Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller
(1751–1811) svensk-amerikansk målare och tecknare
Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller (Sweden, 1751–1811) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller belongs to the chapter ‘Neoclassicism’ in this site’s history of art. In the history of Swedish art, Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller belongs to the chapter ‘The Gustavian age’.
Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller was born in Stockholm and died in Delaware County. The teachers included Joseph-Marie Vien, Pierre Hubert L'Archevêque, and Johan Tobias Sergel. Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller worked in France, Spain, and United States. Wikidata associates Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller with Neoclassicism. Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller became a member of Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture.
The best-known works include ‘Jean-Jaques Bachelier 1724-1806’, ‘Queen Marie Antoinette of France and two of her Children Walking in The Park of Trianon’, and ‘Cupid as Bacchus’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait painting. The catalogue has 29 works by Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller with free images. The dated works span the years 1750–1808. Works by Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller are held by several collections, among them Nationalmuseum, Statens porträttsamling, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Musée de l'Histoire de France. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Neoclassicism’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Fredrik Akrel, Louis Masreliez, Benjamin Patersen, William Hamilton, and Ralph Earl.