LiveAuctionTalk com Highlights Painter Johann Berthelsen in its Weekly Free Article
Released on = February 27, 2007, 6:14 am
Press Release Author = Rosemary McKittrick
Industry = Internet & Online
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Press Release Body = Feb. 27, 2007--Johann Berthelsen painted New York City snow scenes again and again like he was reliving what it was like to be caught in the middle.
Soaking wet. Drenched to the bone. Exhilarated and exhausted.
Berthelsen was a trained baritone who painted for 22 years in his spare time before devoting himself to art full-time. At the age of 49, in 1932, he made the leap.
Through daubs of color Berthelsen recreated snowy Impressionistic renderings of Washington Square, 5th Ave., the Brooklyn Bridge, Columbia University and Central Park.
Each one a jewel. Each one a snapshot of New York buried under a blanket of snow. So easy to picture these snowstorm oils hanging above a roaring fire. Safe inside somewhere buried under an afghan.
Berthelsen captured the whiteout atmosphere of New York City in a way few others did. He basically painted what he saw all around him. His time-specific scenes, cityscapes, cars and trucks serve as time capsules of another era in history.
By the time Berthelsen started painting these sketch-like renderings in the mid-1930's, Impressionism was accepted in America. People appreciated his modern-day urban landscapes.
Studying Berthelsen's work is difficult at times because although he signed his paintings, he rarely, if ever, dated them.
That being said, it's hard to miss this artist's oils with their bright colors, glistening snowfalls and massive architectural backdrops. Working with small canvases, he captured big views.
On Oct. 26, Shannon's in Greenwich, Conn., featured a selection of Johann Berthelsen's paintings in its Fine American and European Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture auction.
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