Georg Emil Libert

Georg Emil Libert
(late 1860s)

Georg Emil Libert (2 August 1820 – 19 May 1908) was a Danish landscape painter. His specialties included scenes featuring Danish, German, and Norwegian landscapes.[1]

Biography

Libert was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was the son of Johan Christian Libert (1790–1846) and his first wife, Andrea Margrethe Hassing (1796–1820). His father was a cabinetmaker.[2]

He was a graduate of the Royal Academy in Copenhagen where he studied under Johan Ludwig Lund (1777–1867). In 1845, he applied for travel support from the Academy, which was awarded to him in 1846 with renewed scholarship in 1847. He stayed abroad from 1857 to 1859, especially in Germany and Switzerland. He sought inspiration, especially from the Munich landscape sctyene.[3][4]

He exhibited many works in Charlottenborg and at the Kunstforeningen ('Art Association'). He is best known for his paintings of the Baltic island of Bornholm. One of the cliffs at Helligdomsklipperne, Libert's Rock (Libertsklippen) is named in his honor.[3][5]

Many of his works today are in the Danish National Gallery and Thorvaldsens Museum, and are highly sought after by buyers; his painting Ansicht des Heidelberger Schlosses Zwischen der Molkenkur, der Stadt (1859) sold for $11,240 ($23,106 in 2023) at Sotheby's in Munich in June 1994.[3]

Personal life

In 1852, he married Marie Philippine Caroline Busch (1830–1904). Georg Libert died during 1908 in Copenhagen and was buried at the Cemetery of Holmen.[4]

  • Sunset on a Bay with Castle Ruins (1848)
    Sunset on a Bay with Castle Ruins
    (1848)
  • View of Helligdomsklipperne, Bornholm (1903)
    View of Helligdomsklipperne, Bornholm
    (1903)
  • Norwegian landscape with two men on horseback (1845)
    Norwegian landscape with two men on horseback (1845)
  • Landscape with a boy sitting in front of a burial mound (1885)
    Landscape with a boy sitting in front of a burial mound (1885)

References

  1. ^ Ph. Weilbach. "Georg Emil Libert, landskabsmaler". Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  2. ^ Sotheby's Deutschland (1992). 19th century European paintings, drawings and sculpture. Sotheby's. p. 43. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  3. ^ a b c "Georg Emil Libert". Eclectic Art Gallery. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  4. ^ a b Jens Peter Munk. "Georg Emil Libert". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  5. ^ "Libertsklippen - Helligdomsklipperne". Bornholmernes Historie. Retrieved March 1, 2019.

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