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Ellen Franz
Ellen Franz (30 May 1839 – 24 March 1923) was a German pianist and actress. Biography Early life She was born in Berlin. According to Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt, Ellen Franz made her first appearance in the ''Hoftheater'' of Meiningen in 1867. Marriage On 18 March 1873 she married, as his third wife, Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, in the Villa Feodora in Bad Liebenstein. Because of her '' bourgeois'' origin, the Duke ennobled her shortly before their marriage, as Baroness von Heldburg, the title by which she was henceforth known. This morganatic marriage annoyed the German Emperor Wilhelm II so much that because of his aversion towards Helene he decided not to visit the Schloss Altenstein after the reconstruction undertaken by Georg II and completed in 1889. Development of Meiningen Theatre The Duke and she, together with the Director Ludwig Chronegk, established the "Meiningen Principles" (''Meininger Prinzipien''), a profound reform in theatrical practice, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oskar Begas
Oskar Begas (31 July 1828 in Berlin – 10 November 1883 in Berlin) was a German portrait and history painter. Life and career He took his first lessons from his father, the well-known painter Carl Joseph Begas, and began by doing portraits of his family. He was soon collaborating on works with his father and, at the age of thirteen, received his first commission. Later, at the Prussian Academy of Arts, he specialized in history painting. From 1849 to 1850, he studied at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts under Eduard Bendemann. He lived in Italy on a scholarship for two years, from 1852 to 1854. He returned to Berlin after his father's death, completing an unfinished series of portraits depicting Knights who had received the Pour le Mérite. Afterwards, he received many of his own commissions from King Friedrich Wilhelm IV, producing portraits of Heinrich Friedrich Link, August Böckh, Johannes von Müller and Johann Lukas Schönlein, among others. In 1866, he was named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
