Georg Anton Rasmussen
Georg Anton Rasmussen (7 August 1842, in Stavanger – 23 October 1914, in Berlin) was a Norwegian landscape painter who spent most of his career in Germany. [1]
Biography
He began his artistic education in Bergen, where he studied with Johan Ludvig Losting and Anders Askevold. In 1863, he went to Copenhagen to study with Frederik Rohde and take classes at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. From 1864 to 1867, he completed his studies at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, in the Kingdom of Prussia, with Oswald Achenbach and was influenced by the works of Hans Gude. After completing his studies, he remained in Düsseldorf.[2]
From 1868 to 1900, he was a member of
His paintings always included foregrounds with people and boats; occasionally houses. Many of his works were copied and sold as prints. Some art historians maintain that he would be better known today if he had become a member of the Berlin Secession.
His works may be seen at the
References
- ^ "Anton Rasmussen". Norsk Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ Rasmußen, Maler, Jägerhofstr. 2, in Adreßbuch der Oberbürgermeisterei Düsseldorf, 1865
Further reading
- (in German) Rasmussen, Georg Anton. In: Ulrich Thieme, Felix Becker (editors): Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Band 28, E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1934, S. 23.
External links
- More works by Rasmussen @ ArtNet
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