Friedrich Franz Maria Stummel (20 March 1850,

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- 16 September 1919,

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) was a German religious artist, associated with the Nazarene movement and the Düsseldorfer Malerschule. In addition to his own paintings, he created designs that were employed by numerous

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s, sculptors, and weavers.

Life and work

He began his education at the Gymnasium Paulinum. Later, his family moved to Osnabrück, where he continued his studies. Due to his talent for drawing, he was able to gain admission to the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf at the age of sixteen, so he left school without getting his diploma. He would study there for twelve years. His primary instructors were

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and Eduard von Gebhardt. His first professional success came in 1878, when he was awarded a silver medal in London, at an exhibition in

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. That same year, the Akademie presented him with an award for his

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painting. He toured Italy in 1879. While there, he assisted Ludwig Seitz, who was painting frescoes in the choir at

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. Upon returning to Germany, he worked with

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on a series of paintings at the Zeughaus in Berlin. They also collaborated on mosaic designs for the façade of the Kunstgewerbemuseum. In 1881, he was commissioned to paint the Confessional Chapel in the pilgrimage city of Kevelaer. The following year, he moved there and bought a house, where his parents and his sister, Johanna, lived with him. In 1886, he opened a studio. He married Helene von Winkler (1867–1937) in 1890, and they had four children. In 1895, he provided designs for the Basilica of the Holy Apostles, Cologne,

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, and the

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. Other important works include series of paintings at the Rosary Basilica and the Sacred Heart Church; both in Berlin. He was named a Knight in the Order of the Crown (1899), and the

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(1901). In 1905, he was offered a Professorship in Medieval painting at the Hochschule Charlottenburg (now the

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), but declined to accept. He had a

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in 1918, and died from its complications the following year, aged sixty-nine.

Sources

''Stummel, Friedrich''
In: Friedrich von Boetticher: ''Malerwerke des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts. Beitrag zur Kunstgeschichte''. Vol.2, Dresden 1898, pg.861 * Gregor Hövelmann: "Friedrich Stummel. Eine Lebensskizze", In: ''Der Kirchenmaler Friedrich Stummel (1850–1919) und sein Atelier''. Exhibition catalog, Niederrheinischen Museums für Volkskunde und Kulturgeschichte Kevelaer, 1979, pp. 15–28 * Astrit Grittern: "Die Marienbasilika zu Kevelaer", ''Arbeitsheft der rheinischen Denkmalpflege'' #52, Rheinland-Verlag , pp. 35–36

External links

Stained glass windows by Stummel
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