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Friedrich von Nerly, originally Christian Friedrich Nehrlich (24 November 1807,
His father, a postal official in Erfurt, died while Friedrich was still a boy. From 1815, he was raised by an uncle, who was a musician, in
''Erfurter Statistik Straßenverzeichnis 2012'' in the Internet Archive
Erfurt
Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits i ...
- 21 October 1878, Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...
) was a German painter in the Romantic Style; primarily known for his vedute
A ''veduta'' (Italian for "view"; plural ''vedute'') is a highly detailed, usually large-scale painting or, more often, print of a cityscape or some other vista. The painters of ''vedute'' are referred to as ''vedutisti''.
Origins
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of Venice. He is sometimes referred to as "The Elder", to distinguish him from his son, the painter Friedrich Paul Nerly. His first name is also seen as "Federico" and "Federigo".
Biography
His father, a postal official in Erfurt, died while Friedrich was still a boy. From 1815, he was raised by an uncle, who was a musician, in Hamburg
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. He received his first drawing lessons from his aunt, then from another uncle, Heinrich Joachim Herterich, a lithographer
Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by the German a ...
, and was employed in his workshop. He also made friends with Herterich's partner, Johannes Michael Speckter, and his family. Through them, he made the acquaintance of the person who would become his patron; the painter and art historian, Carl Friedrich von Rumohr
Carl Friedrich von Rumohr (6 January 1785, Reinhardtsgrimma – 25 July 1843) was a German art historian, writer, draughtsman and painter, agricultural historian, connoisseur of and writer about the culinary arts, art collector and patron of artis ...
. In 1823, he became one of Rumohr's students. Four years later, they took an extended trip that led to Italy, through the Harz Mountains
The Harz () is a highland area in northern Germany. It has the highest elevations for that region, and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. The name ''Harz'' derives from the Middle High German ...
.
At the end of 1828, they reached Rome and he decided to stay there. It was then that he changed his name to "Nerly", apparently believing it sounded more Italian. He soon took over managing the " Cervaro Festival" for the (German Artists' Association) of Rome. He would hold that position until his departure in 1835.
After a short tour of Southern Italy, he settled in Venice and began painting the views of the city for which he is best known. In 1840, he married Agathe Alginovich (1810–89), adoptive daughter of the Marchese Maruzzi, and they had one son, Friedrich Paul, who also became a painter.
In 1852, King William I of Württemberg
William I (german: Friedrich Wilhelm Karl; 27 September 178125 June 1864) was King of Württemberg from 30 October 1816 until his death.
Upon William's accession, Württemberg was suffering crop failures and famine in the "Year Without a Summer", ...
awarded him the Knight's Cross in the Order of the Crown, which gave him the right to use the noble prefix "von".
In 1883, his entire art collection was donated to the city of Erfurt by his son, Friedrich, with the stipulation that it be used to create a museum. This was done, and the Angermuseum
The Angermuseum is an art museum in Erfurt opened on 27 June 1886.
Building
It is housed in a building that used to house Erfurt's public weighing scales, where travelling merchants would bring their wares to be weighed for payment of the city' ...
opened in 1886. (Anger is German for " town commons"). A street in Erfurt is named after him.''Erfurter Statistik Straßenverzeichnis 2012'' in the Internet Archive
References
Further reading
* * * ''Friedrich Nerly und die Künstler um Carl Friedrich Rumohr'', exhibition catalog, Kloster Cismar, Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum;Landesmuseum Mainz
The Landesmuseum Mainz, or Mainz State Museum, is a museum of art and history in Mainz, Germany. In March 2010 it reopened in full after an extensive renovation.
The museum has its roots in a painting collection donated by Napoleon and Chapta ...
, 1991.
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nerly, Friedrich von 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German landscape painters Italian vedutisti German emigrants to Italy Artists from Erfurt 1807 births 1878 deaths