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Feb 8 2011
Independence Hall in Philadelphia by Ferdinand Richardt
Academician / American / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “Independence Hall in Philadelphia” by Ferdinand Richardt, completed in 1863. Joachim Ferdiand Richardt was born in 1819 Denmark and studied at the Royal Danish Academy from the age of seventeen. He received an annual stipend from the crown for the five years ending in 1852 and three years later first visited the United States. He returned to Europe where he married and had good success with his paintings. He moved permanently to the United States In 1873, to California in 1875 and finally to Oakland in 1876 where he died on October 29, 1895. This is wonderful example of Richardt’s masterful portraits of buildings and natural wonders. This is one of two of his works that hang in the White House.
Jan 21 2011
Summer Landscape by Ferdinand von Wright, 1877
Academician / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This a reproduction of Ferdinand von Wright’s “Summer Landscape” of 1877. The artist was from Finland and from the age of sixteen worked as an illustrator in Sweden. He returned to his parents’ estate in 1844 when he was twenty-two years old and began a secluded life in which he produced many paintings. In 1885 he was granted a pension by the government. He continued to produce paintings until his death in 1908 despite suffering paralysis beginning in 1884.
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