Holger H. Jerichau
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Holger Hvidtfeldt Jerichau (29 April 1861, Copenhagen – 25 December 1900, Copenhagen) was a Danish landscape painter. His brother, Harald Jerichau, was also a well known painter in the same genre.
Life and work
He was born to the sculptor,
Beginning in 1884, he exhibited landscapes with Italian motifs. He lived abroad for most of his life; primarily in Italy, but also in southern Russia and Asia, including a year in India (1893–94). Most of his Danish landscapes are from 1885 and 1886, when he lived near
Much of his work is now rated as superficial, and obviously aimed at the tastes of the widest possible audience. Despite the cultural diversity of the places where he lived and visited, his choice of subjects is often banal and the colors very simple.[citation needed]
He died on Christmas in 1900, and is buried at the Hørsholm Cemetery . Although only thirty-nine, his overall output was considerable.
Sources
- J.B.H., "Holger H. Jerichau", In: Merete Bodelsen and Povl Engelstoft (Eds.), Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon, Copenhagen, Aschehoug (1947–52)
- Gunnar Carlquist (Ed.), Svensk uppslagsbok, Vol.14, 1933, pg.408
External links
Media related to Holger H. Jerichau at Wikimedia Commons
- Biographical data @ the Kunstindeks Danmark
- Biographical notes and image of gravestone @ Gravsted