To Ellen


This blog is made to the honor of my grandmother Ellen Elisabeth Thomsen who was a modern woman .
She was born in Randers in Denmark 1895 and died in Copenhagen 1976.
She had long salmon red hair down to her hips. It was braided and put up with lots of hairpins to make it look short.

Friday, October 5, 2012

Small red haired babies and younger children

Karl Pavlovich Brulloff









Franz Dvorak
A little cupid 










Carl Larsson
Portrait of Esbjörn










German Unknown 19th century
Found on German Auction site

Wonder if this might be a picture of the artist Emma Heerdt
of whom I added a picture earlier.




Emma Heerdt











Martha Walter
Happy Baby











Sandra Flood










Venny Soldan Brofeldt








 Artist Unknown
American 










Martha Walter











Philip Otto Runge










Bertalan Szekely
Boy with slice of Bread








David  Jabobsen









Claude Monet
Jean sleeps







Koo Schadler
Contemporary American artist









Peter Nicolai Arbo
Portrait of Harald Platau










William Orhen

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13 comments:

  1. rbfJanuary 6, 2020 at 3:40 AM

    Hi Pia, a very nice compilation. Do you by any chance recall where you got the Emma Heerdt girl picture from? Best regards from Hamburg, Rolf

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  2. Pia RansletJanuary 6, 2020 at 6:59 AM

    Dear Rolf Thank you! I used to surf on Lottissimo (a German auction site). I guess it comes from there. It was so long time ago, that I don't remember any longer where I found this particular painting! I will check in my old computer perhaps I still have the 2 portraits there. Sometimes I save them under the Internet address. I will return to you if I can find any information. Hope you will have a nice and healthy 2020. Greetings Pia

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    1. rbfApril 23, 2020 at 9:31 AM

      Dear Pia, thank you very much!I am working on the Heerdt family and found a notice that this girl might have been the cousin of Emma Heerdt, who was badly burnt and therefore for a consolation received this lovely portrait. Best regards, stay safe, Rolf

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  3. AnniNovember 27, 2020 at 7:34 AM

    Hi Rolf, it is so interesting somebody is working on the Heerdt family! Emma the painter was my great great aunt and in my family we still have some paintings by her father (not by her, unfortunately) and some friends. I have her memoirs, too, but if you work on the family you probably have them, too?

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    1. rbfNovember 29, 2020 at 3:21 AM

      Ellerton? What a nice surprise! Contact details s. below.

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    2. rbfDecember 29, 2020 at 2:54 AM

      Dear Anni, hoping to get in contact with you! Enquiring which part of the family you might belong to. Directly from Christian Heerdt? Via Kühner or Zoeppritz? Let me know! Mail below. Rolf

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  4. Pia RansletNovember 27, 2020 at 2:18 PM

    Dear Anni and Rolf
    I checked but could not find any other information about the picture I added. It is for sure from the Auction site Lottissimo like the little one above. Emma Heerdt was a fine painter that touch the soul with her compassionate portraits! That is why there are so few of her painting in circulation, even an untrained eye will detect the sincereness!If You write her name on Google com. You will see 2 beautiful drawings of Women and some still lifes! There was a painter called Johann Christian Heerdt born 1812 in Frankfurt who painted landscapes. Not sure if he was related to Emma. But he had a sister Elise who also married a painter. There are many fine painters who sadly today are totally unknown. I will make a board on Pinterest for Emma and add whatever paintings I find there. There might be more paintings to be found in old German Encyclopedias , newspapers or magazines. Greetings Pia Ranslet

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    1. rbfMay 20, 2023 at 2:33 PM

      Just published a book on Elise's husband in English, if you are interested, I send you the PDF. The Heerdts play a major role there. You have my mail below, best, Rolf

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    2. Pia RansletJune 4, 2023 at 2:11 AM

      Absolutely that will be interesting. My email is my first and last name in one word AT gmail.com Here are 3 paintings of Emma Heerdt https://www.artnet.com/artists/emma-heerdt/ You might be able to find more on Ebay.de or on Lottissimo auctions. Greetings Pia Ranslet

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  5. rbfNovember 28, 2020 at 7:19 AM

    Dear Anni and Pia, this is a real surprise. I am from the Elise family. Do contact me via hamburg.metropolregion(at)gmail.com, best, Rolf

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  6. Pia RansletNovember 28, 2020 at 7:57 AM

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  7. Pia RansletJune 4, 2023 at 2:06 AM

    To Rolf. This site has 3 paintings of Emma Heerdt https://www.artnet.com/artists/emma-heerdt/

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  8. rbfOctober 19, 2023 at 1:38 PM

    Hi Pia, thank you! Only saw it today. I have some more and other pictures. One day I will write a book about her and her father. If you had a look at my Delkeskamp bio, you know that there is already quite a lot on the Heerdt family. I have more red haired pics, if you are interested. Best, Rolf

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