Eduard Hau (Russian: Эдуард Петрович Гау; 28 July 1807 in

Reval Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ''m ...

– 3 January 1888 in

Dorpat Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of ...

) was a

Baltic German Baltic Germans (german: Deutsch-Balten or , later ) were ethnic German inhabitants of the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, in what today are Estonia and Latvia. Since their coerced resettlement in 1939, Baltic Germans have markedly declined ...

painter and graphic artist.

Life and work

He was the son of painter Johannes Hau, who had emigrated from Northern Germany in 1795, and he grew up in the German community of Tallinn ("Reval" in German). His half-brother was the painter

Woldemar Hau Woldemar Hau (Russian: ''Владимир Иванович Гау''; 1816 – 1895) was a Baltic German portrait painter who worked in the Biedermeier style. Life and work He was the son of painter Johannes Hau, who had emigrated from No ...

. From 1830 to 1832, he studied at the

Dresden Academy of Fine Arts The Dresden Academy of Fine Arts (German ''Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden''), often abbreviated HfBK Dresden or simply HfBK, is a vocational university of visual arts located in Dresden, Germany. The present institution is the produc ...

. From 1836 to 1839, he lived in Tartu ("Dorpat"), where he also spent the last years of his life. In between, he apparently lived in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, where he produced numerous

interior portrait The interior portrait (portrait d'intérieur) or, in German, Zimmerbild (room picture), is a pictorial genre that appeared in Europe near the end of the 17th century and enjoyed a great vogue in the second half of the 19th century. It involves a c ...

s of rooms in the

Winter Palace The Winter Palace ( rus, Зимний дворец, Zimnij dvorets, p=ˈzʲimnʲɪj dvɐˈrʲɛts) is a palace in Saint Petersburg that served as the official residence of the Emperor of all the Russias, Russian Emperor from 1732 to 1917. The p ...

, the

Peterhof Palace The Peterhof Palace ( rus, Петерго́ф, Petergóf, p=pʲɪtʲɪrˈɡof,) (an emulation of early modern Dutch language, Dutch "Pieterhof", meaning "Pieter's Court"), is a series of palaces and gardens located in Petergof, Saint Petersbur ...

and other Royal residences. He was on the membership list at the

Imperial Academy of Arts The Russian Academy of Arts, informally known as the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts, was an art academy in Saint Petersburg, founded in 1757 by the founder of the Imperial Moscow University Ivan Shuvalov under the name ''Academy of the Thre ...

in 1854,University of Tartu Library: Short Biography
/ref> and probably remained in Russia until c.1880. The

Gatchina Palace The Great Gatchina Palace (russian: Большой Гатчинский дворец) is a palace in Gatchina, Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It was built from 1766 to 1781 by Antonio Rinaldi (architect), Antonio Rinaldi for Count Grigori Grigoryevi ...

was burned by German troops during World War II. When it was rebuilt, the interior was restored using Hau's paintings as a guide. Outside of Russia, he is primarily known for his portraits of the Professors at the

University of Dorpat The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest ...

. They appeared from 1837 to 1839 and were distributed in a series of lithographs, in six issues, by the firm of

Georg Friedrich Schlater Georg Friedrich Schlater (13 May 1804, in Tilsit – 14 April 1870, in Dorpat) was a Baltic-German painter, lithographer and drawing teacher. Life He was born to Georg Friedrich Schlater, a wheelwright, and his wife, Eva Rosina, née Rimler. ...

. The portrait subjects included

Friedrich Karl Hermann Kruse Friedrich Karl Hermann Kruse (21 July 1790 – 3 August 1866) was a German historian born in Oldenburg (city), Oldenburg. In 1813 he obtained his doctorate from the University of Leipzig. Beginning in 1816 he taught classes at Maria Magdalena ...

Nikolay Pirogov Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov (Russian: Никола́й Ива́нович Пирого́в; — ) was a Russian scientist, medical doctor, pedagogue, public figure, and corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1847), one of the m ...

and

Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (russian: link=no, Василий Яковлевич Струве, trans. ''Vasily Yakovlevich Struve''; 15 April 1793 – ) was a Baltic German astronomer and geodesist from the famous Struve family. He is best ...

.''Eesti elulood.'' Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus, Tallinn 2000, , S. 82 (= Eesti entsüklopeedia 14) He also produced well-known portraits of

Friedrich Robert Faehlmann Friedrich Robert Faehlmann (Fählmann) (31 December 1798 in Ao Manor, Kreis Jerwen – 22 April 1850 in Tartu) was an Estonian writer, medical doctor and philologist active in Livonia, Russian Empire. He was a co-founder of the Learned Eston ...

(1837, lithograph) and

Johann Carl Simon Morgenstern Johann Karl Simon Morgenstern ( – ) was a German philologist in Livonia, the first director of the library of the Imperial University of Dorpat. He coined the term ''Bildungsroman''. Biography Morgenstern was born in Magdeburg. He studied at t ...

(1838, oil painting).

Selected lithographs of the professors

File:Moritz Hermann von Jacobi, 1837.jpg, File:Wilhelm Struve. 1837.jpg, File:Friedrich Kruse.jpg, File:Friedrich Georg von Bunge, 1837.jpg,

Interiors of the Winter Palace

File:Гау.Малиновый кабинет Марии Александровны.jpg, The Study of Empress Maria Alexandrovna File:Гау.Будуар Марии Александровны..jpg, The Boudoir of Empress Maria Alexandrovna File:Hau. Interiors of the Winter Palace. The Billiard Room of Emperor Alexander II. Midle of 19th century.jpg, The Billiard Room of Emperor Alexander II File:Hau Edward Petrovich - Cathedral in the Winter Palace.jpg, Cathedral

References

External links

"A walk through The Hermitage". Watercolors by Eduard Hau.

Paintings by Eduard Hau
in the digital collection of the Estonian Art Museum {{DEFAULTSORT:Hau, Eduard 1807 births 1888 deaths Artists from Tallinn People from the Governorate of Estonia Baltic-German people 19th-century Estonian painters 19th-century Estonian male artists Estonian lithographers Estonian printmakers