Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann

(1819–1881) dansk-polsk målare

Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann (Poland, 1819–1881) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann belongs to the chapter ‘Realism’ in this site’s history of art.

Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann was born in Warsaw and died in Copenhagen. Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann trained at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. The teachers included Karl Ferdinand Sohn, Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow, and Karl Friedrich Lessing. Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann worked in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Rome, and Copenhagen. The awards include Thorvaldsen Medal and Eckersberg Medal.

The best-known works include ‘An Egyptian Fellah Woman with her Baby’, ‘Denmark’, and ‘Mermaid’. The works belong mainly to the genres portrait and genre painting. The catalogue has 30 works by Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann with free images. The dated works span the years 1845–1880. Works by Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann are held by several collections, among them Statens Museum for Kunst, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Nationalmuseum, and Royal Collection.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include August von Kreling, Gustave Courbet, Joseph Stevens, Eliza Greatorex, and John Ruskin.

• Realism
• Porträtt av skulptören Jens Adolf Jerichau, konstnärinnans make