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1903 Frederiksberg, Denmark - 1987 Nykobing Sjaelland, Denmark. Known for: Impasto portrait, landscape and still-life painting.
Lauritz Berg Hartz (27 December 1903 – 22 September 1987) was a Danish artist, considered to be one of the country's finest colourists. Born in Frederiksberg, Hartz was first instructed in art at the... Read full biography
Lauritz Berg Hartz (27 December 1903 – 22 September 1987) was a Danish artist, considered to be one of the country's finest colourists. Born in Frederiksberg, Hartz was first instructed in art at the age of 19 by the German Expressionist painter, Fritz Urschbach who aroused his interest in... Read full biography
Lauritz Berg Hartz (27 December 1903 – 22 September 1987) was a Danish artist, considered to be one of the country's finest colourists. Born in Frederiksberg, Hartz was first instructed in art at the age of 19 by the German Expressionist painter, Fritz Urschbach who aroused his interest in naturalism. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen under Sigurd Wandel and Aksel Jørgensen where he quickly gained a reputation as a talented artist. Suffering from schizophrenia,... Read full biography
Lauritz Berg Hartz (27 December 1903 – 22 September 1987) was a Danish artist, considered to be one of the country's finest colourists. Born in Frederiksberg, Hartz was first instructed in art at the age of 19 by the German Expressionist painter, Fritz Urschbach who aroused his interest in naturalism. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen under Sigurd Wandel and Aksel Jørgensen where he quickly gained a reputation as a talented artist. Suffering from schizophrenia, his health deteriorated from about 1935, requiring him to be hospitalised more and more frequently. Yet even after permanent hospitalisation in Nykøbing Sjælland in 1942, he continued to paint, participating in the exhibitions of the Corner group of... Read full biography
Lauritz Berg Hartz (27 December 1903 – 22 September 1987) was a Danish artist, considered to be one of the country's finest colourists. Born in Frederiksberg, Hartz was first instructed in art at the age of 19 by the German Expressionist painter, Fritz Urschbach who aroused his interest in naturalism. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen under Sigurd Wandel and Aksel Jørgensen where he quickly gained a reputation as a talented artist. Suffering from schizophrenia, his health deteriorated from about 1935, requiring him to be hospitalised more and more frequently. Yet even after permanent hospitalisation in Nykøbing Sjælland in 1942, he continued to paint, participating in the exhibitions of the Corner group of which he had been a founding member. Many of his works depict scenes from Odsherred in the northwest of Zealand. He is considere... Read full biography
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Lauritz Berg Hartz (27 December 1903 – 22 September 1987) was a Danish artist, considered to be one of the country's finest colourists.
Born in Frederiksberg, Hartz was first instructed in art at the age of 19 by the German Expressionist painter, Fritz Urschbach who aroused his interest in naturalism. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen under Sigurd Wandel and Aksel Jørgensen where he quickly gained a reputation as a talented artist.
Suffering from schizophrenia, his health deteriorated from about 1935, requiring him to be hospitalised more and more frequently. Yet even after permanent hospitalisation in Nykøbing Sjælland in 1942, he continued to paint, participating in the exhibitions of the Co...But wait, there's more...
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