Bernhard Borchert

Bernhard Borchert (1 December 1863, Riga - 1945) was a Baltic-German painter who spent the greatest part of his life in Latvia. He entered the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg in 1883, and was in 1885 awarded a silver medal from the same institute.[1] He produced book and magazine illustrations.

He was the author of the "Baltic artists’ painting exhibition" (Baltijas mākslinieku gleznu izstāde).

See also

Artwork

References

  1. Neumann, Wilhelm (1908). Lexikon Baltischer Künstler (in German). Riga: Jonck & Poliewsky. p. 19. Retrieved 15 December 2013.


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