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'''Gustav Frederick Brock''' (1881–1945) was a [[Portrait painting|portrait painter]], [[portrait miniature]] artist, and an expert on the [[Film colorization|hand coloring]] of motion pictures. He was the son of the [[Denmark|Danish]] painter Gustav Brock (1849–1887).
In 1910 he was the sole representative for Denmark at the International Art Exhibition at Buenos Aires. This exhibition included an official portrait of H. M. the Queen of Denmark which was later awarded a silver medal at the Panama Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915 where Brock was again the sole representative for Denmark.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Brock|first1=Lt. Gustav|title=Exhibition catalog of miniatures by Lt. Gustav Brock|date=1922|publisher=Ehrich Galleries|location=New York|url=https://archive.org/details/frick-31072001502576|accessdate=2 August 2017}}</ref>▼
In 1920 the French Government acquired Brock’s painting of the 7th Regiment N.Y.H.G. reviewed by Marshall Joffre at Grant’s Tomb. Other noteworthy portraits and miniatures are in the permanent collections of the Musee Nationale de Buenos Aires; a miniature of H. M. King George of Greece in the collection of H. M. Queen Alexandria; The Archbishop of Buenos Aires in the Cathedral of Buenos Aires; the wife of Marechal da Fonseca, President of Brazil, Salon des Artistes Francais 1914, etc. Brock is Officer d’Academie de France and Lieutenant in the Royal Danish Army.”<ref>{{cite book|last1=Brock|first1=Lt. Gustav|title=Exhibition catalog of miniatures by Lt. Gustav Brock|date=1922|publisher=Ehrich Galleries|location=New York|url=https://archive.org/details/frick-31072001502576|accessdate=2 August 2017}}</ref>▼
▲In 1910 he was the sole representative for Denmark at the International Art Exhibition at Buenos Aires. This exhibition included an official portrait of H. M. the Queen of Denmark which was later awarded a silver medal at the Panama Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915 where Brock was again the sole representative for Denmark.
Brock was a miniature artist and expert on the hand-coloring of motion pictures. In 1922 he was represented by Ehrich Galleries, New York, which published a folio in conjunction with an exhibition of miniature paintings held at their gallery.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Brock|first1=Lt. Gustav|title=Exhibition catalog of miniatures by Lt. Gustav Brock|date=1922|publisher=Ehrich Galleries|location=New York|url=https://archive.org/details/frick-31072001502576|accessdate=2 August 2017}}</ref>
▲In 1920 the French Government acquired Brock’s painting of the 7th Regiment N.Y.H.G. reviewed by Marshall Joffre at Grant’s Tomb. Other noteworthy portraits and miniatures are in the permanent collections of the Musee Nationale de Buenos Aires; a miniature of H. M. King George of Greece in the collection of H. M. Queen Alexandria; The Archbishop of Buenos Aires in the Cathedral of Buenos Aires; the wife of Marechal da Fonseca, President of Brazil, Salon des Artistes Francais 1914, etc. Brock is Officer d’Academie de France and Lieutenant in the Royal Danish Army.”
He was the son of the Danish painter Gustav Brock (1849–1887).
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