Julius Friedlænder

Upper Flights of the Spanish Steps in Rome
Group of Tightrope Walkers just before a Performance

Julius Friedlænder (29 January 1810 – 18 September 1861) was a Danish genre painter. [1]

Biography

Friedlænder was born at Copenhagen, Denmark. He was the son of Marcus Friedländer and Rebecca Heymann. He entered the Academy in 1824, afterwards studying under Johan Ludwig Lund (1777–1867).[2]

In 1842, he was awarded a travel scholarship from the Academy. In 1843-44 he visited Paris and Italy, whence he derived additional subjects for his art. Still later he took to depicting military and naval life.[1]

He exhibited at the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition periodically between 1812-1861. He died in Copenhagen during 1861.[3]

Among his pictures are:

  • Group of Tightrope Walkers just before a Performance. (Copenhagen Gallery. 1840-1841 )
  • Upper Flights of the Spanish Steps in Rome (Copenhagen Gallery. 1847)

References

  1. ^ a b Peter Nørgaard Larsen. "Julius Friedlænder". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  2. ^ Hannemarie Ragn Jensen. "J. L. Lund". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  3. ^ Ph. Weilbach. "Friedlænder, Julius, 1810-61". Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Retrieved April 1, 2019.

Other sources

  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Friedlænder, Julius". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.


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