Gustav Adolf Friedrich, Child Portrait, 1851, Watercolor, Framed

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Gustav Adolf Friedrich

1824 Dresden – 1889 ibid.

'Portrait of a blond-haired toddler in a blue suit with an apple(?) … Read more Gustav Adolf Friedrich

1824 Dresden – 1889 ibid.

'Portrait of a blond-haired toddler in a blue suit with an apple(?) in its right hand'
Watercolor and pencil on sand-colored laid paper, matted, framed
Signed, located, and dated lower right ("Dresden, November 10, 1851")
Size: 28.9 x 24.7 cm (sheet) or 27.6 x 23.7 cm (image area) or 37.5 x 33.6 cm (frame)

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Gustav Adolf Friedrich

Painter, draftsman.

Son of Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840).

1840–46 Studied at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts (under Ludwig Richter, Friedrich Matthäi, Ferdinand Hartmann, Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein, and Johann Karl Ulrich Bähr).

His wife, Caroline Therese, née Lehmann (1828–1914), and son, Harald (1858–1933), were also artists.

The family undertook numerous study trips to places including Venice, Paris, Denmark, Tyrol, Upper Bavaria, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.

Exhibitions:

1841: First participation in an exhibition at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. Subsequently, numerous participations in the Academy's exhibitions.

1889: Memorial and posthumous exhibition at the Saxon Art Association, Dresden.

1906: Represented in the "Exhibition of German Art from the Period 1775–1875," National Gallery, Berlin.

Collections:

Chemnitz Municipal Art Collections
Dresden State Art Collections (SKD)
Pomeranian State Museum, Greifswald
Lower Saxony State Museum, Hanover See less