In the history of art, Georg Friedrich Kersting is one of the names that keeps being returned to.
The record lists Georg Friedrich Kersting as German artist (1785-1847).
Georg Friedrich Kersting was born at Güstrow in 1785. His recorded nationality is Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. He trained at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
Academies set the rules in this period - what counted as a serious subject, and who was allowed to train.
He worked as painter.
His recorded movement is biedermeier.
Among his best-known works are Embroidery woman series, Apollo with the Hours and Caspar David Friedrich in his Studio. Looking is a skill, and the artists who last are those who taught their audience how to do it.
That the work was made in Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin shaped it: artistic traditions, academies and the galleries that decide what is seen have never been evenly distributed.
Georg Friedrich Kersting died in 1847, aged 62. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.
Achievements
- Notable work: Embroidery woman series
- Notable work: Apollo with the Hours
- Notable work: Caspar David Friedrich in his Studio
- Movement: Biedermeier
