Johannes Gehrts (26 February 1855

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– 1921

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), brother of

Carl Gehrts Carl Gehrts, also Karl Gehrts, complete name Karl Heinrich Julius Gehrts (11 May 1853 – 17 July 1898) was a German painter, illustrator and academic scholar. As a professor, he taught at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Life Born in St. Paul ...

(1853–1898), was a leading German illustrator whose work appeared in popular magazines such as ''

Die Gartenlaube ''Die Gartenlaube – Illustriertes Familienblatt'' (; ) was the first successful mass-circulation German newspaper and a forerunner of all modern magazines.Sylvia Palatschek: ''Popular Historiographies in the 19th and 20th Centuries'' (Oxford: ...

'', in the design of children's books and in works of his friend

Felix Dahn Felix Dahn (9 February 1834 – 3 January 1912) was a German law professor, German nationalism, German nationalist author, poet and historian. Biography Ludwig Julius Sophus Felix Dahn was born in Hamburg as the oldest son of Friedrich (1811–1 ...

. He depicted scenes from Germanic and

Norse mythology Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia, and into the Nordic folklore of the modern period ...

, legends and sagas, pirate stories, travel adventures and fairy-tales. He also illustrated reports on the scientific expeditions of the German physician and anthropologist

Karl von den Steinen Karl von den Steinen (born March 7, 1855 in Mülheim, died November 4, 1929 in Kronberg im Taunus) was a German physician (with emphasis in psychiatry), ethnologist, explorer, and author of important anthropological work, which is particularly ...

. Gehrts attended the art academy of Weimar from 1873 to 1876, and lived in Düsseldorf from 1884 onwards.

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File:Dietrich fängt den Zwerg Alfrich by Johannes Gehrts.jpg, '' Dietrich catches the dwarf Alfrich'' (1883) File:Freya by Johannes Gehrts.jpg, ''Freya'' File:Gehrts Armin verabschiedet sich von Thusnelda 1884.jpg, ''

Arminius Arminius ( 18/17 BC – 21 AD) was a chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci tribe who is best known for commanding an alliance of Germanic tribes at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD, in which three Roman legions under the command of ge ...

'' ''says goodbye to Thusnelda'' (1884) File:Ostara by Johannes Gehrts.jpg, ''Ostara'' (1884) File:Walther und Hildgund auf der flucht (1883) by Johannes Gehrts.jpg, ''Walther and Hildegund on the run'' (1883) File:Titelblatt Felix Dahns Sämtliche Werke poetischen Inhalts.jpg, Title page for Felix Dahn's works File:Oserich und Oda by Johannes Gehrts.jpg, ''Oserich und Oda'' File:Gehrts Ivanhoe.jpg, ''Ritter Ivanhoe''

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from Walhall: Germanische Götter- und Heldensagen' by Felix Dahn and Therese Dahn, 1885. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gehrts, Johannes 1855 births 1921 deaths German illustrators 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists

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