Fredrik Ludvig Andreas Vibe Aubert (28 January 1851 – 10 May 1913) was a Norwegian art educator,

art historian Art history is the study of artistic works made throughout human history. Among other topics, it studies art’s formal qualities, its impact on societies and cultures, and how artistic styles have changed throughout history. Traditionally, the ...

and art critic.

Biography

Andreas Aubert was the second son of

Ludvig Cæsar Martin Aubert Ludvig Cæsar Martin Aubert (30 March 1807 – 14 June 1887) was a Norwegian philologist. Biography Aubert was born in Christianssand (now Kristiansand), Norway. He was the son of Benoni Aubert (1768–1832) and Jakobine Henriette Thaulow (177 ...

(1807-1877), a classical scholar and professor of philology at the

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. His elder brother

Ludvig Mariboe Benjamin Aubert Ludvig Mariboe Benjamin Aubert (22 November 1838 – 5 February 1896) was a Norwegian professor, jurist and government official. Biography Aubert was born at Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of professor Ludvig Cæsar Martin Aubert ...

(1838-1896) became a jurist and professor. His sister-in-law was novelist

Elise Aubert Elise Aubert (8 February 1837 – 30 November 1909) was a Norwegian novelist, short-story writer, and non-fiction writer. Biography Elise Sofie Aars was born in Lier Municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. She was the daughter of priest and ...

(1837- 1909). Aubert married Martha Johanne Védastine Moe (1855–1933), daughter of Bishop

Jørgen Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe (22 April 1813–27 March 1882) was a Norwegian folklorist, bishop, poet, and author. He is best known for the '' Norske Folkeeventyr'', a collection of Norwegian folk tales which he edited in collaboration with Pe ...

(1813-1882) and sister of writer

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(1859-1913). Andreas Aubert was a student at the

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(1869–71), before he began to study theology. He studied theology

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(1877) and then worked as a teacher at Aars og Voss' skole (1878–1895). He was also employed as an art critic at ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Aubert wrote extensively about Norwegian artist,

Johan Christian Dahl Johan Christian Claussen Dahl (24 February 178814 October 1857), often known as or , was a Danish- Norwegian artist who is considered the first great romantic painter in Norway, the founder of the "golden age" of Norwegian painting. He is often ...

, starting with an autobiography titled ''Professor Dahl. Et stykke af Aarhundredets Kunst- og Kulturhistorie'' in 1893. His major works in art history were fundamental studies of the art of

. Because of his work, he was awarded an annual government scholarship in 1895. He was able to stop teaching and became a professional art historian, critic, and researcher. Aubert also championed

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Arnold Böcklin Arnold Böcklin (16 October 182716 January 1901) was a Swiss Symbolism (arts), Symbolist Painting, painter. His five versions of the ''Isle of the Dead (painting), Isle of the Dead'' inspired works by several late-Romantic composers. Biography ...

Max Klinger Max Klinger (18 February 1857 – 5 July 1920) was a German artist who produced significant work in painting, sculpture, prints and graphics, as well as writing a treatise articulating his ideas on art and the role of graphic arts and printmakin ...

Gabriel von Max Gabriel Cornelius Ritter von Max (23 August 1840 – 24 November 1915) was a Prague-born Austrian painter, and professor of history painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. He was also a collector of anthropological artifacts. Biography He ...

, and

Vilhelm Hammershøi Vilhelm Hammershøi (), often anglicised as Vilhelm Hammershoi (15 May 186413 February 1916), was a Danish painter. He is known for his poetic, subdued portraits and interiors. In 1905, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote of the artist, "Hammershøi is no ...

. He described them as "

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s", by which he meant that their art was oriented toward the psychological. Toward the end of the 19th century, he had an important role in restoring the legacy of

German Romantic German Romanticism () was the dominant intellectual movement of German-speaking countries in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, influencing philosophy, aesthetics, literature, and criticism. Compared to English Romanticism, the German var ...

painter

Caspar David Friedrich Caspar David Friedrich (; 5 September 1774 – 7 May 1840) was a German Romanticism, German Romantic Landscape painting, landscape painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation, whose often symbolic, and anti ...

. The painter is now considered the leading artist of that period.

Selected works

*''Professor Dahl. Et stykke af Aarhundredets Kunst- og Kulturhistorie'' (1893) *''Den Norske Naturfølelse og Professor Dahl. Hans Kunst og dens Stilling i Aarhundredets Utvikling'' (1894) *''Thomas Fearnley. En biografisk skisse'' (1903) *''Runge und die Romantik'', Berlin 1909 (no. ed. ''Runge og romantikken'', 1911). *''Caspar David Friedrich. Gott, Freiheit, Vaterland'', aus dem Nachlass des Verfassers hrsg. von G. J. Kern, Berlin 1915. *''Norsk kultur og norsk kunst'' with C. W. Schnitler, (1917) *''Maleren Johan Christian Dahl. Et stykke av forrige aarhundres kunst- og kulturhistorie'' (1920)

References

Other sources

* Mosley, Philip. ''Rodenbach, Georges: Critical Essays''. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1996, p. 158 (note 33). .

External links

* 1851 births 1913 deaths Writers from Oslo Oslo National Academy of the Arts alumni Norwegian art educators Norwegian art critics Norwegian art historians d'Aubert family {{Europe-art-historian-stub