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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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About Adolph Ulrich Wertmuller: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (6)
All MuseumsMetropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028New-York Historical Society
2 West 77th Street At Central Park
New York City, NY 10024North Carolina Museum of Art
2110 Blue Ridge Road
Mail To 4630 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-4630The Baltimore Museum of Art
10 Art Museum Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
118 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102