Adolf von Becker

Adolf von Becker — Adolf von Becker studied at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. training under Thomas Couture and Léon Bonnat is recorded. Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Helene Schjerfbeck and Elin Danielson-Gambogi are recorded as having studied under Adolf von Becker. the recorded working language is Finnish and Swedish. The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait, genre and realism. The authority associates the name with realism. Places of work recorded in the authority are Helsinki. Work by Adolf von Becker is recorded in the collections of Finnish National Gallery, EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Ostrobothnian Museum, Serlachius Museums and National Museum of Finland. The heading is also recorded as Adolf Von Becker, Adolf Becker, A. von Becker and Adolf v. becker. Adolf von Becker is recorded with the citizenship of Grand Duchy of Finland. It is also recorded that adolf von Becker is recorded as painter.

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Works and production

Catalogued output is recorded as follows.

Baby being fed is dated 1874. It is also recorded that woman in Profile, Turned Right is dated 1898/99 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1978.26). It is also recorded that über die Entwicklung von Carcinomen in accessorischen Mammadrüsen ... / vorgelegt von Adolf Stiefel. is dated 1886 and held by Wellcome Collection. The same evidence establishes that entwicklung, Ernährung und Ernährungsstörung einer sarkomatösen Geschwulst ... / vorgelegt von Adolf Dehler. is dated 1892 and held by Wellcome Collection.

Ueber die chemische Zusammensetzung der Thymusdrüse : Inaugural-Dissertation der hohen medicinischen Facultät in Würzburg vorgelegt / von Ad. Krummacher. is dated 1861 and held by Wellcome Collection. Wikidata Query Service catalogues 28 works under this heading. Institutional cataloguing adds that open Library catalogues 1 work under this heading. The register further records that the Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 3 works under this heading.

Wellcome Collection catalogues 7 works under this heading. The same evidence establishes that herman Hallonblad, Sketch for Double Portrait of Herman and Elisabeth Hallonblad is dated 1888 and held by Finnish National Gallery (inventory A II 875:8). The record continues: the Bridge at Asnières after the Siege of Paris in 1871 is dated 1871 and held by Finnish National Gallery (inventory A I 107). Interior from the Hallonblads' Home, Hympölä Manor is dated 1888 and held by Finnish National Gallery (inventory A II 1209).

View from Meilahti is dated 1900 and held by Finnish National Gallery (inventory A III 2302). It is also recorded that elisabeth Hallonblad, Sketch for the Double Portrait of Herman and Elisabeth Hallonblad is dated 1888 and held by Finnish National Gallery (inventory A II 1207). It is also recorded that the Art Expert is dated 1880 and held by Saastamoinen foundation (inventory SSKO:494). The Rural Women is dated 1895 and held by Saastamoinen foundation (inventory SSKO:19).

Die Anomalien der Refraction und Accomodation des Auges / von F.C. Donders. is dated 1866 and held by Wellcome Collection. Das enge Becken : eigenen Beobachtungen und Untersuchungen / Gustav Adolf Michaelis ; Hrsg. von Carl Conrad Theodor Litzmann. is dated 1851 and held by Wellcome Collection. Das Enge Becken : nach eigenen Beobachtungen und Untersuchungen / Gustave Adolf Michaelis; herausgegeben von Carl Conrad Theodor Litzman. is dated 1865 and held by Wellcome Collection.

Collections and holdings

Institutional holdings are recorded as follows.

Finnish National Gallery records 20 objects associated with this heading. Institutional cataloguing adds that ostrobothnian Museum records 3 objects associated with this heading. Institutional cataloguing adds that saastamoinen foundation records 2 objects associated with this heading. Institutional cataloguing adds that eMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art records 1 object associated with this heading.

Nordea Art Foundation Finland records 1 object associated with this heading. Gösta Serlachius Fine Arts Foundation records 1 object associated with this heading. It is also recorded that the Art Institute of Chicago records 3 objects associated with this heading. Wellcome Collection records 7 objects associated with this heading.

Sources and evidence

This entry is compiled from 6 catalogued sources across 6 independent registers. The registers consulted are Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, Internet Archive, The Art Institute of Chicago, Crossref registry and Wellcome Collection. Every statement above is held against the register that stated it; where the registers are silent, the entry is silent.

In detail

Adolf von Becker studied at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. training under Thomas Couture and Léon Bonnat is recorded. Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Helene Schjerfbeck and Elin Danielson-Gambogi are recorded as having studied under Adolf von Becker. the recorded working language is Finnish and Swedish.

The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait, genre and realism. The authority associates the name with realism.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Helsinki.

Work by Adolf von Becker is recorded in the collections of Finnish National Gallery, EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Ostrobothnian Museum, Serlachius Museums and National Museum of Finland.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Becker, Adolf von, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Open Library author record for Adolf von Becker (Internet Archive), 1 catalogued work.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  3. 3.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Adolf von Becker.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  4. 4.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 7 works naming Adolf von Becker.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  5. 5.

    “Adolf von Becker”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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  6. 6.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q4115633: Adolf von Becker

    authority record · Unverified · Wikidata

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