Ernst Ferdinand Oehme
Ernst Ferdinand Oehme (23 April 1797, Dresden – 10 April 1855, Dresden) was a German Romantic painter and illustrator who specialized in moody landscapes with architectural elements.
Life
He originally attended the
With financial assistance from Crown Prince Friedrich Augustus of Saxony, he was able to continue his studies in Italy,[1] where he gravitated towards the German community and made lifelong friendships with Ludwig Richter, Carl Gottlieb Peschel and Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld,[2] although the Nazarene movement had little influence on his work. Upon his return in 1825, he took a journey through the Alps, painting watercolors. Back in Dresden, he received orders from Johann Gottlob von Quandt and the Crown Prince, who had him create paintings for a "Galerie vaterländischer Landschaften" (Gallery of Patriotic Landscapes).[1]
By the 1830s, he had begun to break away from his earlier style, painting works that were more realistic and less laden with symbolism. In the 1840s, he found an important patron in retired Major Friedrich Anton Serre, whose home was a significant gathering point for artists, writers and musicians. During this time, he apparently took part in amateur performances at the Societaetstheater. He became a teacher at the Blochmannsche Institute in 1842 and was appointed a court painter in 1846.[1] Shortly thereafter, he was named an honorary member of the academy.[2]
His son, Ernst Erwin, was also a well-known painter.
Selected paintings
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Landscape with Sleeping Girl (1853) -
Moonlight on the
Gulf of Salerno (1827) -
Cathedral in Winter (1821) -
Procession in the Fog (1828) -
The Watermill (1844)
References
- ^ a b c d Hans Joachim Neidhardt (1999), "Oehme, Ernst Ferdinand", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 19, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, p. 432; (full text online)
- ^ a b c d Hermann Arthur Lier (1887), "Oehme, Ernst", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 24, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 208–210
Further reading
- Gerd Spitzer (Ed.): Malerei der Romantik in der Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister Dresden. Seemann, Leipzig 1996, ISBN 3-363-00654-3.
- Ulrich Bischoff (Ed.): Ernst Ferdinand Oehme 1759-1855 - Ein Landschaftsmaler der Romantik, Exhibition catalog. Dresdner Kunstauktionshaus Neumeister, Dresden 1997.
External links
- ArtNet: More works by Oehme.
- ABC Book for Children of All Ages, drawn by Dresden artists with stories and songs by Robert Reinick and Ferdinand Hiller, Leipzig : Wigand, 1845. - Digitalized by the University and State Library Düsseldorf
- Literature by and about Ernst Ferdinand Oehme in the German National Library catalogue
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