A full moon over Frederiksborg Castle by Joachim Ferdinand Richardt

View of the Ruined Castle of Hammershus, Ferdinand Richardt, 1849

Cave of the Winds, Niagara Falls

Ferdinand Richardt 

1857

Ferdinand Richardt, 1839 - A studio at the Academy of fine Arts, Copenhagen

Steamwheeler on the Upper Mississippi by Ferdinand Richardt // "I Bought The Mississippi River" by Sparks

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FERDINAND RICHARDT

Joachim Ferdinand Richardt (1819-1895)

View of the Niagara River Looking Toward Lake Ontario

signed and dated 'F. Richardt 1857.' (lower center)

oil on canvas

16 x 24 1/2 in. (40.6 x 62.2 cm.)

Painted in 1857.

Bonhams

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❌ Daniel Aleksander King - United States of America/New York/Manhattan ✅ Nicholas William Grey - Medieval England ✅ Noel Thomas Mercer - Modern England ❌  Bradley Marion Walker-Rhodes - Appalachia/Tennessee ✅ Gabriel Emmanuel Hill - American Southwest/Deseret/Utah ✅ Noah Jack Martin - Australia/Queensland/Brisbane ❌ Jonas Imanuel Federer - The Republic of Switzerland ✅ Ferdinand Muyskens - Belgium ❌ Santiago Tercero del Oroitz - Spain ❌ MacKenzie James Hudson - Canada ✅ Johannes Richardt Adlerstahn - Austria ❌ Matthias Andersen - Denmark ❌ Thiel Joachim Taubel - Prussia/Kaliningrad Oblast ✅ Thore Tselde Taubel - Brandenburg ✅ Milovar Menowen - Latveria

Ferdinand Richardt (April 10, 1819 - 1895) was a Danish landscape painter who emigrated to the US in 1873 and made his name there.

Richardt trained at the Danish Royal Academy from age 17 and eventually graduated after winning both Silver Medals. He toured the Danish Great Houses, panting and drawing over a 1000 works depicting them, which secured his a scholarship from The Danish Royal House in exchange for one landscape and one architecture painting per year for 5 years.

Richardt started spending more and more time traveling the US in the 1850s and he was particularly fascinated with Niagara Falls which he painted from every possible angle. Eventually he relocated there with his whole family, but moved on to San Francisco and eventually settled in Oakland.

Many of Richardt’s works are in prominent collections in Denmark (SMK) and the US (The White House Historical Association (White House Collection), and The Metropolitan Museum in NYC).

Above: Underneath Niagara Falls, 1862 - oil on canvas (Metropolitan Musuem of Art)

Ferdinand Richardt - Niagara Falls (ca. 1860)

Underneath Niagara Falls, Ferdinand Richardt, 1862

Oil on canvas 40 x 31 ½ in. (101.6 x 79.2 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY, USA

Ferdinand Richardt (1819–1895) Underneath Niagara Falls

Underneath Niagara Falls, Ferdinand Richardt, 1862, American Paintings and Sculpture

Purchase, Judith H. Deutsch Bequest and Daniel Hammerman Gift, 1980 Size: 40 x 31 1/2 in. (101.6 x 79.2 cm) Medium: Oil on canvas

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11913

Steamwheeler on the Upper Mississippi, Ferdinand Richardt, 1865, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Paintings

steamwheeler on river front center; bluffs on L bank As the interior of America became more accessible in the 1800s, European and American artists arrived with their sketchpads. Back in the studio, their visual notes guided their dramatic paintings of nature’s splendor. From 1855 to 1859, Richardt visited several of the country’s famous natural wonders: Niagara Falls, Mammoth Caves, Virginia’s Natural Bridge, and the upper reaches of the Mississippi River. Arriving in St. Paul in 1857, he immediately began to explore the region’s chief geographical landmarks, such as Lake Pepin and St. Anthony Falls. Nine years later, back in Denmark, he based this painting on sketches from that trip. Size: 24 3/8 x 31 3/4 in. (61.91 x 80.65 cm) (sight) 32 1/2 x 39 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. (82.55 x 100.97 x 6.35 cm) (outer frame) Medium: Oil on canvas

https://collections.artsmia.org/art/91556/

Shannon's Online Fine Art Auction on Thursday, June 25th, features American Impressionism, 19th century art and more

Milford, CT, USA, June 18, 2020 -- Shannon’s expanded schedule of Online Fine Art Auctions has been a treasure trove for new and seasoned collectors. With diverse lots ranging from 19th century American and European Art to Contemporary Fine Prints, the offerings in Shannon’s online auctions attract a broad audience at every price-point. The Thursday, June 25th sale of nearly 200 lots, starting at 2 pm Eastern time, is no exception. Headlining the auction are several fresh-to-the-market, quality paintings by leading American Impressionists. Offerings include A View of Greenwich Harbor by John Henry Twachtman (est. $20,000-30,0000); Winter Stream by George Gardner Symons (est. $15,000-25,000); A View of the Bronx River by Ernest Lawson – a highly comparable work to another painting by Lawson in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (est. $15,000-25,000); and a Sunlit Doorway by Abbott Fuller Graves (est. $12,000-18,000). Paintings by Francis Coates Jones, Colin Campbell Cooper, Childe Hassam, John Fabian Carlson and Edward Henry Potthast will also be featured. In the 19th century paintings category, a beautiful Jules Breton painting of a young woman Mending the Nets in front a river view is sure to attract an international audience (est. $30,000-50,000). Paintings by other notable American and European 19th century artists including Louis Charles Moller, Ferdinand Richardt, Thomas Chambers, Worthington Whittredge and Victor de Grailly will be offered. Read the full article