Georg Emil Libert (2 August 1820 – 19 May 1908) was a Danish landscape painter. His specialties included scenes featuring Danish, German and Norwegian landscapes.

Biography

Libert was born in

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, Denmark. He was the son of Johan Christian Libert (1790-1846) and his first wife, Andrea Margrethe Hassing (1796-1820). His father was a cabinetmaker. He was a graduate of the

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in Copenhagen where he studied under

Johan Ludwig Lund Johan Ludwig Gebhard Lund (primarily known as J. L. Lund) (16 October 1777 – 3 March 1867) was a Danish painter, born in Kiel, Duchy of Holstein, to master painter Hans Giewert Lund and his wife Maria Magdalena Christina Bremer. An adherent of r ...

(1777– 1867). In 1845, he applied for travel support from the Academy, which was awarded to him in 1846 with renewed scholarship in 1847. He stayed abroad from 1857 to 1859, especially in

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and

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. He sought inspiration, especially from the

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landscape sctyene. He exhibited many works in Charlottenborg and at the

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(Art Association). He is best known for his paintings of the Baltic island of

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; indeed one of the cliffs at

Helligdomsklipperne Helligdomsklipperne (Sanctuary Rocks) are a group of rocks on the island of Bornholm, Denmark, from Gudhjem and from Tejn. They are characterised by moderately high coastal cliffs of sharp granite and are about high. The name of the rocks origin ...

, Libert's Rock (''Libertsklippen'') is named after him. Many of his works today are in the Danish National Gallery and

Thorvaldsens Museum The Thorvaldsen Museum is a single-artist museum in Copenhagen, Denmark, dedicated to the art of Danish Neoclassical sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844), who lived and worked in Rome for most of his life (1796–1838). The museum is locate ...

, and are highly sought after by buyers; his painting ''Ansicht des Heidelberger Schlosses Zwischen der Molkenkur, der Stadt'' (1859) sold for $11,240 at Sotheby's in Munich in June 1994.

Personal life

In 1852, he married Marie Philippine Caroline Busch (1830-1904). Georg Libert died during 1908 in Copenhagen and was buried at the

Cemetery of Holmen Holmen Cemetery (Danish: Holmens Kirkegård) is the oldest cemetery still in use in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was first located next to the naval Church of Holmen in the city centre but relocated to its current site on Dag Hammarskjölds Allé in t ...

Gallery

Georg Emil Libert - Sunset on a Bay, with Castle Ruins (Victoria and Albert Museum).jpg, ''Sunset on a Bay with Castle Ruins''
(1848) File:Georg Emil Libert - Personer i en robåd ud for Helligdomsklipperne, Bornholm - 1903.png, ''View of Helligdomsklipperne, Bornholm''
(1903) File:Georg Emil Libert - Vej i de norske fjelde med to bortridende ryttere (1845).jpg, ''Norwegian landscape with two men on horseback'' (1845) File:Georg Emil Libert - Landskab med en dreng ved en gravhøj (1885).jpg, ''Landscape with a boy sitting in front of a burial mound'' (1885)

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Danish landscape painters 1820 births 1908 deaths Artists from Copenhagen 19th-century Danish painters Danish male painters 20th-century Danish painters Burials at Holmen Cemetery 19th-century Danish male artists 20th-century Danish male artists {{Denmark-painter-stub