Bertha Wegmann
(1847–1926) Danish painter (1847-1926)
Bertha Wegmann (Switzerland, 1847–1926) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Bertha Wegmann belongs to the chapter ‘Impressionism’ in this site’s history of art.
Bertha Wegmann was born in Soglio and died in Copenhagen. The teachers included Wilhelm Lindenschmit the Younger, Eduard Kurzbauer, and Frederik Christian Lund. Bertha Wegmann worked in Copenhagen, Munich, and Écouen. The awards include Thorvaldsen Medal and Medal of Merit in Gold. The students included Hildegard Thorell and Clara Vilhelmine Carl.
The best-known works include ‘Portrait of the painter Jeanna Bauck’, ‘Young Mother with a Child in a Garden’, ‘Porträtt av konstnären Marie Triepcke’, and ‘Die Malerin Agathe Röstel’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 32 works by Bertha Wegmann with free images. The dated works span the years 1872–2000. Works by Bertha Wegmann are held by several collections, among them Nationalmuseum, Statens Museum for Kunst, Hirschsprungs museum, and Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Albert von Keller, Eugène Grasset, Elizabeth Butler, Victor Vignon, and Otto Böhler.