Hermania Sigvardine Neergaard (1799–1875) was a Danish flower and still-life painter. A student of Frederik Christian Camradt (1762–1844), she exhibited her paintings in Charlottenborg where several were bought by the royal family.

Biography

Born on 12 August 1799 in

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, Hermania Sigvardine Neergaard was the daughter of the merchant Hans Peter Neergaard (c.1774–1810) and Sophie Kristine Læssøe (1777–1867). She learnt to paint at F.C. Camradt's drawing and painting school. From 1821 and for the rest of her life, Neergaard was a frequent exhibitor at the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibitions. Her first submission was a vase of flowers, copied from one of Camradt's works. It was in

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, a technique used by the older flower painters at the time. She subsequently worked with oils, depicting flowers in vases, bowls or baskets. In later life, she included wild flowers and outdoor plants. Inspired by

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, in 1831 she began to paint flowers in Etruscan vases. Similar motifs can be seen in the colourful works painted a few years later by her contemporary

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. Like Thorvaldsen, Neergaard was one of the painters associated with

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near Præstø. Thorvaldsen bought one of her paintings to add to his collection. Her works were also purchased by the Danish kings

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and Frederick VII. Hermania Neergaard died at Bagsværd on 23 March 1875. She is buried in

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Gallery

File:Hermania Neergaard - Blomstrende planter - KMS516 - Statens Museum for Kunst.jpg, ''Blomstrende planter'',

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(1845) File:Hermania Neergaard - Udsigt fra Paganis Villa på Capri - 1854.png, '' A view from Paganis Villa on Capri'' (1854) File:Hermania Neergaard - En ananas i urtepotte og druer på et stenbord - KMS307 - Statens Museum for Kunst.jpg, ''En ananas i urtepotte og druer på et stenbord'' File:Hermania Neergaard - Blomsterkurv med frugt ved en træstub - KMS1258 - Statens Museum for Kunst.jpg, ''Blomsterkurv med frugt ved en træstub''

References

External links

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Kunstindeks Danmark ''Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon'' (Weilbach's Biographical Dictionary of Artists) is a Danish biographical dictionary of artists and architects. The current edition, which is also freely accessible online, contains the biographies of some 8,000 Danis ...

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