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"KRONPRINS, LE DAUPHIN, LOUIS-JOSEPH-XAVIER-FRANCOIS AV FRANKRIKE"
Auction: 05/27/2008 - 5/30/2008
Lot: 405
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Adolph Ulrich Wertmuller AUCTION RECORDS
1751 Stockholm, Sweden - 1811 New Castle County, Delaware. Known for: Portrait, miniature, historical, and figure painting.
Born in Sweden and trained in Paris, Adolph Wertmuller became a painter of portraits and mythological subjects. He painted in the Neo-Classic tradition with mirror-like finishes on his paintings,... Read full biography
Born in Sweden and trained in Paris, Adolph Wertmuller became a painter of portraits and mythological subjects. He painted in the Neo-Classic tradition with mirror-like finishes on his paintings, giving no evidence of his own personality. He first gained prominence in Europe where he was elected an... Read full biography
Born in Sweden and trained in Paris, Adolph Wertmuller became a painter of portraits and mythological subjects. He painted in the Neo-Classic tradition with mirror-like finishes on his paintings, giving no evidence of his own personality. He first gained prominence in Europe where he was elected an academician at the Royal Academies of both France and Sweden. In 1794, he came to the United States briefly and then returned in 1800 after his family lost their money during the French Revolution.... Read full biography
Born in Sweden and trained in Paris, Adolph Wertmuller became a painter of portraits and mythological subjects. He painted in the Neo-Classic tradition with mirror-like finishes on his paintings, giving no evidence of his own personality. He first gained prominence in Europe where he was elected an academician at the Royal Academies of both France and Sweden. In 1794, he came to the United States briefly and then returned in 1800 after his family lost their money during the French Revolution. He had studied in Paris with Joseph- Marie Vien, teacher of the famous Neo-Classical painter Jacques-Louis David. He settled on a farm near Wilmington after marrying Elizabeth Henderson, a Philadelphian and granddaughter of painter Gustaf Hesselius.... Read full biography
Born in Sweden and trained in Paris, Adolph Wertmuller became a painter of portraits and mythological subjects. He painted in the Neo-Classic tradition with mirror-like finishes on his paintings, giving no evidence of his own personality. He first gained prominence in Europe where he was elected an academician at the Royal Academies of both France and Sweden. In 1794, he came to the United States briefly and then returned in 1800 after his family lost their money during the French Revolution. He had studied in Paris with Joseph- Marie Vien, teacher of the famous Neo-Classical painter Jacques-Louis David. He settled on a farm near Wilmington after marrying Elizabeth Henderson, a Philadelphian and granddaughter of painter Gustaf Hesselius. Source:. Matthew Baigell, Dictionary of American Art... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneePortrait of the young Henri Bertholet-Campan (1784-1821) with the dog Aline
Adolph Ulrich Wertmuller Auction: 05/28/2013 - 5/31/2013Lot: 245Subscribe or get free alerts
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeSELF PORTRAIT AND PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST'S WIFE (2)
Adolph Ulrich Wertmuller Auction: 06/08/2007Lot: 366Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneePortrait de Jean-Charles Wittfooth en habit de chasse
Adolph Ulrich Wertmuller Auction: 11/07/2011Lot: 28Subscribe or get free alerts
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