Wilhelm Bendz

(1804–1832) dansk målare

Wilhelm Bendz (1804–1832) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Wilhelm Bendz belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.

Wilhelm Bendz was born in Odense and died in Vicenza. Wilhelm Bendz trained at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Wilhelm Bendz studied under Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg. Wilhelm Bendz worked in Copenhagen and Munich. Wikidata associates Wilhelm Bendz with Danish Golden Age.

The best-known works include ‘A Young Artist (Ditlev Blunck) Examining a Sketch in a Mirror’, ‘A Sculptor in his Studio Working from the Life’, ‘Interior from Amaliegade. Captain Carl Ludvig Bendz standing and Dr. Jacob Christian Bendz seated’, and ‘Artists in Finck's Coffee House’. The works belong mainly to the genres genre painting and portrait painting. The catalogue has 39 works by Wilhelm Bendz with free images. The dated works span the years 1820–1837. Works by Wilhelm Bendz are held by several collections, among them Statens Museum for Kunst, Hirschsprungs museum, Nationalmuseum, and Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Edward Thomas Daniell, Rudolph Wiegmann, Auguste-Hyacinthe Debay, Jacques Raymond Brascassat, and Thomas Allom.

• Romanticism
• Den unge konstnären Ditlev Blunck skärskådar en skiss i spegeln