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On this page we will try to gather the various photographs, illustrations, and portraits of Gottschalk. For a 19th century artist, there are quite a lot. When he was on tour, girls tried to get autographed photos of their idol in the same way as today's stars.


Caricatures - Illustrations

Illustrations and caricatures were generally drawn to show the manners but also the virtuosity of Gottschalk.

Those shown here are mainly from the book of Francisco Curt Lange, "Vida Y Muerte de Louis Moreau Gottschalk en Rio de Janeiro."
Many others are certainly still hidden in South American newspapers.

 

Gottschalk at the piano
petitjournalrire pub chickering   12juillet1869   Gottschalk pedale   Vanity Fair   irving hall   Tremolo   30mai1869
1856
Nadar
Petit journal pour rire N° 7
France

1868?
Inconnu
Collection privée
Montevideo
 
 
1869
Angelo Agostini
A Vida Fluminense,
Rio de Janeiro
12/07/1869
 
1869
Joseph Mill
Ba-Ta-Clan,
Rio de Janeiro
19/06/1869

 
1862
Inconnu
Vanity Fair
USA
11/10/1862
 

1863
Inconnu
Free library
of Philadelphia
(F.Starr, Gottschalk)

 
"Tremolo"
1869
Henrique Fleiuss,
Semana Illustrada,
Rio de Janeiro
04/07/1869

 
1869
Henrique Fleiuss
Semana Illustrada
Rio de Janeiro
30/05/1869

 

Gottschalk master of ceremony - Monster concerts
3 juin 1869

 
Tannhauser

 
2octobre1869
 
LMGttpuissant
4dec1869
1869
Angelo Agostini
A Vida Fluminense
Rio de Janeiro
12/06/1869
 
1869
Angelo Agostini?
A Vida Fluminense
Rio de Janeiro
02/10/1869
 
1869
Angelo Agostini
A Vida Fluminense
Rio de Janeiro
02/10/1869
 
1869
Buenos Aires*

 
1869
Angelo Agostini
A Vida Fluminense
Rio de Janeiro
04/12/1869

*Jackson, R.,More notes of a pianist, Notes, 46,2, 1989

The death of Gottschalk
25dec1869
 
25 dec 1869_2
 
25 dec 1869
1869
Angelo Agostini
A Vida Fluminense
Rio de Janeiro
25/12/1869
 
1869
Angelo Agostini
A Vida Fluminense
Rio de Janeiro
25/12/1869
 
1869
Angelo Agostini
A Vida Fluminense
Rio de Janeiro
25/12/1869

 

Around Gottschalk
20juin1869   21nov1869
1869
Henrique Fleiuss,
Semana Illustrada,
Rio de Janeiro
20/06/1869
 
1869
Henrique Fleiuss,
Semana Illustrada,
Rio de Janeiro
21/11/1869

Portraits


Gottschalk was photographed many times. The majority of sources comes from the United States for the years 1853, 1855-1857, 1862-1865 and from Brazil for 1869.

Youth - (1845-1853)

Gottschalk started his fame in 1849 when Escudier published la Bamboula. Le Bananier followed thereafter and was a huge success. The first portrait dates from this era. After his european triumphs, Gottschalk is firmly awaited in New York where he lands in 1853. To make american people familiar with this glorious compatriot, several portraits are realised this year. The success is unfortunately not as expected. Hence, after a quite financially catastrophic year, Gottschalk sails for Havana in february 1854.

 

 
  Gottschalk av 1849   LMG 1852   Nanteuil   LMG_danse ossianique   Photo LMG jeune   Dessin LMG jeune   florida   LMG NY 1853
  1850   1852   1853   1853   1853   1853   1853   1853
 

Paris

Eugène Battaille

 

  Paris
Lith. from Guglielmi d'après une oeuvre de
Luigi Rubio
  Paris,
Lith. from Celestin Nanteuil
 

Philadelphie,
Lith from A. Newsam


 

New York
Nagel & Weingärtner

 

 

Colored portrait of the precedent


 

 

 

New York

 

 

Sources : [1] : Gallica ; [2, 4, 5, 7] : New York Public Library ; [3] : Lester Levy collection [6] : University of Florida digital collection

 

American tour (1861-1865)

After a few months in Cuba, Gottschalk returns to New York in 1855. It is probably from that time that he will have a mustache. First thin and sharp-ended, it will thicken over the years. Despite the triumphs of the joint concerts with Thalberg in 1856, we found very few pictures for the years 1855-1860. Indeed, according to several sources of photos (to be considered with care), Gottschalk seems to have been more portrayed after returning from the Caribbean early 1862.

From that date and for his last return to North America, Gottschalk shows off everywhere his big gold medal. He received many from his admirers : from his New Orleans fellows in 1853, his friends in San Francisco in 1865, in Lima, Montevideo and Buenos Aires in 1868 ... He will also have numerous decorations as pins, medallions ... Just for Spain, he is Knight of the Order of Charles III, of Isabella the catholic, of the Order of the Lion of Limburg.

We tried to classify the following pictures in chronological order.

(1861-1865)
medailles1 LMG medailles2 LMG america5' 1861 LMG 1862 LMG america10 LMG america13' LMG america13 Gottschalk picture History LMG america8 LMG america11
1861
1861
1861
1861
1862
1863
1863
1863
1864
 
New York
Fredericks & Co
New York Fredericks and Co
Matthew B. Brady
New York
Fredericks & Co
New York
Fredericks & Co
New York
Fredericks & Co
 
Boston
TR Burnham
 

(1861-1865)
LMG Muller LMG america1 LMG medailles3 LMG america4 LMG medailles4 LMG america12 LMG saratoga LMG medals Mathews 1865
1863 1863-1864        
1864
 
1865
  R. Dudensing, N-Y Case and Getchell          
San Francisco
Bradley & Rulofson

Sources (from left to right and top to bottom ): [photo 1] : Lindstrom, Carl E. The American Quality in the music of Louis Moreau Gottschalk. Musical Quarterly 31(3):356-66 (July 1945) ; [2] : Hoffman R. Some musical recollections of 50 years. 1910. [5] : Library of Congress ; [6,7,8, 12] : New York Public Library ; [9] : Picture History ; [10,20] : Jackson R., Ratliff N. The Little Book of Louis Moreau Gottschalk - 1976 ; [13] : Lange F.C. Vida y muerte de Louis Moreau Gottschalk en Rio de Janeiro (1869). Revista de Estudios Musicale 4,5,6 (1950) ; [14] : Kellog Clara L. Memoirs of an american Prima Donna (1913) ; [15] : Payne, Albert (Ehrlich, A. ). Celebrated pianists of the past and present. (1894) ; [16] : The Real Gottschalk, The Etude, 1914 ; [17] : Fisher W. A. Louis Moreau Gottschalk, The First American Pianist and Composer: A Life Sketch. The Musician, October 1908 ; p437-438 ; 466.; [18] : Starr F. Louis Moreau Gottschalk (Music in American Life) - 2000.; [19] : Mathews W.S.B. The Great in Music : A systematic Course of study in the music of Classical and Modern Composers. (1900);

 

Last years (1866-1869)

The portraits corresponding to the end of Gottschalk's life show a puffed-up face. He still proudly displays all his medals.

 
LMG end LMG medaiiles5 LMG america7 Muller collection 1869_1   1869_2   1869_3   1869_3   Ad Memoriam   1869_6    
 
1866
   
1869
 
1869
 
1869
 
1869
 
1869
 
1869
   
 

Pérou

   
Brésil,
Pacheco
 
Brésil,
Pacheco
 
Brésil,
Pacheco
 
Brésil,
dessin d'après photo Pacheco
 
Brésil,
 
Brésil,
Dessin par Corcovado
   

Sources : photos [2], [5,6,7,8,9,10] : Lange F.C. Vida y muerte de Louis Moreau Gottschalk en Rio de Janeiro (1869). Revista de Estudios Musicale 4,5,6 (1950) ; [4] : New York Public Library

At the piano

 
LMGDRAWINGANDPRINT Bolling   LMG au piano   LMG in Lima
1858?
1862
1864
1865-66
 

Litograph by Sarony, Major & Knapp.

Boston
Pérou

Sources : [1] drawingsandprints.com/ (original for sale there) [2] New York Public Library [3]Starr F. Louis Moreau Gottschalk (Music in American Life) - 2000.; [4].Lange F.C. Vida y muerte de Louis Moreau Gottschalk en Rio de Janeiro (1869). Revista de Estudios Musicale 4,5,6 (1950) ; [5] : New York Public Library

With his friends

 
LMG and friends1 LMG adelina patti LMG and friends3 LMG G Warren LMG FG Hill 1861
~1864
1857
1864
1864
~1864
~1861
Peut-être Richard Hoffman et Mme Variani

Avec Adelina Patti


Avec les filles de Curlett Baltimore

 

Avec G. Warren
avec F.G. Hill
sans doute à Boston
E.A. Thomalen,
Saratoga Springs, New York

Sources : [ 2,3,4] : Starr F. Louis Moreau Gottschalk (Music in American Life) - 2000 ; [5] : Picture History ; [6] : Jackson R., Ratliff N. The Little Book of Louis Moreau Gottschalk - 1976