Adalbert Franz Eugen Begas (8 March 1836,

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– 21 January 1888,

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) was a German painter.

Life

He was the third son of painter

Carl Joseph Begas Carl Joseph Begas, or Karl Begas, (30 September 1794, Heinsberg – 24 November 1854, Berlin) was a German painter who played an important role in the transition from Romanticism to Realism. He was the first in a multi-generational "dynasty" of ...

. Because of his drawing skills, his father encouraged him to become an engraver and sent him to study at the

Prussian Academy of Art The Prussian Academy of Arts (German: ''Preußische Akademie der Künste'') was a state arts academy first established in Berlin, Brandenburg, in 1694/1696 by prince-elector Frederick III, in personal union Duke Frederick I of Prussia, and late ...

with the copper engraver and

lithographer Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone ( lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by the German ...

. In 1849, he went to Paris to complete his studies. His encounters with the works of the old masters there led to his decision to become a painter instead. In 1862, he followed his brother, the sculptor

Reinhold Begas Reinhold Begas (15 July 1831 – 3 August 1911) was a German sculptor. Biography Begas was born in Berlin, son of the painter Carl Joseph Begas. He received his early education (1846–1851) studying under Christian Daniel Rauch and Ludwig W ...

to the

Weimar Saxon-Grand Ducal Art School The Grand-Ducal Saxon Art School, Weimar (German:Großherzoglich-Sächsische Kunstschule Weimar) was founded on 1 October 1860, in Weimar, Germany, by a decree of Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. It existed until 1910, when ...

, where he found work in the studios of

Arnold Böcklin Arnold Böcklin (16 October 182716 January 1901) was a Swiss symbolist painter. Biography He was born in Basel. His father, Christian Frederick Böcklin (b. 1802), was descended from an old family of Schaffhausen, and engaged in the silk trad ...

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Adalbert Begas
', in: Hermann Alex. Müller: ''Biographisches Künstler-Lexikon''. Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1882 He took a study trip to Italy in 1864, where he was influenced by paintings of the Madonna. On his return to Berlin, he earned his living primarily as a portrait painter, but was more enthusiastic about producing dreamy

genre Genre () is any form or type of communication in any mode (written, spoken, digital, artistic, etc.) with socially-agreed-upon conventions developed over time. In popular usage, it normally describes a category of literature, music, or other ...

scenes and idealized (often

allegorical As a literary device or artistic form, an allegory is a narrative or visual representation in which a character, place, or event can be interpreted to represent a hidden meaning with moral or political significance. Authors have used allegory ...

) female figures. In 1877, he married the landscape and architecture painter Luise von Parmentier. The couple made frequent visits to Italy (especially

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and Venice), inspiring him to make his genre scenes more realistic and colorful. He died during one of these trips of an unspecified

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disorder.

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ArtNet: More works by Begas

Begas Haus
@ Museum für Kunst und Regionalgeschichte Heinsberg. {{DEFAULTSORT:Begas, Adalbert 1836 births 1888 deaths Prussian Academy of Arts alumni 19th-century German painters German male painters 19th-century German male artists German people of Belgian descent

Life

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