Louis Gurlitt (1812 - 1897)
1812-03-08Hamburg, Germany1897-11-19Naundorf, GermanyGermany, Denmark
Louis Gurlitt
Heinrich Louis Theodor Gurlitt was a German and Danish painter of the second half of the 19th century. He is known as a Romantic landscape painter, a representative of the Hamburg and Düsseldorf schools.
Louis Gurlitt created canvases that are now part of the Royal Danish collection of paintings. Among his famous works are "Landscape near Salzburg", "Monte Pellegrino", "Ieranto Bay with Fishermen" and "Northern Italian Landscape". His works have been exhibited at the auctions "19th Century Painting" and "19th Century European Painting", and the painting "Norwegian Landscape" was sold in 2012 at Sotheby's London for $22,174.
Date and place of birt: | 8 march 1812, Hamburg, Germany |
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Date and place of death: | 19 november 1897, Naundorf, Germany |
Nationality: | Germany, Denmark |
Period of activity: | XIX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Landscape painter, Painter |
Art school / group: | Düsseldorf school of painting |
Genre: | Mountain landscape, Landscape painting, Rural landscape |
Art style: | Romanticism |