Bertel thorvaldsen biography of martin
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Bertel Thorvaldsen Bronze Sculptures & Bronze Figures
Bertel Thorvaldsen ()
was next to Antonio Canova the most important sculptor of Classicism in Europe. He became one of the most famous Danish artist. Most of his life he spent in Italy.
Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen was born on November 19, in Norway as son of an Island woodcarver named Gotskalk Thorvaldsen and his wife Karen Dagnes. He got educated by his father, but after his talent was recognized, he attended the Royal Academy of Arts at the age of eleven. His master was Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard.
The life of Bertel Thorvaldsen
In he got honoured with the small silver medal for his talent and his work. Two years later he was honoured with the big silver medal for another sculpture he executed. After finishing a relief in he got honoured again and in he got the big gold medal for the relief of St. Peter. Furthermore he attracted the attention of Christian Frederick Reventlow, who became one of his patrons
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The Thorvaldsens Museum Archives
Bertel Thorvaldsen arrived in Rome on the 8th March, , having received a travelling scholarship from the Royal Academy of Art in Copenhagen. He brought with him a letter of introduction to the archaeologist, Georg Zoëga, who immediately took him under his wing, and he joined the circle round A.J. Carstens. Thorvaldsen’s years of apprenticeship in Rome lasted for six years and came to an end with Thomas Hope’s order for his statue of Jason in marble. During these years his output was modest, consisting among other things of some portrait busts, a couple of small groups, a series of copies in marble of antique busts, and a copy, in reduced size, of one of the horse-tamers on Monte Cavallo. Conditions in Rome were difficult at this time, owing to the war and the French occupation. Most of the foreign artists had left the city, and the famous works of art in the Vatican and in private collections were removed by the French and incorporated in the Louv
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19th century
Bertel Thorvaldsen: Anacreon and Cupid, –24
Danish, –
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Danish, –
Anacreon and Cupid, –24
marble, 20 5/8 x 26 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. (52 x 68 x 7 cm)
Henry Melville Fuller Fund,
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Danish, –
Anacreon and Cupid, –24
marble, 20 5/8 x 26 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. (52 x 68 x 7 cm)
Henry Melville Fuller Fund,
Nineteenth-century art in Europe and the Americas evolved in relative sync. Neoclassism, which was the overriding style around , is represented in the Currier Museum’s collection historical narrative paintings (Bernard Duvivier), formal portraits (Louis Gauffier; Hiram Powers) and decorative arts (Boston and Sandwich Glass Company; Piranesi table). The style of these works was inspired bygd the excavations at the ancient långnovell cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, which had been buried since the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD
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