Theodor Christoph Schüz (26 March 1830,
Waldachtal - 17 June 1900,
Düsseldorf) was a German painter associated with the
Düsseldorfer Malerschule.
Biography
He was the youngest son of an evangelical pastor. He was originally trained to be a
notary in
Herrenberg
Herrenberg (Swabian German, Swabian: ''Härrabärg'' or ''Haerebärg'') is a town in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, about 30 km
south of Stuttgart and 20 km from Tübingen. After Sindelfingen, Böblingen, and Leonberg, it is the four ...
, but later began studying art in
Stuttgart
Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...
. In 1856, he continued his studies at the
Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. There, he became a master student of the history painter,
Carl von Piloty.
In 1866, he moved to Düsseldorf, where he would remain for the rest of his life. His sons, Friedrich (1874-1954) and Hans (1883-1922) also became painters. His other son, Martin (1877-1945), was an evangelical pastor in
Haigerloch
Haigerloch is a town in the north-western part of the Swabian Alb in Germany.
Geography Geographical location
Haigerloch lies at between 430 and 550 metres elevation in the valley of the Eyach river, which forms two loops in a steep shelly limest ...
, but was also an amateur
watercolorist.
He gained his widest audience as an illustrator of the early works of
Ottilie Wildermuth
Ottilie Wildermuth (; née Rooschüz; 22 February 1817 in Rottenburg am Neckar – 12 July 1877 in Tübingen) was a German writer, particularly notable for her children's books.
Life
Ottilie Rooschüz was the daughter of Gottlob Christian ...
. His best known work, "Noon Prayer at the Harvest", now at the
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, was originally exhibited at the
Exposition Universelle (1867). Most of his paintings are in the
Late Romantic style, and many are of a religious nature.
[Christiane Lange: "Tolles Bild, wer hat das noch mal gemalt?" In: '' Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'', 17. August 2016, pg.13.]
References
Further reading
* Elisabeth Hipp, Jörg Becker, Wolf Eiermann: ''Theodor Schüz 1830-1900'', exhibition catalog, Stadtmuseum Tübingen, Galerie Albstadt 2000, .
* Hans Albrecht Oehler, Martina Röben: ''Theodor Schüz.'' Edition Schlichtenmaier, Grafenau 1996, .
* David Koch: ''Theodor Schüz. Ein Maler für das deutsche Volk.'' Stuttgart: Steinkopf 1908.
External links
More works by Schüz@ ArtNet
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1830 births
1900 deaths
19th-century German painters
19th-century German male artists
German landscape painters
German genre painters
Düsseldorf school of painting
Academy of Fine Arts, Munich alumni
People from Freudenstadt (district)