Eugen Felix Prosper Bracht (3 June 1842 – 5 November 1921) was a German landscape painter.
Biography
Bracht was born in
Morges
Morges (; la, Morgiis, plural, probably ablative, else dative; frp, Môrges) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud and the seat of the district of Morges. It is located on Lake Geneva.
History
Morges is first mentioned in 1288 as ' ...
, Waadt (near Lake Geneva in Switzerland) of German parents. His family later moved to
Darmstadt
Darmstadt () is a city in the States of Germany, state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Area, Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt has around 160,000 inhabitants, making it th ...
, Germany, where he became a pupil of Karl Ludwig Seeger at the
Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe and later studied under
Hans Gude in
Düsseldorf. Dissatisfied with his work, he moved to Berlin in 1864 and became a merchant, but in 1876 he renewed his interest in painting and joined his former teacher Seeger in Karlsruhe.
A late
Romanticist painter, Bracht was known for his moody landscapes and coastal scenes in North Germany, and began a sketching trip through Syria, Palestine and Egypt from 1880 to 1881. In 1882, he became a Professor of Landscape Painting at the
Prussian Academy of Arts.
In 1885, he painted the ''
Battle of Chattanooga'' for the "Philadelphia Panorama Company", a
cyclorama which was installed in Philadelphia and Kansas City.
Bracht was supported by
Anton von Werner
Anton Alexander von Werner (9 May 18434 January 1915) was a German painter known for his history paintings of notable political and military events in the Kingdom of Prussia.Fulbrook, Mary and John Breuilly (1997) ''German History Since 1800'' ...
, the conservative director of the Berlin Academy, but cut ties with him during the affair of the closure of
Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch ( , ; 12 December 1863 – 23 January 1944) was a Norwegian painter. His best known work, ''The Scream'' (1893), has become one of Western art's most iconic images.
His childhood was overshadowed by illness, bereavement and the dr ...
's Berlin exhibition in 1892.
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Despite the hostility, when von Werner died, Bracht finished the late painter's panorama of the '' Battle of Sedan''.
Later, Bracht became a representative of German Impressionism.
In 1901, he obtained a teaching position at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts that he held until 1919. He retired to Darmstadt, where he died in 1921.
Selected paintings
Eugen Bracht Hoeschstahlwerk.jpg, '' Hoesch Steelworks'' (1905)
Bracht erinnerung gizeh.jpg, ''Memories of Giza
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'' (1883)
Bracht-Morning Star.jpg, ''Morning Star'' (1889)
Eugen Bracht - Das Gestade der Vergessenheit (1911).jpg, ''The Shore of Oblivion'' (1911)
Eugen Felix Prosper Bracht Küste auf Sylt.jpg, ''Coast of Sylt ( Morsum-Kliff)'' (1897)
Eugen Bracht Hoesch.jpg, ''Hoesch Steelwoorks'' (1907)
Eugen Bracht Heidelandschaft Neu Zittau.jpg, ''Neu Zittau'' (1884)
Eugen Bracht - Rast in der Syrischen Wüste.jpg, ''Rest in the Syrian Desert'' (1883)
See also
* List of Orientalist artists
This is an incomplete list of artists who have produced works on Orientalist subjects, drawn from the Islamic world or other parts of Asia. Many artists listed on this page worked in many genres, and Orientalist subjects may not have formed a m ...
* Orientalism
In art history, literature and cultural studies, Orientalism is the imitation or depiction of aspects in the Eastern world. These depictions are usually done by writers, designers, and artists from the Western world. In particular, Orientalist p ...
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1842 births
1921 deaths
19th-century German painters
19th-century German male artists
20th-century German painters
20th-century German male artists
German Impressionist painters
German male painters
German Symbolist painters
Orientalist painters
People from Morges
Academic staff of the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts