Friday, September 13, 2024

Joachim Ferdinand Richardt
(1819- 1895)
 
Joachim Ferdinand Richardt (10 April 1819 – 29 October 1895) was a Danish-American artist. In Denmark he is mostly known for his lithographs of castles and manor houses. After emigrating to the United States he specialized in paintings of Niagara Falls and other landscapes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Richardt


View on the Mississippi Fifty-Seven Miles Below St. Anthony Falls
1858
Oil on canvas
79,4 x 124 cm
The White House Art Collection
http://www.whitehouseresearch.org/assetbank-whha/action/viewAsset?id=81
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