Georg Friedrich Kersting Man Reading by Lamplight Painting ID:: 2147 Georg Friedrich Kersting1.jpg
Man Reading by Lamplight 1814
Oskar Reinhart Foundation, Winterthur
Georg Friedrich Kersting Friedrich in his Studio (mk10) Painting ID:: 21808 new7/Georg Friedrich Kersting-658924.jpg
Friedrich in his Studio (mk10) 1812,Oil on canvas
53.5 x 41 cm
Berlin,Nationalgalerie
Georg Friedrich Kersting Friedrich Painting in his Studio (mk10) Painting ID:: 21810 new7/Georg Friedrich Kersting-393285.jpg
Friedrich Painting in his Studio (mk10) 1811,oil on canvas
,54 x 42 cm
Hamburg,Kunsthalle
Georg Friedrich Kersting Woman before a Mirror (mk10) Painting ID:: 21880 new7/Georg Friedrich Kersting-655753.jpg
Woman before a Mirror (mk10) 1827,oil on canvas
46 x 35 cm
Kiel,Kunsthalle
Georg Friedrich Kersting Caspar David Friedrich in his Studio (mk22) Painting ID:: 22786 new7/Georg Friedrich Kersting-876388.jpg
Caspar David Friedrich in his Studio (mk22) 1812
Oil on canvas,51 x 40 cm
Berlin,Nationalgalerie,Staatliche Museen zu Berlin-Preussischer Kulturbesitz
Georg Friedrich Kersting At the Outpost (mk22) Painting ID:: 22793 new7/Georg Friedrich Kersting-529862.jpg
At the Outpost (mk22) 1815
Oil on canvas,46 x 35 cm
Berlin,Nationalgalerie
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin-Preussischer Kulturbesitz
Georg Friedrich Kersting Man Reading by Lamplight (mk22) Painting ID:: 22794 new7/Georg Friedrich Kersting-496876.jpg
Man Reading by Lamplight (mk22) 1814
Oil on canvas,47.5 x 37 cm
Winterthur,Stiftung Oskar Reinhart
Georg Friedrich Kersting Recreation by our Gallery Painting ID:: 32568 new9/Georg Friedrich Kersting-932274.jpg
Recreation by our Gallery mk79
1827
Georg Friedrich Kersting Reader by Lamplight Painting ID:: 33898 new9/Georg Friedrich Kersting-476875.jpg
Reader by Lamplight mk87
1814
Oil on canvas
47.5x37cm
Winterthur,Stiftung Oskar Reinhart
Georg Friedrich Kersting Theodor Korner,Friedrich Friesen and Heinrich Hartmann on Picket Duty Painting ID:: 38576 new12/Georg Friedrich Kersting-963969.jpg
Theodor Korner,Friedrich Friesen and Heinrich Hartmann on Picket Duty mk137
1815
Oil on canvas
46x35cm
Georg Friedrich Kersting The Wreath-Binder Painting ID:: 38577 new12/Georg Friedrich Kersting-849998.jpg
The Wreath-Binder mk138
1815
Oil on canvas
40x32cm
Georg Friedrich Kersting Caspar David Friedrich in his Studio Painting ID:: 40652 new16/Georg Friedrich Kersting-783823.jpg
Caspar David Friedrich in his Studio mk156
1811
Oil on canvas
51x40cm
Georg Friedrich Kersting At the Mirror Painting ID:: 43870 new16/Georg Friedrich Kersting-875952.jpg
At the Mirror 1827
Oil on canvas,
46 x 35 cm
Georg Friedrich Kersting On Outpost Duty Painting ID:: 43871 new16/Georg Friedrich Kersting-458644.jpg
On Outpost Duty 1815
Oil on canvas,
46 x 35 cm
Georg Friedrich Kersting Caspar David Friedrich in Seinem Atelier Painting ID:: 45240 new16/Georg Friedrich Kersting-862872.jpg
Caspar David Friedrich in Seinem Atelier mk181
1819
Berlin Staatliche Museum Preu Bischer Kulturbeitz
Georg Friedrich Kersting Caspar David Friedrich in his Studio Painting ID:: 59456 new21/Georg Friedrich Kersting-668888.jpg
Caspar David Friedrich in his Studio Caspar David Friedrich in his Studio, 1819
Georg Friedrich Kersting Stickerin am Fenster Painting ID:: 59457 new21/Georg Friedrich Kersting-342396.jpg
Stickerin am Fenster Stickerin am Fenster (1827?), Weimar, Schlossmuseum.
Georg Friedrich Kersting Kinder mit Katzen Painting ID:: 71024 new23/Georg Friedrich Kersting-364549.jpg
Kinder mit Katzen Oil on canvas
Hannelore Gärtner: Georg Friedrich Kersting. Seemann, Leipzig 1988
Georg Friedrich Kersting Kinder mit Katzen Painting ID:: 72200 new23/Georg Friedrich Kersting-695958.jpg
Kinder mit Katzen 31 October 1785(1785-10-31) 1 July 1847
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Georg Friedrich Kersting Portrait of Niccolo Paganini Painting ID:: 74046 new24/Georg Friedrich Kersting-448388.jpg
Portrait of Niccolo Paganini oil on linden wood, detail
Date ca. 1830(1830)
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Georg Friedrich Kersting Blumenstillleben Painting ID:: 74653 new24/Georg Friedrich Kersting-395947.jpg
Blumenstillleben ca. 1830(1830)
Oil on canvas
32 X 39 cm (12.6 X 15.35 in)
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Georg Friedrich Kersting Blumenstillleben Painting ID:: 76172 new24/Georg Friedrich Kersting-558646.jpg
Blumenstillleben Date ca. 1830(1830)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 32 ?? 39 cm (12.6 ?? 15.4 in)
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Georg Friedrich Kersting Queen Pauline of Werttemberg Painting ID:: 81123 new24/Georg Friedrich Kersting-689596.jpg
Queen Pauline of Werttemberg Date before 1830(1830)
Medium Oil
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Georg Friedrich Kersting Dame mit Schal Painting ID:: 83496 new24/Georg Friedrich Kersting-536554.jpg
Dame mit Schal Oil on canvas
Dimensions 55.5 x 49.5 cm (21.9 x 19.5 in)
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Georg Friedrich Kersting Zwei Kinder vor einem Papageienbauer Painting ID:: 83701 new24/Georg Friedrich Kersting-433393.jpg
Zwei Kinder vor einem Papageienbauer Date ca. 1835(1835)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 63.5 x 76 cm (25 x 29.9 in)
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Georg Friedrich Kersting Die Kranzwinderin Painting ID:: 83702 new24/Georg Friedrich Kersting-438388.jpg
Die Kranzwinderin Date 1815(1815)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 40 x 32 cm (15.7 x 12.6 in)
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Georg Friedrich Kersting Vor dem Spiegel Painting ID:: 85771 new25/Georg Friedrich Kersting-865843.jpg
Vor dem Spiegel Date 1827(1827)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions 46 x 35 cm (18.1 x 13.8 in)
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Georg Friedrich Kersting Kinder am Fenster Painting ID:: 87038 new25/Georg Friedrich Kersting-787465.jpg
Kinder am Fenster Date 1848(1848)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 19 x 15 cm (7.5 x 5.9 in)
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Georg Friedrich Kersting Faust im Studierzimmer Painting ID:: 87336 new25/Georg Friedrich Kersting-384566.jpg
Faust im Studierzimmer Date 1829(1829)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 68 x 53 cm (26.8 x 20.9 in)
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1785-1847
German
Georg Friedrich Kersting Gallery
Kersting was a friend of Caspar David Friedrich, the leading German Romantic painter; his style was influenced by Friedrich, and he shared that artist's romantic attitude, although in a more subjective manner. The two friends went on a walking tour of the Riesengebirge in 1810. During his many hikes with Friedrich, the two painted numerous sketches and observations from nature. He may have painted the staffage in some of Friedrich's early work??such as Morning in the Riesengebirge (1810?C11), a result of their walking tour.
He was also a friend of the painter Louise Seidler, who described him as "an altogether splendid and comical fellow" and often served as his model. In 1813 Seidler helped Kersting send a number of his works to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Goethe was impressed and recommended that the Grand Duke Charles Augustus purchase his work The Embroiderer.
Kersting's most lasting works are his figures in interiors that borrow from seventeenth-century Dutch genre painting. These paintings nevertheless feel contemporary due to the situations depicted and the effect of the artist's personality. The characters are often viewed from the back, as in Friedrich's work, and the scenes provide hints of narrative as the figures engage privately in everyday activities. A number of his works refer to his time in the volunteer corps, the "L??tzow rangers". He drew a full-length self-portrait in 1813, in which he wore the rangers' uniform. The painting On Sentry Duty (1815) depicts three rangers, including the artist Ferdinand Hartmann and the writer Theodor Körner, who fought with Kersting and died in wars against the French.