The Precision of the Lithographer To look at the work of Peter Gemzøe is to witness a deliberate shift from the brush to the stone. While many artists struggle to find a definitive direction, Gemzøe abandoned painting entirely in the late 1830s to commit himself to lithography. This was not a loss of skill but a change in focus. He moved away from the oil on canvas seen in works like his view of the gate to the Kastel of Copenhagen an…