Johann Berthelsen, An Evening Walk in New York City, M. Ford Creech Antiques

JOHANN BERTHELSEN

"AN EVENING WALK IN NEW YORK CITY"
Signed 'Johann Berthelsen' l.r.
Oil on Linen-board

Housed in a carved giltwood frame with linen liner

Provenance: a Southern Collection

Museums: Butler Institute of American Art; Hickory Museum of Art; Sheldon Swope Art Museum;

Terre Haute Museum

Books: 16, including The Art of New York, Seymour/Heller; Blue Chips, Alterman

Note: The majority of his paintings are snow scenes, particularly in the

New York City vicinity. Spring and summer scenes are sparse in his body of work.

Image size: 6” x 8”

Johann Berthelsen was a "late" American Impressionist. His paintings of New York landscapes, particularly snow scenes and

nocturnal park scenes, most done on quite small canvases, encapsulate a time gone by in a manner compared with Claude

Monet. In the French manner, he placed impressionistically painted figures in cityscapes, often with flags and city traffic. These

freely depicted canvases are usually on a thinly painted ground, with daubs of color which take form only when viewed from

a distance. Berthelsen had a mastery of representing atmosphere, which many contemporary New York painters did not possess.

The presented work is somewhat unusual for Berthelsen, who is known for his city snowscapes. This luminous scene, probably a

Spring evening, is alive with dancing lights and well dressed ladies and gentlemen, out for an evening stroll. It delights the

senses in every respect.

Berthelsen is currently gaining his place among American Impressionists. His valuation has increased 6 fold over the past ten years.

His works are currently held in many public collections and museums.

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Birth place: Copenhagen, Denmark

Addresses: New Milford, CT

Profession: Painter, lecturer, teacher

Studied: Chicago Music College, 1901-05

Exhibited: Art Institute of Chicago, 1925; Chicago, 1928 (Erskine Prize); Indianapolis, 1946 (Holcombe Prize);

Swope Art Museum (retrospective) 1980s

Member: Salmagundi Club; American Watercolor Society; Allied Artists of America

Work: Sembrich Memorial Museum, Lake George, N.Y.; Wake Forest College; Hickory Museum of Art; Terre Haute

Museum; Texas Technical College; Butler Institute of American Art; Sheldon Swope Art Museum

Comments: His family emigrated to the U.S. in 1889. He studied and taught music in Chicago, and in 1911-12 he was listed

as a vocalist living in Manitowoc, WI. But Svend Svenson in Chicago and Wayman Adams in Indianapolis convinced him to

paint. He moved to NYC in 1920 and by 1932 was dedicated to painting full time. He is best known for his Impressionist

renderings of New York City streets scenes in snow.

Sources: Who’s Who 1953; Who’s Who 1947.

This biography is drawn from the 'Who Was Who in American Art' , the reference book on the cultural life in the United States.

Click Below for a related New York Scene:

Colin Campbell Cooper

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