Gerhard Heilmann
ARTISTGerhard Heilman was a Danish artist and paleontologist who created artistic depictions of Archaeopteryx, Proavis and other early bird relatives apart from writing the 1926 book The Origin of Birds, a pioneering and influential account of bird evolution. Heilman lacked a formal training in science although he studied medicine briefly before shifting to art. His ideas on bird evolution were first written in Danish in the Dansk Ornitologisk Tidsskrift. Heilman received little help and often got considerable opposition from Danish professional zoologists of the time and he in turn often made dismissive remarks on the ideas of some of the established scientists of the time. The English edition however reached out to a much larger audience and influenced ideas in bird evolution for nearly half a century.
moreBiography adapted from Wikipedia: Gerhard Heilman (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Shop 1 artworks by Gerhard Heilmann (Danish, 1859–1946) — every piece is public domain and can be printed as canvas, rolled canvas, framed canvas or a framed print.
Gerhard Heilman was a Danish artist and paleontologist who created artistic depictions of Archaeopteryx, Proavis and other early bird relatives apart from writing the 1926 book The Origin of Birds, a pioneering and influential account of bird evolution. Heilman lacked a formal training in science although he studied medicine briefly before shifting to art. His ideas on bird evolution were first written in Danish in the Dansk Ornitologisk Tidsskrift. Heilman received little help and often got considerable opposition from Danish professional zoologists of the time and he in turn often made dismissive remarks on the ideas of some of the established scientists of the time. The English edition however reached out to a much larger audience and influenced ideas in bird evolution for nearly half a century.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
At a glance
Most of Gerhard Heilmann's work on the site falls under Illustration (6).
By movement, it's catalogued as Expressionism (5), Art Nouveau (1).
Culture: Danish (6).
By orientation: 2 landscape, 4 portrait.
Dated work in this group ranges from 1902 to 1920.
Other Danish artists of the period
Artists from the same country and generation, also in the archive:
- Lorenz Frølich — 425 artworks
- Carl Bloch — 209 artworks
- Vilhelm Hammershøi — 162 artworks
- Vilhelm Hammershøi — 162 artworks
- Vilhelm Kyhn — 148 artworks
- Niels Skovgaard — 147 artworks
- Theodor Philipsen — 123 artworks
- Peder Severin Krøyer — 109 artworks
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