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Johannes Gehrts (26 February 1855 St. Pauli – 1921
File:Dietrich fängt den Zwerg Alfrich by Johannes Gehrts.jpg, '' Dietrich catches the dwarf Alfrich'' (1883)
File:Freya by Johannes Gehrts.jpg, ''Freya''
File:Gehrts Armin verabschiedet sich von Thusnelda 1884.jpg, ''
Collected illustrations
from Walhall: Germanische Götter- und Heldensagen' by Felix Dahn and Therese Dahn, 1885. {{DEFAULTSORT:Gehrts, Johannes 1855 births 1921 deaths German illustrators 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists
Johannes Gehrts (26 February 1855 St. Pauli – 1921 Düsseldorf
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), brother of Carl Gehrts (1853–1898), was a leading German illustrator whose work appeared in popular magazines such as ''Die Gartenlaube
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'', in the design of children's books and in works of his friend Felix Dahn. He depicted scenes from Germanic and Norse mythology
Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology, is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia as the Nordic folklore of the modern period. The ...
, legends and sagas, pirate stories, travel adventures and fairy-tales. He also illustrated reports on the scientific expeditions of the German physician and anthropologist Karl von den Steinen. During World War I
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
, Gehrts produced a number of works, in dull blacks and grays, showing scenes from the front, a few of which became postcards.
Gehrts attended the art academy of Weimar from 1873 to 1876, and lived in Düsseldorf from 1884 onwards.
Gallery
Arminius
Arminius (; 18/17 BC–AD 21) was a chieftain of the Germanic peoples, Germanic Cherusci tribe who is best known for commanding an alliance of Germanic tribes at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in AD 9, in which three Roman legions under th ...
'' ''says goodbye to Thusnelda'' (1884)
File:Ostara by Johannes Gehrts.jpg, ''Ostara'' (1884)
File:Walther und Hildgund auf der flucht (1883) by Johannes Gehrts.jpg, ''Walther and Hildegund on the run'' (1883)
File:Titelblatt Felix Dahns Sämtliche Werke poetischen Inhalts.jpg, Title page for Felix Dahn's works
File:Oserich und Oda by Johannes Gehrts.jpg, ''Oserich und Oda''
File:Gehrts Ivanhoe.jpg, ''Ritter Ivanhoe''
See also
*List of German painters
This is a list of German painters.
A
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* Hans von Aachen (1552–1615)
* Aatifi (born 1965)
* Karl Abt (painter), Karl Abt (1899–1985)
* Tomma Abts (born 1967)
* Andreas Achenbach (1815–1910)
* Oswald ...
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Collected illustrations
from Walhall: Germanische Götter- und Heldensagen' by Felix Dahn and Therese Dahn, 1885. {{DEFAULTSORT:Gehrts, Johannes 1855 births 1921 deaths German illustrators 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists