner

Johan Vilhelm Gertner (* 10. Mai 1818 in Kopenhagen; † 29. März 1871 ebenda) war ein dänischer Maler.

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- [en] Johan Vilhelm Gertner

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[fr] Johan Vilhelm Gertner

Johan Vilhelm Gertner, né le 10 mars 1818 et mort le 28 mars 1871, est un peintre danois réputé pour ses portraits. L'un des derniers élèves de Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, qui est appelé le précurseur de l'âge d'or de la peinture danoise, Gertner appartient à la fin de l'âge d'or, période où l'art danois s'est orienté vers un style plus réaliste, qui s'inspirait à la fois du réalisme français et des nouvelles techniques de la photographie.

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[it] Johan Vilhelm Gertner

Johan Vilhelm Gertner (Copenaghen, 10 marzo 1818 – Copenaghen, 28 marzo 1871) è stato un pittore danese, famoso per i suoi ritratti. Fu uno degli ultimi allievi di Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, il precursore dell'età d'oro della pittura danese, e appartenne alla fine di questo periodo, nel quale l'arte danese si orientò verso uno stile più realista, che a sua volta si ispirava al realismo francese e alle nuove tecniche della fotografia.

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[ru] Гертнер, Иоган Вильгельм

Иоган Вильгельм Гертнер (дат. Johan Vilhelm Gertner; 10 мая 1818, Копенгаген — 29 марта 1871, Копенгаген) — датский художник.

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