Heinrich Eduard Linde-Walther, born Walther Heinrich Eduard Linde (16 August 1868,

Lübeck Lübeck (; Low German also ), officially the Hanseatic City of Lübeck (german: Hansestadt Lübeck), is a city in Northern Germany. With around 217,000 inhabitants, Lübeck is the second-largest city on the German Baltic coast and in the stat ...

- 23 May 1939,

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) was a German painter and illustrator.

Life

He was the son of

Hermann Linde the Elder Hermann Linde (7 October 1831, Krosno Odrzańskie, Crossen an der Oder – 11 December 1918, Lübeck) was a German pharmacist and early photographer. He is generally referred to as The Elder to distinguish him from his son, Hermann Linde, Hermann, ...

, a pharmacist and pioneering photographer. His brothers were

Max Linde Max Linde (14 June 1862 – 23 April 1940, in Lübeck) was an ophthalmologist who is best known as a patron and art collector of the early 20th century. He was an important patron of the painter Edvard Munch, among others. He had the most ex ...

, an

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and art collector, and Hermann Linde, who was also a painter. He received his first drawing lessons from his grandfather, Christian Peter Wilhelm Stolle, a decorative artist. HartengrubeHLLinde-Walther

He became a student in the Department of Photography at the "Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt" (Graphic Arts and Research Institute) in Vienna. From 1887 to 1889 he worked as a photographer and colorist (someone who adds color to black-and-white photographs) in Cairo. He attended 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, ...

, from 1891 to 1894, where he studied with

Gabriel von Hackl Gabriel (von) Hackl (24 March 1843 – 5 June 1926) was a German historicist painter. Life and work He was born in Maribor, Lower Styria, Austrian Empire. A surgeon's son, he attended the gymnasium in his home town and the city school in Gr ...

and Paul Hoecker. From 1895 to 1898 he was at the

Académie Julian The Académie Julian () was a private art school for painting and sculpture founded in Paris, France, in 1867 by French painter and teacher Rodolphe Julian (1839–1907) that was active from 1868 through 1968. It remained famous for the number a ...

in Paris, then travelled extensively, visiting Sweden, the Netherlands and Spain. After 1900, he lived in Berlin and became a member of the

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in 1902, continuing to travel and exhibit widely. He was mostly known for landscapes and

still-life A still life (plural: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or man-made (drinking glasses, boo ...

s, but also did numerous portraits of children. Most of his works were commissioned by individual clients and remain in private ownership. In addition to paintings, he produced book illustrations and was especially noted for his work on the children's storybooks published by ''A. Molling & Comp.''''Lust und Scherz für's Kinderherz. Von Hannover in die Welt'', Flyer for an exhibition at the

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from 18 January to 15 April 2012

Selected illustrations

* ''Dideldumdei.'' 16 color illustrations by Linde-Walther, with verses by L. Linde. Hanover: A. Molling & Comp. 1921 * ''Plattdeutsche Spruchweisheiten.'' (

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Proverbs), foreword by "Munkepunke" (Alfred Richard Meyer). Wolfshagen-Scharbeutz, Westphal 1955 *

Johannes Gillhoff Johannes Heinrich Carl Christian Gillhoff (May 24, 1861 – January 16, 1930) was a German teacher and author. Early life and teaching Gillhof was born in Glaisin in Mecklenburg-Schwerin. He followed in his father's profession as a teacher. ...

: ''Jürnjakob Swehn, der Amerikafahrer.'' (Jürnjakob Swehn, the Traveller to America). With drawings by H. E. Linde-Walther, Berlin: Tägliche Rundschau 1921

References

External links

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"I Am a Child"
Paintings & drawings of children by Linde-Walther. * Paintings by Linde-Walther @ Fine Art-China (titles poorly translated

{{DEFAULTSORT:Linde-Walther, Heinrich Eduard 1868 births 1939 deaths Artists from Lübeck Academy of Fine Arts, Munich alumni 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists

Life

Selected illustrations

References

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