Ernst Arnold Lyongrün (1871–1935) was a

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practitioner of the ''Jugendstil'' or

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style of

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and a painter in the Impressionism, Impressionistic mode.

Early life

Lyongrün was born Oct. 2, 1871, in Domnau,

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(now

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). He grew up during the

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boom of Imperial Germany, studying in

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(now

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, Russia) and Breslau (now

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, Poland). Thereafter he studied at the Académie Julian in

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under French artists

Jules Joseph Lefebvre Jules Joseph Lefebvre (; 14 March 183624 February 1911) was a French figure painter, educator and theorist. Early life Lefebvre was born in Tournan-en-Brie, Seine-et-Marne, on 14 March 1836. He entered the École nationale supérieure des Bea ...

and

Tony Robert-Fleury Tony Robert-Fleury (1 September 18378 December 1911) was a French painter, known primarily for historical scenes. He was also a prominent art teacher, with many famous artists among his students. Biography He was born just outside Paris, and st ...

, and undertook student journeys around France, Austria and

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. Beginning in 1898, Lyongrün lived and worked in the Hamburg area, and in 1907 he became a teacher at the State Academy of Art in Hamburg. During the

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he was drafted into the Germany Army. Lyongrün survived the war and in 1919 became an independent

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. He became a member of the Hamburg Artists Society (founded 1920) and subsequently a member of the German National Association of Visual Artists (''Reichsverband Bildender Künstler Deutschlands''). A few years later he was a member of the

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on the Darss Peninsula at the

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, in

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Career

During his sojourn in

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, the young Lyongrün was inspired by the Art Nouveau movement exemplified by the

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. He published a number of patterns for decorative arts and crafts, among them ''Decorative Motifs from the Natural World'' (1899) and ''New Ideas for Decorative Art'' (1901).''Arnold Lyongrün''
(

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). In: Hans W. Singer (Hrsg.): ''Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Leben und Werke der berühmtesten bildenden Künstler, Band 6''. Rütten, Frankfurt am Main 1922. ''

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'', retrieved 19 October 2010 These works are held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. In art history, Lyongrün is regarded primarily as a landscape painter and a

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. His paintings include scenes from the

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, the

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, the low-lying environs of

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and the shores of the

. He also painted a few portraits. Early exhibitions of Lyongrün's works were staged in Hamburg in 1911 and 1919.

Gallery

Lyongrün, Frühling an der Luhe.jpg, ''Spring on the Lühe'' (1904) Arnold_Lyongrün,_Auf_blühender_Heide.jpg, ''The Blooming Heath'' (1910) Arnold Lyongrün Blick vom Feldberg im Schwarzwald, 1910.jpg, ''Feldberg, Black Forest'' (1910) File:Arnold Lyongrün, Die Quelle, Ölgemälde 1911.jpg, ''The Source'' (1911) Wassermühle am Titisee im Schwarzwald.jpg, ''Mill on the Titisee'' (1912) Arnold_Lyongrün_Eichen_am_Kellersee.jpg, ''Oaks on the Kellersee'' (1919) Arnold Lyongrün, Abend an der Ostsee.jpg, ''Evening on the Baltic'' (1921) File:Heidelandschaft bei Wilsede, Ölgemälde 1912.jpg, ''Heath Landscape near Wilsede'' Arnold Lyongrün, Ölgemälde Ostseewellen (1920er Jahre).JPG, ''Baltic Sea Surf'' (1925) File:Arnold Lyongrün Weg in der Lüneburger Heide.jpg, ''Track, Lüneburg Heath'' Arnold Lyongrün, Frühling im Schwarzwald, 1912.jpg, ''Spring, Black Forest (1912)

References

Publications

* Arnold Lyongrün: ''Eine Sammlung naturalistischer Motive''. Verlag Bernhard Friedrich Voigt, Leipzig 1898 * Arnold Lyongrün: ''Neue Ornamente''. Verlag Ernst Wasmuth, Berlin 1899–1902 * Arnold Lyongrün: ''Vorbilder für Kunstverglasungen im Style der Neuzeit''. Verlag Hessling, Berlin / New York 1900 * Arnold Lyongrün: ''Neue Ideen für dekorative Kunst und das Kunstgewerbe'', Verlag Kanter und Mohr, Berlin 1903 * Arnold Lyongrün: ''Masterpieces of Art Nouveau, Stained Glass Design, 91 Motifs in full color''. Verlag Dover Pubn, 1989 * Arnold Lyongrün: ''From Nature to Ornament, Organic Forms in the Art Nouveau Style''. Dover Pictorial Archive Series, 2010

Sources

* ''Brockhaus' Kleines Konversations-Lexikon, Bd. 1''. 5. Auflage, Leipzig 1911, S. 687. * Hans W. Singer (Hrsg.):
Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Leben und Werke der berühmtesten bildenden Künstler, Bd 6
'. Rütten & Loening Verlag, Frankfurt/M. 1922. *

Ernst Rump Ernst August Max Friedrich Rump (13 October 1872, Hamburg - 12 January 1921, Hamburg) was a German merchant, art patron and collector. In 1912, he wrote the ''Lexikon der bildenden Künstler Hamburgs, Altonas und der näheren Umgebung'' (Encyclope ...

(ed.), Kay Rump (pub.), Maike Bruhns (pub.): ''Der Neue Rump. Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler Hamburgs, Altonas und der näheren Umgebung''. 2. Auflage. Verlag Wachtholz, Neumünster 2005, . * Paul Pfisterer: ''Signaturlexikon''. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1999, p. 425

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