Johan Jacob Bruun (30 November 1715 – 4 January 1789) was aDanish painter. Often working ingouaches, he is most known for his topographic prospects which herald the development of a Danish landscape painting.[1]
He was born inSlagelse in 1715. He started in an apprenticeship under the painter Johan Herman Coning and taughtminiature painting. Between 1737 and 1769 he executed more than 1,000 gouaches, watercolours and touch drawings depicting towns, castles and other motives.
He assisted withLauritz de Thurah'sHafnia Hodierna (1746) andDen Danske Vitruvius (1746–49). When his contributions were not included in Frederick V's Atlas, he received permission and economic support to publish them inNovus Atlas Daniæ of which only one volume appeared. A number of Bruun's works have been preserved, including atRosenborg Castle,Frederiksborg Castle,Øregaard Museum andMuseum of Copenhagen.[1]
Among his known works are portraits of KingChristian VI and Queen ConsortSophia Magdalen (1737, Rosenborg Castle, afterJohann Salomon Wahl), Poul Løvenørn (after A. Brünniche) and Niels Trolle (1741, Frederiksborg Castle), Ove Gjedde and Oluf Parsberg (1741, both Ledreborg Castle).[1]
Towards the end of his life he turned blind and he died inHillerød in 1789.[2]
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