Johan Görbitz (8 September 1782 – 3 July 1853) was a
Norwegian painter. He is most associated with his portraits of prominent Norwegians.
Görbitz was born in
Sandviken, Norway. He was one of ten children born to Martin Görbitz (1738-1796) and
Lucia Pytter (1762-1825). His father was a successful merchant in
Bergen, Norway
Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, secon ...
. In 1798, he was sent to
Copenhagen to develop his artistic talents at the
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. In 1802, he returned to Bergen, where until 1805 he worked as a portrait painter. From 1805 to 1807, he was again in Copenhagen to continue their education, but then traveled to
Dresden and
Vienna.
In 1809 he moved to
Paris, where for many years he remained a popular portrait painter. In 1836, he returned to Norway and settled in
Christiania (now Oslo). During the 1840s, he was one of Norway's more popular portrait artists and painted many of significant men and women on the time.
Gallery
File:Niels Henrik Abel.jpg, Niels Henrik Abel
File:Camilla Collett 1839.jpg, Camilla Collett
File:Jonas Collett by Gørbitz.png, Jonas Collett
Jonas Collett (25 March 1772 – 3 January 1851) was a Danish-Norwegian public official, legislator, and statesman. Born on the Rønnebæksholm estate at Næstved in Denmark, he remained in Norway after the termination of the personal union with De ...
File:Peter Jonas Collett OB.00807.jpg, Peter Jonas Collett
File:Jacob Neumann by Gørbitz.png, Jacob Neumann
File:Frederik Stang by Gørbitz.png, Frederik Stang
References
1782 births
1853 deaths
Artists from Bergen
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni
Norwegian portrait painters
19th-century Norwegian painters
Norwegian male painters
19th-century Norwegian male artists
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