Louis Gurlitt
(1812–1897) German-Danish landscape painter (1812–1897)
Louis Gurlitt (1812–1897) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Louis Gurlitt belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.
Louis Gurlitt was born in Altona and died in Naundorf. The teachers included Günther Gensler, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, and Johan Ludwig Lund. Louis Gurlitt became a member of Hamburger Künstlerverein von 1832. The students included Ulrich von Baudissin and Nordahl Grove.
The works belong mainly to the genre landscape painting. The catalogue has 21 works by Louis Gurlitt with free images. The dated works span the years 1833–1857. Works by Louis Gurlitt are held by several collections, among them Statens Museum for Kunst, Nationalmuseum, Museumsberg Flensburg, and Hamburger Kunsthalle.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Carl Dahl, Fritz L’Allemand, Eduard Schleich den äldre, Peter Ludwig Kühnen, and Reinier Craeyvanger.