Friedrich Fehr - Interieurbildnis mit weiblichem Aktmodell 1914

Friedrich Eduard Fehr (24 May 1862, Werneck - 29 September 1927, Polling) was a German painter in the Historicist atyle.

Biography

He was born to Kaspar Fehr, a

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, and his wife Anna. He initially attended the Realgymnasium in

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then, from 1878 to 1884, he studied at the

Academy of Fine Arts, Munich The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (german: Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, also known as Munich Academy) is one of the oldest and most significant art academies in Germany. It is located in the Maxvorstadt district of Munich, in Bavaria, ...

with Alexander Strähuber, Gyula Benczúr and

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. A scholarship from the Martin von Wagner Foundation enabled him to make an extended study trip to Italy from 1885 to 1890. Upon his return to Munich, he joined with

Ludwig Schmid-Reutte Ludwig Schmid-Reutte (13 January 1863 - 13 November 1909) was a Germany naturalist painter. Biography Ludwig Schmid-Reutte was born in Lechaschau, a mountain village to the west of Garmisch and Innsbruck. Franz Anton Schmid, his father, was a ...

and to establish a private art school, whose students would come to include

Emil Nolde Emil Nolde (born Hans Emil Hansen; 7 August 1867 – 13 April 1956) was a German-Danish painter and printmaker. He was one of the first Expressionists, a member of Die Brücke, and was one of the first oil painting and watercolor painters of the ...

Clara Rilke-Westhoff Clara Westhoff (21 September 1878 in Bremen – 9 March 1954 in Fischerhude), also known as ''Clara Rilke'' or ''Clara Rilke-Westhoff'' was a pioneer German sculptor and artist. She was the wife of poet Rainer Maria Rilke. Early life At 17, West ...

, and , among many others. In 1896, when the Karlsruhe Artists' Association was founded, he became a corresponding member; promoting lithography and etching as necessary adjuncts to an artistic education. In 1897, he married Berta Roloff (1868–1957). Later that year, he was offered a position at the Karlsruher Akademie. In 1899, after some consideration, he accepted their offer and became head of the painting class, which he oversaw until it was discontinued in 1923. His students included

Wilhelm Hempfing Wilhelm Hempfing (15 July 1886 – 6 June 1948) was a German painter and printmaker. Life and work He was born in Schönau. He was a master student at the Kunstakademie Karlsruhe, where he studied with Friedrich Fehr. He also learned etchi ...

Margarethe von Reinken Margarethe von Reinken (27 March 1877 - 20 January 1962) was a German painter. She was known chiefly for still lifes, landscapes and portraiture. Life Margarethe Diederike von Reinken was born in Bremen, the youngest of her parents' eight c ...

and

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. From 1904 to 1919, he also taught classes at the (Women's' Art School). During this period, he expanded his own work to encompass interiors and

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scenes, in a style similar to the

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. In 1915, he took a short leave from his teaching, to paint soldiers on the front lines. After retiring in 1924, he and his family moved to Polling, where he died three years later. He was memorialized by the architect,

Hermann Billing Hermann Billing (February 7, 1867, Karlsruhe – March 2, 1946, Karlsruhe) was a German Art Nouveau architect and designer. He attended high school, Kunstgewerbeschule and architectural college, but completed none of them. Funded by his wealthy ...

, and the sculptor, , at the in Karlsruhe, where one of the figures bears his likeness.

Sources

Biography
@ the Stadtlexikon Karlsruhe
03554 Friedrich Fehr, Matrikelbuch 1841-1884 der Akademie der Bildenden Künste

External links

More works by Fehr
@ ArtNet * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fehr, Friedrich 1862 births 1927 deaths 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German landscape painters German genre painters Academy of Fine Arts, Munich alumni People from Schweinfurt (district) 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists