1827 - 1852

أساسيات

  • Died: 1852
  • Museums on this site: المتحف الوطني للفن والعمارة والتصميم
  • Color intensity:
    • monochromatic
    • balanced
  • Top-ranked work: Peasant Woman from Telemark
  • Nationality: Norway
  • Also known as:
    • Herman August Cappelen
    • Hermann August Cappelen
    • أوقست كابيلين
    • Герман Август Каппелен
    • Avgust Kapelen
  • Copyright status: Public domain

The Life of August Cappelen

Hermann August Cappelen was a Norwegian painter born in Skien, Norway. He was the son of Diderik von Cappelen and Margaret Noble Severine Henriette Løvenskiold, from families involved in merchant, land owner, civil servant, and political roles. Growing up at Holden, a manor in Ulefoss in the Grenland district of Telemark, he later studied in Düsseldorf at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under Johann Wilhelm Schirmer in landscape painting class from 1846 to 1850.

His career included study tours in Norway through Lom Municipality in Gudbrandsdalen, Sogn, and Hardanger. His paintings featured landscapes with forests, lakes, and streams, utilizing deep moss green tones and forms of nature such as trees and mountains. His most productive period occurred between 1850 and 1852, before he died of gastric cancer in Düsseldorf at age 25.

Notable Works and Legacy

Cappelen's works are held in collections such as the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design. His notable paintings include:

  • Kvernhus, 1850
  • Utdøende urskog i uvær, 1851
  • Morkne trær, 1851
  • Tjern i tåke, 1851
  • Foss i nedre Telemark, 1852
  • Skogtjern i Nedre Telemark, 1852
  • Svarttjern, 1852
  • Møllefossen, 1852
  • Utdøende urskog, 1852

الأسئلة والأجوبة

هل يمكنني استكشاف أعمال August Cappelen عبر الكلمات المفتاحية؟

للعثور على أعمال August Cappelen حول موضوع معين، يمكنك زيارة صفحة حسب الكلمات المفتاحية الخاصة بالفنان، والتي تجمع الأعمال الفنية حسب الكلمات المفتاحية.

أين ومتى وُلد August Cappelen؟

وُلد August Cappelen في Skien عام 1827.

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يمكن تصفح جميع أعمال August Cappelen على هذا الموقع عبر صفحة كافة الأعمال الفنية الخاصة بالفنان.

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سؤال 1:
In which city did August Cappelen study landscape painting at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf?
سؤال 2:
Which famous painter was August Cappelen's teacher in Düsseldorf?
سؤال 3:
What was the primary subject matter of Cappelen's landscape compositions?
سؤال 4:
At what age did August Cappelen pass away?
سؤال 5:
Which museum holds major works by Cappelen, such as 'Waterfall in Lower Telemark'?