Edvard Lehmann

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.

Biography

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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.[1]

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.[2]

Exhibitions

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As of 1994 Lehmann's work had been exhibited at:[3]

  • 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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References

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  1. ^ "Edvard Lehmann - Genealogi". Kunstindeks Danmark. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Edvard Lehmann". denstoredanske.dk. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Edvard Lehmann - Udstillinger". Kunstindeks Danmark. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
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