Edvard Lehmann
Illustration — Johanne louise Heiberg and Ludvig Phister in Johan Ludvig Heiberg's play No at the Royal Danish Theatre, 1937 Edvard Lehmann (1815-1892) was a Danish painter, illustrator and lithographer who is mainly remembered for his work as a theatre painter. His drawings and watercolours are an important source of knowledge about Danish theatre during the Danish Golden Age.
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Edvard Lehmann
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- Born
- 1815. · Copenhagen.
- Died
- 1892. · Copenhagen.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark.
- Fields
- portrait.
- Teachers
- Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg and Johan Ludwig Lund.
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Illustration — Johanne louise Heiberg and Ludvig Phister in Johan Ludvig Heiberg's play No at the Royal Danish Theatre, 1937 Edvard Lehmann (1815-1892) was a Danish painter, illustrator and lithographer who is mainly remembered for his work as a theatre painter. His drawings and watercolours are an important source of knowledge about Danish theatre during the Danish Golden Age.
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Biography
Biography
Lehmann was born in Copenhagen on 20 January 1815, the son of miniature painter Johan Peter Christian Lehmann and Johanne Lassen. He never married and left no children. Lehmann studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1828. He worked at the Royal Danish Theatre as a costume draughtsman c. 1840-70, collaborating with August Bournonville. Lehmann was also active as a portraitist and painted humorous genre paintings of street life in Copenhagen.
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Exhibitions
As of 1994 Lehmann's work had been exhibited at: • Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition, Copenhagen (1829, 1931–34, 1836–58, 1867–69, 1876, 1878–81, 1885) • Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm (1850) • Nordic Art Exhibition, Copenhagen (1872) • Rgeatre Exhibition, Copenhagen (1898) • City Hall Exhibition, Copenhagen (1901) • Danish Jewish Artists, Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen (1908) • My Best Artwork, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen (1941) • Kunstnerforen. af 18. Nov., Copenhagen (1942) • Arte danese, Palazzo Braschi, Rome (1974) • De ukendte guldaldermalere, Kunstforeninge, Copenhagen (1982) • C.W. Eckersberg and His Students, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen (1983) • Inden for murene, Kunstforeneningen, Copenhagen (1984)
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Gallery
• Illustration — The Waagepetersen Family Portrait (c. 1856) • Illustration — Girl With Unbrella • Illustration — Mailman Delivering A Letter Through A Cellar Window • Illustration — Scene From Magstræde in Copenhagen
Kostumetegninger, sandsynligvis udført af Edvard Lehmann. Tegningerne findes i Det kongelige Teaters arkiv i Rigsarkivet.
Edvard Lehmann
Edvard Lehmann. Niels W. Gade (1817-1890) dirigerer i Musikforeningen i Casino, bly og hvidt på papir, usign. 29 x 35 cm.
Edvard Lehmann
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1815
Edvard Lehmann born at Copenhagen.
1892
Edvard Lehmann died at Copenhagen.
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He trained under Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg and Johan Ludwig Lund. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
Edvard Lehmann is recorded as painter, lithographer, draftsperson, illustrator and artist.
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