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Eduard Hildebrandt: Português: Sunset over Pedra da Gavea, Rio de Janeiro   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Eduard Hildebrandt  (1818–1868)  wikidata:Q317639
 
Eduard Hildebrandt
Description German painter, traveler and landscape painter
Date of birth/death 9 September 1818 Edit this at Wikidata 25 October 1868 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Gdańsk Berlin
Work location
Netherlands (1842–1860) Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q317639
Title
Português: Sunset over Pedra da Gavea, Rio de Janeiro
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description

PEncouraged by Humboldt and sponsored by the Prussian King Frederick William IV, Hildebrandt travelled to South America in 1844 commissioned to paint souvenirs of Prince Adalbert's recent visit to Brazil. Hildebrandt was in Brazil between March and October 1844 before leaving for North America on the return journey to Europe. In Brazil he was based in Rio de Janeiro and made excursions to Sao Paulo and Bahia. On his return to Germany he worked up oils from his sketchbooks: 'Später führte er unter Vorlage seiner südamerikanischen Skizzen Gemälde aus, wobei er der Lichtwirkung in der Natur grosse Aufmerksamkeit schenkte. Er gab Mondschein, Sonnenauf- und -untergang bei Rio de Janeiro wieder, einen "tropischen Sonnenuntergang mit Spielung im Wasser" sowie "Rio de Janeiro in blendendem Sonnenlicht" ... Hildebrandts Neigung zu Lichteffekten, Kontrasten und zur Auflösung der Form in der künstlerischen Darstellung verweisen auf Isabey, von dem er auch die Technik der Aquarellmalerei übernommen hat. So steht er mit seinem Werk ganz in französischer Tradition." (R. Löschner, Deutsche Künstler in Lateinamerika, Berlin, 1978, p. 38.)

Financed by Frederick William IV, Hildebrand spent the rest of his career travelling, and he published an illustrated travel diary, A Journey Around the World, in 1867, recording his travels from 1862-1864.

For his work in Brazil see G. Ferrez, O Brasil de Eduard Hildebrandt, Rio de Janeiro, 1988 and M.E. Santos Peixoto, Pintores Alemães no Brasil durante o século XIX, Rio de Janeiro, 1989, pp. 93-108.
Date circa 1844
date QS:P571,+1844-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 51.7 cm (20.3 in); width: 67 cm (26.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,51.7U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,67U174728
Object history 8 April 1998: sale of the collection of at Christie's
Inscriptions signed 'E. Hildebrandt' (lower right)
Source/Photographer http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/prints-multiples/eduard-hildebrandt-sunset-over-pedra-da-gavea-877876-details.aspx
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