{{Short description|Danish landscape painter (1842–1899)}} {{more citations needed|date=November 2016}} thumb|200px|Vilhelm Groth (date unknown) '''Georg Vilhelm Arnold Groth''' (9 March 1842, Copenhagen – 14 September 1899, Copenhagen) was a Danish landscape painter. <ref>{{cite web|url= https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/artists/34273|title=Vilhelm Groth |publisher= RKD – Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis |accessdate=March 1, 2019}}</ref>
==Biography== His father was a pharmacist and his mother came from a family of merchants. After taking a diploma at the Det von Westenske Institut, a private gymnasium, he began his artistic instruction at the drawing school operated by Frederik Ferdinand Helsted.<ref name="K">{{cite web|url= https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisWeilbach.do?kunstnerId=418&wsektion=biografi|title=Vilhelm Groth |publisher= Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon|author= Erik Mortensen|accessdate=March 1, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.litteraturpriser.dk/gym/westen.htm |title=Westenske Institut, Kbh|publisher= Danske Litteraturpriser |author= Niels Jensen |accessdate=March 1, 2019}}</ref>
In 1861, he took some classes at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, then attended the Modelskolen, but his studies were interrupted when he was conscripted to serve in the Second Schleswig War. He graduated from the academy in 1866 and held his first exhibition that same year. From 1872 to 1878, he made several study trips to Italy and France; notably a trip to Paris from 1875 to 1876.<ref name="K" />
Later in 1876, when the highly respected painter, Vilhelm Kyhn, rejected the desirability of seeking inspiration from the French, Groth strongly disagreed. He wrote ''Dansk Kunst i Forhold til Udlandets'' (1876), providing a new approach to historical awareness of past influences.<ref name="K" /> Inspired by the work of Georg Brandes, he argued that every period imposes its own requirements and that Realism was the appropriate goal for contemporary Danish artists. This led him to associate with the "{{ill|Bogstaveligheden|da}}" (roughly, the "Literalists") a group of radical intellectuals who between 1880 and 1882 met to discuss art and literature . <ref name="K" /> Karl Gjellerup and Pietro Krohn were among its most notable members.
His best works are generally believed to be those he did along the shores of Lillebælt and Hellebæk. In 1874, his painting ''Hede med en Mose'' (Heath with a Bog) was acquired for the Royal Collection.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://runeberg.org/eurkonst/0186.html |title= Groth, Georg Wilhelm Arnold|publisher= Europas konstnärer |access-date=March 1, 2019}}</ref>
== Selected Paintings == <gallery mode="packed" heights=170> File:Vilhelm Groth - To småpiger i skoven en efterårsdag.jpg|Two Young Girls in the Autumn Woods. File:Vilhelm Groth - Hede med en mose - KMS1070 - Statens Museum for Kunst.jpg|Heath with a Bog File:Vilhelm Groth - Sommerdag på en skovvej.jpg|Summer Day on a Forest Road File:Vilhelm Groth - Stille dag ved den norlige del af Esrum Sø.jpg|Quiet Day on the Northern Part of<br /> Lake Esrum </gallery>
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== External links == {{commons category|Vilhelm Groth}} *[http://www.artnet.com/artists/vilhelm-groth/past-auction-results ArtNet: More works by Groth.] *[https://runeberg.org/dbl/6/0209.html Vilhelm Groth] from the Dansk Biografisk Lexikon @ Project Runeberg. *[http://gravsted.dk/person.php?navn=vilhelmgroth Vilhelm Groth] @ Gravsted
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