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List Of Baltic Germans
This is a list of notable Baltic Germans. Art and literature Architects *Alfred Aschenkampff (1858–1914), architect (Latvia) *Paul Max Bertschy (1840–1911), city architect of Liepāja (Latvia) *Bernhard Bielenstein (1877–1959), architect (Latvia) *Wilhelm Bockslaff (1858–1945), architect (Latvia) *Johann Felsko (1813–1902), architect (Latvia) *Karl Felsko, (1844–1918), architect (Latvia) *Christoph Haberland (1750–1803), architect (Latvia) *Otto Pius Hippius (1826–1883), architect (Estonia) *Erich Jacoby (1885–1941), architect (Estonia) *Paul Mandelstamm (1872–1941), architect (Latvia) *Robert Natus (1890–1950), architect (Estonia) *Robert Pflug (1832–1885), architect (Latvia) *August Reinberg (1860–1908), architect (Latvia) *Jacques Rosenbaum (1878–1944), architect (Estonia) *Alfred Rosenberg (1893–1946), politician, Nazi ideologist and architect (Germany) *Max Scherwinsky (1859–1909), architect and designer (Latvia) *Edmund von Trompowsky (1851� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltic German
Baltic Germans ( or , later ) are Germans, ethnic German inhabitants of the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, in what today are Estonia and Latvia. Since Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950), their resettlement in 1945 after the end of World War II, Baltic Germans have drastically declined as a geographically determined ethnic groups in Europe, ethnic group in the region, with diaspora generally relocating to Germany proper and beyond. Since the late Middle Ages, native German-speakers formed the majority of merchants and clergy, and the large majority of the Baltic nobility, local landowning nobility who effectively constituted a ruling class over indigenous Latvians, Latvian and Estonians, Estonian non-nobles. By the time a distinct Baltic German ethnic identity began emerging in the 19th century, the majority of self-identifying Baltic Germans were non-nobles belonging mostly to the urban and professional middle class. In the 12th and 13th centuries, Catholic Chu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Scherwinsky
Max Gustav Richard Scherwinsky (; 1 November 1859 – 12 July 1909) was a German-born architect working mainly in Riga, the present-day capital of Latvia. Biography Max Scherwinsky was born in Tilsit (since 1946 Sovetsk) in East Prussia (today Kaliningrad Oblast in Russia). His family was originally Polish aristocrats who had emigrated to the Kingdom of Prussia following the November Uprising. Max Scherwinsky received his basic education in Tilsit and then went on to study construction in Buxtehude. In 1879 he enrolled in the Württemberg Royal Polytechnic School in Stuttgart to study architecture. He graduated in 1883. At some point after this he moved to Riga and took up teaching positions at the Riga School for Crafts, Riga Polytechnic Institute (today Riga Technical University), as well as Riga Lomonosov Girls' Gymnasium. From 1887 or 1888 he was the director of the School of Crafts. He was also active as a designer and architect in Riga. He died in Stockholm in 1909 while vis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm August Golicke
Wilhelm August Golicke (; 1802 – 5 July 1848) was a Russian painter of Baltic German origin. Life and paintings He was born in Tallinn or Saint Petersburg. He grew up in the German community of Tallinn ("Reval", in German), and studied in Saint Petersburg at the studios of the English painter George Dawe. Between 1822 and 1828 Dawe, together with Golicke and another of his students, Alexander Polyakov, a serf, painted 332 portraits of Tsarist Generals who had distinguished themselves in the war against Napoleon. The paintings were placed in the Military Gallery of the Winter Palace. Dawe became a good friend of Golicke's during their work together and left him an annuity in his will. After Dawes' death, Golicke studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts. He graduated in 1832 and was named an "Independent Artist" (Cвободный Xудожник), a sign of official recognition. In 1837, he visited England and Italy. He died in Saint Petersburg, of cholera, in 1848. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduard Von Gebhardt
Franz Karl Eduard von Gebhardt (13 June 1838 – 3 February 1925) was a Baltic German painter of portraits and historical scenes, and a professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Biography He was born to Ferdinand Theodor von Gebhardt (1803–1869), Provost (religion), Provost and member of the Consistory (Protestantism), Consistorial Council in Tallinn, Reval, and his wife, Wilhelmine, née Von Glehn (1808–1880). He graduated from the local Gymnasium (school), gymnasium at sixteen, and enrolled at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg, where he studied for three years. He then spent two years travelling, spending some time in Karlsruhe, where he took classes at the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe, Academy of Fine Arts. He arrived in Düsseldorf in 1860, and became a student of Wilhelm Sohn, who gave him such wholehearted encouragement that he decided to stay there. He settled on a street which was the home of several other artists and their studios. In 1872, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Heinrich Elbfas
Jacob Heinrich Elbfas (1664) was a Baltic German portrait painter. Elbfas was born in Livonia and educated in Strasbourg, in a tradition dating back to Renaissance portraits. He established himself in Sweden from 1622 and from 1628 in Stockholm where he became a guild master. During the period 1634 to 1640 he worked as a court painter for Queen Maria Eleonora. He was frequently employed by the Swedish nobility. His influence on Swedish art was considerable until a new generation of artists were invited by Queen Christina during the 1640s. He died in Stockholm. See also *History of Sweden The history of Sweden can be traced back to the melting of the Northern polar ice cap. From as early as 12000 BC, humans have inhabited this area. Throughout the Stone Age, between 8000 BC and 6000 BC, early inhabitants used sto ... References * 17th-century Swedish painters Swedish male painters 1600s births 1664 deaths Year of birth uncertain Baltic-German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Burchard Dörbeck
Franz Burchard Dörbeck ( in Fellin in Fellin) was a Baltic German graphic artist and caricaturist born in Fellin (now Viljandi, Viljandi County, Estonia) in what was then the Governorate of Livonia From 1814 to 1816 Dörbeck studied engraving with Fritz Neyer in Saint Petersburg. After the early death of his first wife, Dörbeck moved to Riga where he was active from 1820 as a portrait artist. In 1823 Dörbeck moved to Berlin, Kingd I m of Prussia where he continued as a graphic artist and book illustrator. He gained fame with his caricatures published in newspapers. Dörbeck died in 1835 in Viljandi. In the 1960s one of the streets in Berlin's Spandau district was named after him: Dörbeckweg. In Estonian cultural history Dörbeck is known as the author of the only surviving portrait of Kristjan Jaak Peterson, the founder of modern Estonian poetry. See also * List of Baltic German artists * List of German painters This is a list of German painters. A > second co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Clodt Von Jürgensburg
Peter Jakob Freiherr Clodt von Jürgensburg (; 5 June 1805 – 25 November 1867) was a Russian sculptor. He was well regarded by Nicholas I of Russia. Biography Born in Saint Petersburg, Klodt belonged to a distinguished family of Baltic Germans, the Clodt von Jürgensburgs. The family's origin remains unknown, but many speculate that it originated in Westphalia. Klodt started his career as a professional artillery officer and amateur sculptor. He attended classes at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg, where his mastery in depicting horses eventually won him the rank of academician and the praise of the Emperor. As legend has it, Nicholas I remarked of Klodt that he "creates horses finer than any prize stallion does". Klodt's most famous group of equestrian statues, the ''Horse Tamers'', was installed at the Anichkov Bridge in 1851. He also produced the bronze statue of Ivan Krylov in the Summer Garden (1848–55). It was the first monument to a poet erect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Clodt
Michael is a common masculine given name derived from the Hebrew phrase ''mī kāʼēl'', 'Who slike-El', in Aramaic: ܡܝܟܐܝܠ (''Mīkhāʼēl'' ). The theophoric name is often read as a rhetorical question – "Who slike he Hebrew God El?", whose answer is "there is none like El", or "there is none as famous and powerful as God." This question is known in Latin as '' Quis ut Deus?'' Paradoxically, the name is also sometimes interpreted as, "One who is like God."Omnium Sanctorum Hiberniae"Michael - one who is like unto God"(This interpretation would be seen as heretical in some religions, but it is fairly common nonetheless.) An alternative spelling of the name is ''Micheal''. While ''Michael'' is most often a masculine name, it is also given to women, such as the actresses Michael Michele and Michael Learned, and Michael Steele, the former bassist for the Bangles. Patronymic surnames that come from Michael include '' Carmichael, DiMichele, MacMichael, McMichael, Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernhard Borchert
Bernhard Borchert (1 December 1863 in Riga – 1945) was a Baltic-German painter who spent the greatest part of his life in Latvia. He entered the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ... in 1883, and was in 1885 awarded a silver medal from the same institute. He produced book and magazine illustrations. He was the author of the "Baltic artists’ painting exhibition" (''Baltijas mākslinieku gleznu izstāde''). See also * List of Baltic German artists Artwork File:Bernhard-Borchert-1.jpg, The Devil and his Grandmother File:Bernhard-Borchert-2.jpg, The Temptation of the Virgin References Latvian artists Baltic-German people from the Russian Empire 1863 births 1945 deaths Painters from the Russian Empire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregor Von Bochmann
Gregor von Bochmann (1 June 1850, Nehatu, Kreis Wiek, Governorate of Estonia – 12 February 1930, Hösel, near Düsseldorf) was a Baltic-German landscape and genre painter. Buchman was popular during his lifetime due to his regular participation in exhibitions and his stunning early works.After his death, in 1930 and 1951, memorial exhibitions were organized in his honor. However, apart from the constant presence of his paintings in the international art trade, interest in him remained limited. This changed at the beginning of the 21st century, with exhibitions held in Düsseldorf and Estonia. Biography His father was a forest warden for the Governorate of Estonia, who had been ennobled due to his service in the Crimean War. Bochmann frequently travelled around the country with him, developing his ability to observe nature. From 1862 to 1868, he studied at the Gustav Adolf Grammar School in Tallinn, where his art teacher, Theodor Albert Sprengel, recognized his talent and obta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Hans Bernewitz
Karl Hans Bernewitz (; 17 May 1858 – 19 December 1934) was a Baltic German sculptor. He was born in Blīdene in present-day Latvia (then part of the Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughl ...). In 1871 he moved with his parents to Cēsis. He first learnt sculpting from August Volz in Riga. In 1881 he entered the Berlin University of the Arts, Academy of Arts in Berlin, where he studied under Reinhold Begas, whose assistant he became. He contributed to several monumental groups Begas was commissioned to make. Bernewitz went to Italy in 1887, but settled in Berlin after his studies. In Berlin he worked both as a sculptor and as a designer, notably at the Royal Porcelain Factory, Berlin, Royal Porcelain Factory. In 1904 he moved to Kassel to take up a teaching ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Hartmann Barisien
Friedrich Hartmann Barisien (13 February 1724 – 19 August 1796) was a Baltic German portrait painter, mostly active in present-day Latvia. He was born in Coburg in present-day Germany. His father was a blacksmith. His grandfather had immigrated from France using the name Parisius or Parisien, i.e. "from Paris", hence the surname of the family. Friedrich Hartmann Barisien was originally supposed to follow in the footsteps of his father, but instead began studying art in Dresden. There he met a Russian nobleman who invited him to Astrakhan, where he moved in 1750. In 1767 he moved to Riga and in 1770 he entered into service of the Duke of Courland and Semigallia, Peter von Biron, as a court painter. In 1786 he was bestowed the title of "Academy painter" by the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg. His oeuvre consists mainly of portraits of members of the upper classes of Courland. He also made theatre decorations and ceiling paintings for Jelgava Palace (lost) and Rundale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
