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Ferdinand (Joachim) Richardt

Ferdinand (Joachim) Richardt (1819 - 1895) was active/lived in New York, California / Denmark.  Ferdinand Richardt is known for Danish manor houses and waterfall paintings.

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Ferdinand Richardt (1819-1895): A Brief Biography by Melinda Young Stuart 2003.

Ferdinand Richardt, whose full name was Joachim Ferdinand Richardt, was born in Brede, Denmark, just north of Copenhagen, and studied at the Royal Art Academy in Copenhagen with Bertel Thorvaldsen, Gustav Hetsch, and J.L.Lund.  Early on he received support from the Danish Crown to travel, sketch, and paint landscapes and castles, and a number of his paintings soon entered the royal collections.

His lithographs (sketched "from Nature") of Danish and Swedish manor houses began appearing in 1844, and were widely acquired by Scandinavia's landed gentry until the series ended in 1870.  In 1855, Richardt embarked on a sojourn to America, reputedly at the invitation of William Vanderbilt who was said to have paid him $14,000 for a painting of Niagara Falls.  This 4-year visit allowed Richardt to produce over 100 landscape canvases of Niagara Falls, the Mississippi River,   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 11648 characters.]  Artist bio

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   Publications  Book References:  44
Magazine References:  3

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3 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Ferdinand (Joachim) Richardt
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review Americana from the US Department of April 2003 Fairbanks and Serfaty Yes
American Art Review Scene in Oakland June 2002 Jones, Harvey L Yes
American Art Review Easels in the Arroyos October 1994 Moure, Nancy Yes
44 Book References for Ferdinand (Joachim) Richardt
Year Author Title Pages Color
2008 Pennington, Estill Curtis Kentucky The Master Painters 0 Yes
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2003 Fairbanks and Serfaty Becoming a Nation: Americana from the Diplomatic Reception Rooms, US Department of State
(Exhibition catalog)
232 Yes
2003 Hicklin, Robert Jr. Calm in the Shadow of the Palmetto and Magnolis: Southern Art 0 Yes
2003 Stuart, Melinda:Niels Stilling Danish Manor Houses and America: Landscape Art of Ferdinand Richardt 250 Yes
2003 Stuart, Melinda;Niels Stilling The Landscape Art of Ferdinand Richardt 1819-1895 (Danish & English) 250 Yes
2002 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California: 1786-1940 (Two Volumes)
Available For Sale.
1249 No
2000 Cuthbert, John A. Early Art and Artists in West Virginia 301 Yes
2000 Wasserman, Diane The Spirit of Oakland: An Anthology 296 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1995 Cocke, William A Historical Album of Virginia 64 Yes
1994 Baumgartner, Eric W (essay) Our Own Bright Land: American Topographical Pictures, 1770-1930
(Exhibition catalog)
32 Yes
1993 Lane, Christopher W Impressions of Niagara: The Charles Rand Penney Collection 198 Yes
1992 Hicklin, Robert Jr Antiquarian Pursuits 0 Yes
1992 Kloss, William (et al) A Nation's Pride Art in the White House 375 Yes
1991 Seibel, George A Bridges Over the Niagara Gorge: Rainbow Bridge-50 Years, 1941-1991 257 Yes
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: The Far Midwest, Rocky Mountain West, Southwest, Pacific Volume Three 396 Yes
1990 McLanathan, Richard Wonderous Spaces: New York State Landscapes from New York State Museums
(Exhibition catalog)
86 Yes
1990 Vincent, Stephen et al O California ! 19th & Early 20th Cen Landscapes 272 Yes
1989 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California, 1786-1940 637 No
1989 Sears, John F Sacred Places: American Tourist Attractions in the Nineteenth Century 243 Yes
1988 Riehlman, Franklin; Glen C. Peck The American Spirit: Paintings, Watercolors and Sculpture from 1817-1987 H V Allison Galleries
(Exhibition catalog)
54 Yes
1987 Merrick, George B Old Times on the Upper Mississippi: Recollections of a Steamboat Pilot from 1854 to 1863 323 Yes
1986 Munson Williams-Proctor Inst Two Hundred Years of American Art 101 Yes
1985 Adamson, Jeremy Elwell Niagara Two Centuries of Changing Attitudes 1697-1901
(Exhibition catalog)
167 Yes
1985 Dawdy, Doris Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary 1184 No
1985 McKinsey, Elizabeth Niagara Falls: Icon of the American Sublime 331 Yes
1984 Orr-Cahill, Christina The Art of California Selected Works/ Oakland Museum 199 Yes
1984 Wilmerding, John The Waters of America 19th Century Paintings of Rivers, Streams, Lakes and Waterfalls
(Exhibition catalog)
104 No
1983 Wright, R Lewis Artists in Virginia Before 1900: An Annotated Checklist 200 No
1982 Baird, Joseph Armstrong, Jr Views of Yosemite The Last Stance of the Romantic Landscape
(Exhibition catalog)
43 Yes
1982 Koke, Richard J American Landscape/Genre Paintings in the New York Historical Society (3 vols) 1243 No
1982 University Gallery Minnesota The Divided Heart Scandinavian Immigrant Artists 1850-1950
(Exhibition catalog)
40 No
1980 Galleries, Hirschl and Adler American Art from the Gallery's Collection October 4 - 25, 1980 112 Yes
1976 Coen, Rena Neumann Painting and Sculpture in Minnesota 1820-1914 146 Yes
1976 Samuels, Peggy and Harold The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West 549 No
1974 Wilmerding, John (Introductory Essay) 19th Century American Topographic Painters Lowe Art Museum Exhibition, November 21, 1974-January 5, 1975
(Exhibition catalog)
95 Yes
1971 Bridwell, Margaret M Story of Mammoth Cave National Park Kentucky: A Brief History 64 No
1970 Hawes, Louis The American Scene 1820-1900 An exhibition of landscape and outdoor genre
(Exhibition catalog)
143 No
1969 Hirschl & Adler Galleries The American Scene A Survey of the Life and Landscape of the 19th Century
(Exhibition catalog)
74 Yes
1968 Hirschl & Adler Galleries Twenty-Five American Masterpieces
(Exhibition catalog)
32 Yes
1968 Public Education Association The American Vision Paintings 1825-1875
(Exhibition catalog)
64 Yes
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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