Joachim Christian Geelmuyden Gyldenkrantz Frich (24 July 1810 - 29 January 1858) was a Norwegian landscape painter. He was associated with the
Düsseldorf school of painting (''Düsseldorf-skolen'').
Biography
Joachim Frich was from
Bergen, Norway. He was the son of David Frich (1782-1859) and his wife Gertrude Barclay (1782-1838).
He received his first training in Bergen with
Lyder Sagen and
Carl Peter Lehmann (1794-1876). He studied at the Art Academy in
Copenhagen under
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg,
Johan Ludwig Lund
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and
Johan Frederik Møller
Johan Frederik Møller, also J. F. Møller, (20 August 1797 - 14 October 1871) was a Danish painter and photographer.
Biography
Møller was born in Helsingør. He was the son of Peter Møller and Christine Olsdatter. His father was a customs o ...
from 1834 to 1836. He advanced to Gipsskolen, where he was a student from 1834 until 1835. He then went to the Dresden Art Academy of Art (''Kunstakademie Düsseldorf'') in 1836, where he was a pupil of
Johan Christian Dahl from 1836 to 1837. From 1837-1839, he stayed in
Munich, where he was influences by the landscape paintings of
Carl Rottmann
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Rottmann belonged to the circle of artists around King Lud ...
.
He then settled in
Christiania (now Oslo) and in 1841 he became a teacher of the Royal School of Drawing. He also became a member of the board of the National Gallery in Christiania. In 1844 Frich was one of the founders of the
Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments (''Foreningen til Norske Fortidsmindesmerkers Bevaring''). In 1846 and 1855 he undertook study trips to
Düsseldorf, whose school of painting influenced him artistically. He also undertook annual trips, visiting
Sweden
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, the
Netherlands and
Belgium.
In 1850, he completed a series of six large decorative landscape paintings for the dining room in
Oscarshall palace on
Bygdøy. He also completed illustrations for ''Norge fremstillet i tegninger'', a series of books produced by Norwegian publisher and author,
Christian Tønsberg
Nils Christian Tønsberg (7 December 1813 – 6 February 1897) was a Norwegian publisher and author. Christian Tønsberg became one of the larger Norwegian publishers and was best known for illustrated books about Norway.
Background
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Gallery
File:Joachim Frich Høstlandskap.jpg, ''Høstlandskap'' (1848)
File:Joachim Frich Fra Hallingdal.jpg, ''Fra Hallingdal'' (1849)
File:Joachim Frich Bakkehuset Pilestredet.jpg, ''Bakkehuset Pilestredet'' (1850)
File:Joachim Frich Fra øvre Telemark.jpg, ''Fra øvre Telemark'' (1852)
File:Joachim Frich Fra Holsfjorden Ringerike.jpg, ''Fra Holsfjorden, Ringerike'' (1856)
References
Other sources
* Noss, Aagot (1973) ''Joachim Frichs draktakvarellar'' (Det Norske Samlaget)
External links
Joachim Frich gallery
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1810 births
1858 deaths
Artists from Bergen
Norwegian landscape painters
Norwegian expatriates in Germany
19th-century Norwegian painters
Norwegian male painters
19th-century Norwegian male artists