August Jernberg Voer een
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een galerie.
Kies een stemming en de kamer zelf antwoordt — het licht koelt of warmt op, de sfeer verandert van tempo, en alleen de werken die dat gevoel belichamen, treden naar voren uit de duisternis. De rest verdwijnt in de schaduw.
August Jernberg
A Life Between Stockholm and Düsseldorf August Jernberg entered the world on 16 September 1826, beginning a life that would eventually bridge the artistic traditions of Sweden and Germany. His early training took place within the halls of the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm between 1843 and 1846. This foundation prepared him for a period of significant movement, as he traveled to Paris to study under Thomas Couture from
1847 to 1853. These years in France provided him with a technical vocabulary that would define his early output. In 1854, Jernberg made the decision to settle in Düsseldorf, a move that placed him at the heart of the Düsseldorf school of painting. He was admitted as a member of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, marking his integration into one of the most influential artistic circles of the nineteenth century. He remained in this city for…