Gotthardt Kuehl (28 November 1850 – 9 January 1915) was a
German
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painter and a representative of early German
Impressionism
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. He gained wide international recognition during his lifetime.
Life and work
His father, Simon Kühl, was the
Sexton and organist at . He studied at the
Dresden Academy of Fine Arts
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(1867) and the
Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
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, (1870). From 1878 to 1889, he lived in Paris. He also made study trips to Italy and the Netherlands. In 1888, he married Henriette Simonson-Castelli (1860–1921), daughter of the portrait painter, .
At the turn of the century, he and
Carl Bantzer, a friend from Paris, were the driving forces behind the establishment of the (artists' association). Together, they were also influential in introducing
Impressionism
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there. In 1895, he was named a Professor at the Academy. The following year, he was awarded a gold medal at the
Große Berliner Kunstausstellung. In 1902, he was one of the founding members of another artists' association, "". He also served as one of the first board members of the
Deutschen Künstlerbundes. In 1913, he was honored with the
Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art.
From 1906 until his death, he lived in a villa near the
Wasaplatz. He was cremated and placed in the . A street has been named for him in Dresden's district. in Lübeck a school, originally on the site of his parents' house, was named after him in 1934.
Art collections
The
Behnhaus
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The Behnhaus as a structure is a neoclassical building with interior design by the Danish architect Joseph Christian Lillie. The museum ...
museum in Lübeck has a collection of paintings by Kuehl, illustrating almost all his developmental phases, and many of the artworks are directly related to the city of Lübeck. The
Munich City Museum houses 15 drawings by Kuehl, from the collection of
Joseph Maximilian von Maillinger
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Biography
Von Maillinger was born in Passau. After passing his company offic ...
.
Other works of art by Kuehl can be found, among other places, at:
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Old National Gallery in
Berlin
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Kunsthalle Hamburg
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New Masters Gallery (
Dresden State Art Collections)
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Museum of Fine Arts in
Leipzig
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Pomeranian State Museum in
Greifswald
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Museum Kunstpalast
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History
The roots of the museum go back around 300 years. In 1932, the collection of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (Academy of Art) was housed in the Kunstmus ...
in
Düsseldorf
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Lower Saxony State Museum in
Hanover
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Dresden City Art Gallery
Selected paintings
File:Gotthardt_Kuehl_Pariser_Kai_1885.jpg, ''Paris
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ian quay
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'', 1885
File:Gotthardt_Kuehl_Lübecker_Waisenhaus_1894.jpg, ''Lübeck
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orphanage'', 1894
File:Gotthardt_Kuehl_Das_Gartenzimmer_c1897.jpg, ''Garden room'', 1897
File:Gotthardt_Kuehl_Blick_auf_Dresden.jpg, ''View of Dresden
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'', 1902
File:Gotthardt Kuehl Petit Malheur.jpg, ''Small Accident'', by 1905
File:Gotthardt_Kuehl_Im_Café.jpg, ''In the Coffeehouse'', by 1915
Sources
* Gerhard Gerkens (Ed.), ''Gotthardt Kuehl 1850–1915.'' Seemann, Leipzig 1993.
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* Emil Richter, ''Gotthardt Kuehl: Kunstausstellung'' ("Gotthardt Kuehl: Art exhibition"), Dresden 1920.
* Wulf Schadendorf: ''Museum
Behnhaus
The Behnhaus is an art museum in the Hanseatic city of Lübeck, Germany, and part of its World Heritage Site.
The Behnhaus as a structure is a neoclassical building with interior design by the Danish architect Joseph Christian Lillie. The museum ...
. Das Haus und seine Räume. Malerei, Skulptur, Kunsthandwerk'' ("Museum Behnhaus. The house and its rooms: Paintings, sculptures, crafts") (Lübeck museum catalogs, vol. 3). Expanded and revised edition.
Museum of Art and Cultural History of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck, 1976, pp. 78–80.
External links
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Article on Gotthardt Kuehlin the ''Stadtwiki Dresden''
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19th-century German painters
19th-century German male artists
German male painters
20th-century German painters
20th-century German male artists
German Impressionist painters
1850 births
1915 deaths