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Rudolf Jordan (painter)
Wilhelm Rudolf Jordan (4 May 1810, Berlin – 20 March 1887, Düsseldorf) was a German genre painter, illustrator, etcher and art teacher. Biography His father was a member of the Judicial Council and he was a descendant of Charles-Étienne Jordan; advisor to Frederick the Great. After completing his basic artistic studies with Karl Wilhelm Wach at his private school in Berlin, Jordan moved to the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where he took master classes with Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow and Karl Ferdinand Sohn. In 1837, he became a member of the Prussian Academy of Arts. He graduated from the Kunstakademie in 1840 and, from 1848, operated his own studio; creating genre scenes and giving lessons. He is considered to be one of the founders of the ethnographic approach to genre painting. During this time, he was named a ""; a largely honorary title. After 1843, following the success of his painting "Heiratsantrag auf Helgoland" (Marriage Proposal in Helgoland), he devoted himself m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vigilance Committee
A vigilance committee was a group formed of private citizens to administer law and order or exercise power through violence in places where they considered governmental structures or actions inadequate. A form of vigilantism and often a more structured kind of lynch mob, the term is commonly associated with the frontier areas of the American West in the mid-19th century, where groups attacked cattle rustlers and people at gold mining claims; held kangaroo courts; and beat, killed, or exiled those they believed had violated their preferred norms (sometimes on a thin pretext of such, motivated by personal or mercenary gain). As non-state organizations, no functioning checks existed to protect against excessive force or safeguard "due process" from the committees. In the years prior to the Civil War, some committees worked to free slaves and transport them to freedom. Assisting fugitive slaves Between 1850 and 1860, following passage of the hated Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Vautier (Swiss Artist)
Marc Louis Benjamin Vautier (27 April 1829 – 25 April 1898) was a Swiss genre painter and illustrator. Life and work He was born in Morges. He was the son of a teacher and began his art studies in Geneva, then worked for two years as a jewelry enamel painter. In 1849, he obtained a position in the studios of history painter Jean-Léonard Lugardon. While there, he also took courses in anatomical drawing at a nearby art school. The following year, he began attending the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and became a member of "Malkasten" (Paintbox), a local artists' association. He left the Academy for one year to work with Rudolf Jordan as a private student. Eventually, he decided to devote himself to depicting peasant life, which he observed for several years by visiting the Bernese Oberland. In 1856 he went to Paris, but returned to Düsseldorf a year later and painted his first peasant genre pictures. Initially, he focused on Switzerland, but finally decided to concentrate on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Sohn
Paul Eduard Richard Sohn (11 November 1834, Düsseldorf - 9 March 1912, Düsseldorf) was a German genre painter. His younger brother, Karl Rudolf, was also a well known painter. Biography He was born to the artist, Karl Ferdinand Sohn, and his wife Emilie Auguste née Von Mülmann (1805-1884); a sister of the government councillor, . In 1851, he completed his public school education at the "Städtischen Realschule" (now the ""). His first artistic studies were with his father. He then enrolled at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where he studied with Rudolf Wiegmann, Heinrich Mücke, and . After 1855, he attended the master classes taught by Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow. From 1860 to 1862, he took private lessons from Rudolf Jordan, who was married to his mother's youngest sister, Sophie. In 1867, he made a study trip to Paris. He was also influenced by the work of his cousin, Wilhelm Sohn, although he remained generally true to the styles of the Düsseldorf school of painti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Gottlieb Schuback
Emil Gottlieb Schuback (28 June 1820, in Hamburg – 14 March 1902, in Düsseldorf) was a German genre painter and lithographer. Biography He received his first painting lessons from Gerdt Hardorff at the Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums in Hamburg and became a member of the . At the age of sixteen, he went to Munich, where he studied with Peter von Cornelius and Heinrich Maria von Hess at the Academy of Fine Arts. Working with Cornelius led him to become involved with the Nazarene movement so, in 1844, he went to Rome to join a group of like-minded German artists there; including Heinrich Dreber, Günther Gensler and the sculptor, . He returned to Hamburg in 1848, where he focused on genre and history painting. In 1855, he moved to Düsseldorf to polish his skills, working with the famous genre artist, Rudolf Jordan, and becoming associated with the Düsseldorfer Malerschule. After that, he devoted himself exclusively to genre works. Many featured scenes from the lives of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raphael Ritz
Maria Joseph Franz Anton Raphael Ritz, nicknamed Alpen-Raphael or Walliser-Raphael (17 January 1829, in Brig, Canton of Valais – 11 April 1894, in Sion (Switzerland), Sion) was a Swiss Genre art, genre and landscape painter, associated with the Düsseldorf School. Biography He was the second of four children born to , a church and portrait painter, and his wife Josefa-Klara. In 1839, they moved from Brig to Sion and his mother died in 1842. He received his first drawing lessons from his father. From 1851 to 1853, he studied with his uncle, Heinrich Kaiser, who was also a church and portrait painter. His father was displeased with his interest in landscape painting and, as he had also expressed an interest in science during his secondary education, it was suggested that he pursue that course, rather than art. However, he came in contact with the Nazarene movement, Nazarene painters Melchior Paul von Deschwanden, Paul von Deschwanden and Theodor von Deschwanden (1826–1861) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Ritter
Henry Ritter (24 May 1816, in Montreal – 21 December 1853, in Düsseldorf) was a Canadian-born German genre painter and illustrator; associated with the Düsseldorfer Malerschule. Biography His father was a Hanoverian officer, working with the British military, and his mother was English. At a young age, he went to live with an uncle in Hamburg, where he served a commercial apprenticeship. After 1832, he received his first art lessons from Heinrich Jacob Aldenrath and Friedrich Carl Gröger. From 1836 to 1847, he was a student at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, in the classes of Karl Ferdinand Sohn and Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow. During his last seven years there, he was a member of the Master Class and had his own studio at the Akademie. Most influential, however, were the private lessons he took in 1837 and 1838 from Rudolf Jordan, who took him on trips to the North Sea, became his friend and taught him an ethnographic approach to painting. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich Ludwig Philippi
Heinrich Ludwig Philippi (9 June 1838, Kleve – 16 September 1874, Düsseldorf) was a German history painter; associated with the Düsseldorfer Malerschule. He was primarily known as a watercolorist. Biography His father, was a jurist and member of the Prussian House of Representatives for Elberfeld. After completing his secondary education in 1857, he took an extended study trip to Berlin, Frankfurt and Dresden, with the intention of becoming an artist. In Dresden, Eduard Bendemann, a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, to whom he was distantly related, advised him to attend the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, which he did. While there, he studied with Wilhelm Sohn and Adolph Schroedter. He also studied architecture with Rudolf Wiegmann and art history with Carl Müller (1818-1893). In 1859, Bendemann was named Director of the Kunstakademie and Philippi became engaged to his daughter Marie. The engagement was short-lived however, as Philippi's father ordered him to break ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Kindler
Albert Kindler (1833, Allensbach – 4 April 1876, Merano) was a German genre painter in the late Romantic style; associated with the Düsseldorfer Malerschule. Biography He began his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich but, by 1856, he had moved to Düsseldorf, where he studied with Friedrich Wilhelm von Schadow at the Kunstakademie. This was followed by private classes with Karl Ferdinand Sohn. His professional career began in the studios of Rudolf Jordan. It was there he became associated with the Düsseldorfer Malerschule, whose works drew upon the newly prosperous middle-class for their inspiration and support. Taking into account the places where they might eventually be hung, his paintings were mostly in smaller formats. They made use of the Tyrolean Alps and Black Forest for their backgrounds and often had a medieval flavor. Many were mildly humorous, but he always strove to accommodate the tastes of his audience. His breakthrough came in 1859 with what is s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernestine Friedrichsen
Ernestine Friedrichsen (29 June 1824, Danzig - 21 July 1892, Düsseldorf) was a German genre painter; primarily of family scenes. Biography Little is known about her early life. In the 1850s, she took private art lessons in Düsseldorf with Marie Wiegmann; focusing on portrait painting. Later, she studied with Wilhelm Sohn and learned genre painting from Rudolf Jordan. She made numerous study trips, to Holland, Belgium, England and Italy, as well as to places within Germany, such as Holstein, Bavaria and Masuria, which she found especially amenable as a source of inspiration. The January Uprising and the Jewish communities in Poland were also recurring motifs in her work. Her first showing came in 1861 at an academic exhibition in Dresden. After that, she took part in various exhibitions of the . She maintained a private studio in Düsseldorf from 1867 until her death. She was also a member of the Verein der Berliner Künstlerinnen, an association of female artists. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Dieffenbach
Anton Heinrich Dieffenbach (4 February 1831, Wiesbaden – 29 November 1914, Le Hohwald) was a German landscape and genre painter; noted for his portrayals of cute children. Biography He moved to Straßburg with his parents in 1840 and took lessons from a local artist named Charles Duhamel. With Duhamel's recommendation, he was able to go to Paris and study with the sculptor, James Pradier. Following Pradier's death in 1852, he returned to Germany and settled in Wiesbaden and decided to devote himself entirely to painting. After only a year, he relocated to Düsseldorf, where he studied intermittently at the Kunstakademie, from 1856 to 1857, with Christian Köhler. He also took private lessons from Karl Ferdinand Sohn and Rudolf Jordan. For several years, he was a member of the progressive artists' association, Malkasten (paintbox). His choice of subject matter was strongly influenced by Ludwig Knaus, although he was never one of Knaus' students. His painting "Ein Tag vor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of Vasa
The Royal Order of Vasa () is a Swedish order of chivalry, awarded to citizens of Sweden for service to state and society especially in the fields of agriculture, mining and commerce. It was instituted on 29 May 1772 by King Gustav III. It was unrestricted by birth or education and could therefore be awarded to anyone (as opposed to the Order of the Polar Star, which was intended as a reward for the learned professions). It was the most junior of all the Swedish orders. It was often awarded to Norwegian subjects of the dual monarchy until Oscar I founded the Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1847. Since 1974 the order is no longer conferred: officially it has been declared as "dormant", along with the Order of the Sword. In 2019, a parliamentary committee was instructed to establish guidelines on how to re-introduce the Swedish orders, including the Order of Vasa, into the Swedish honours system and how Swedish citizens again can be appointed to Swedish orders. The committee pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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