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Henriette Jügel
Henriette Elisabetha Jeanette Jügel (11 January 1778, Remagen - 12 March 1850, Gummersbach) was a German landscape and portrait painter. Life and work She was the fifth child born to Johann Friedrich Jügel, a chemist and calico manufacturer, and his wife Anna Wilhelmine née Kirberger, daughter of the merchant and lay judge, Anton Kirberger. After unsuccessful attempts to establish a textile dyeing business in several cities, her family moved to Berlin in 1785. Her father died there in 1800. Her older brother, became a copper engraver, while her younger brother went into the bookselling and publishing business. She studied landscape and portrait painting, with a focus on Portrait miniature, miniatures, in special women's classes at the Prussian Academy of Arts, Berlin Academy. Some of her works were exhibited there. In 1806, Anna took Henriette and her sister Christiane to Gummersbach, to live with their sister Katharina (1776-1841), who had married the wealthy merchant, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Wüste
Louise Wüste or Wueste, née Heuser (6 June 1805, Gummersbach - 25 September 1874, Eagle Pass, Texas) was a German-American portrait artist; associated with the Düsseldorfer Malerschule. Life and work She was the first of six children born to the paint and wine merchant, Heinrich Daniel Theodor Heuser (1767–1848), and his wife, Katharina Luisa née Jügel (1776–1841). Her grandfather, , was the founder of a large trading company. genealogy @ Heidermanns Her aunt, , taught her how to paint and draw, and her mother taught her how to play the harp. Her sisters, |
German Landscape Painters
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Painters From The Kingdom Of Prussia
Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush. Other implements, such as palette knives, sponges, airbrushes, the artist's fingers, or even a dripping technique that uses gravity may be used. One who produces paintings is called a painter. In art, the term "painting" describes both the act and the result of the action (the final work is called "a painting"). The support for paintings includes such surfaces as walls, paper, canvas, wood, glass, lacquer, pottery, leaf, copper and concrete, and the painting may incorporate other materials, in single or multiple form, including sand, clay, paper, cardboard, newspaper, plaster, gold leaf, and even entire objects. Painting is an important form of visual arts, visual art, bringing in elements such as drawing, Composition (visual art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
18th-century German Painters
The 18th century lasted from 1 January 1701 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCI) to 31 December 1800 (MDCCC). During the 18th century, elements of Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment thinking culminated in the Atlantic Revolutions. Revolutions began to challenge the legitimacy of monarchical and aristocratic power structures. The Industrial Revolution began mid-century, leading to radical changes in Society, human society and the Natural environment, environment. The European colonization of the Americas and other parts of the world intensified and associated mass migrations of people grew in size as part of the Age of Sail. During the century, History of slavery, slave trading expanded across the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, while declining in Russian Empire, Russia and Qing dynasty, China. Western world, Western historians have occasionally defined the 18th century otherwise for the purposes of their work. For example, the "short" 18th century may be defined as 1715†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1850 Deaths
Events January–March * January 29 – Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the United States Congress. * January 31 – The University of Rochester is founded in Rochester, New York. * January – Sacramento floods. * February 28 – The University of Utah opens in Salt Lake City. * March 5 – The Britannia Bridge opens over the Menai Strait in Wales. * March 7 – United States Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech, in which he endorses the Compromise of 1850, in order to prevent a possible civil war. * March 16 – Nathaniel Hawthorne's historical novel '' The Scarlet Letter'' is published in Boston, Massachusetts. * March 19 – American Express is founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo. * March 31 – The paddle steamer , bound from Cork to London, is wrecked in the English Channel with the loss of all 250 on board. April–June * April 4 – Los Angeles is incorporated as a cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1778 Births
Events January–March * January 18 – Third voyage of James Cook: Captain James Cook, with ships HMS ''Resolution'' and HMS ''Discovery'', first views OÊ»ahu then KauaÊ»i in the Hawaiian Islands of the Pacific Ocean, which he names the ''Sandwich Islands''. * February 5 – In the United States: **South Carolina becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation. **General John Cadwalader shoots and seriously wounds Major General Thomas Conway in a duel after a dispute between the two officers over Conway's continued criticism of General George Washington's leadership of the Continental Army.''Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909'', ed. by Benson John Lossing and, Woodrow Wilson (Harper & Brothers, 1910) p166 * February 6 – American Revolutionary War: In Paris, the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France, signaling official French re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alwine Schroedter
Alwine Schroedter or Schrödter, née Heuser (13 February 1820, Gummersbach – 12 April 1892, Karlsruhe), was a German painter and illustrator; associated with the Düsseldorfer Malerschule. Life and work She was the last of six children born to the paint and wine merchant, Heinrich Daniel Theodor Heuser (1767–1848), and his wife, Katharina Luisa née Jügel (1776–1841). Her grandfather, , was the founder of a large trading company. genealogy @ Heidermanns Her aunt, the artist , taught her how to paint and draw. Her sisters, Louise and |
Remagen
Remagen () is a town in Germany in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, in the district of Ahrweiler (district), Ahrweiler. It is about a one-hour drive from Cologne, just south of Bonn, the former West Germany, West German seat of government. It is situated on the left (western) bank of the river Rhine. There is a ferry across the Rhine from Remagen every 10–15 minutes in the summer. Remagen has many notable and well-maintained buildings, churches, castles and monuments. It also has a sizeable pedestrian zone with plenty of shops. Overlooking the west bank of the Rhine just north of the city centre is the Apollinariskirche. It has an observation deck that is only open to parishioners on Sundays. Pedestrians reach the church via a dirt trail that passes a series of roadside monuments representing each of the fourteen Stations of the Cross. The church grounds contain an outdoor crypt and an abbey. Further down the river is one of the many castles along the Rhine, perched even highe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adeline Jaeger
Adelheid Jaeger, née Heuser, known as Adeline (31 March 1809, Gummersbach - 17 December 1897, Bonn) was a German portrait, Genre art, genre and still-life painter, associated with the Düsseldorfer Malerschule. Life and work She was the third of six children born to the paint and wine merchant, Heinrich Daniel Theodor Heuser (1767–1848), and his wife, Katharina Luisa née Jügel (1776–1841). Her grandfather, , was the founder of a large trading company. Her aunt, the artist Henriette Jügel, taught her how to paint and draw. Her desire to make art her professional career was discouraged by her father, although her sisters, Louise Wüste, Louise and Alwine Schroedter, Alwine would become artists. Another sister, Ida (1817–1880), married the painter Karl Friedrich Lessing in 1841. In 1831, she was sent to Frankfurt, to live with her uncle, the publisher and bookseller, . His wife had recently died, and he needed help to care for his two young sons. He was more receptive t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
