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⊠44.1 Euro Portrait Drawings, Men
After Johnson arrived in Düsseldorf in late 1849 his earliest portrait drawings were graphite sketches of his instructors and artist friends. He continued to make drawings when he moved to The Hague in 1851. As he began to receive commissions, Johnson used charcoal and worked much in the style of the late 1840s drawings he had done in the United States. It is likely that he may have done many more sketches, but those that have been located, of his friends and teachers, were ones he selected to bring back to the U.S.; the commissioned portrait drawings of Europeans generally stayed in Europe. —PH
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Hills no. 44.1.5
Baur no. 302
Dr. Bracht
Alternate title: Portrait of Dr. Bracht
1851, February
Graphite and white chalk on brown wove paper
14 1/4 x 10 5/8 in. (36.2 x 27 cm)
Inscribed: lower center: Dr. Bracht.; inscribed and dated lower right: Düsseldorf Feb. 1851
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Exhibitions
Kennedy Galleries, New York, Charcoal Drawings of Eminent Americans by Eastman Johnson, June 1920. (Exhibition catalogue: Kennedy Galleries 1920), no. 5, as
Dr. Bracht.
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York, An American Genre Painter: Eastman Johnson, 1824–1906, January 18, 1939–February 26, 1940. (Exhibition catalogue: Baur 1940), no. 302, as
Dr. Bracht.
M. Knoedler & Co, New York, Paintings and Drawings by Eastman Johnson, January 7–26, 1946. (Exhibition catalogue: M. Knoedler & Co. 1946), no. 36, as
Dr. Bracht. Traveled to: The California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, March 1946 (California Palace 1946).
References
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Charcoal Drawings by Eastman Johnson. New York:
Kennedy Galleries,
1920.
Exhibition catalogue (1920 Kennedy Galleries), p. 4, no. 5, as
Dr. Bracht.
Baur, John I. H. An American Genre Painter: Eastman Johnson, 1824–1906. Brooklyn, NY:
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences,
1940.
Exhibition catalogue (1939 Brooklyn Museum), pp. 32, 74, no. 302
.
Paintings and Drawings by Eastman Johnson. New York:
M. Knoedler & Co.,
1946.
Exhibition catalogue (1946 M. Knoedler & Co.), n.p., no. 36, as
Dr. Bracht.
Hills Examination/Opinion
Examination date(s): November 3, 2016
Examination notes: Lined. CL. “Dusseldorf Feb 1851”. Lower Center: “Dr Bracht”.
Pencil with white highlights.
Sitter Biography
Sitter: Bracht, Dr.
Biography: Dr. Bracht (life dates unknown). Possibly a relative of German landscape painter Eugen Bracht, who was a student at the Düsseldorf Academy, 1861–1864, after Johnson had left.
Record last updated March 23, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Dr. Bracht, 1851, February (Hills no. 44.1.5)." In Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1002 (accessed on October 12, 2024).
