Friedrich Kallmorgen
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(before 1902)
Friedrich Kallmorgen (15 November 1856 in
Impressionist painter who specialized in landscapes and cityscapes
.
Biography
His father was an architect. From 1862 to 1863, he received his first drawing lessons from his uncle, the portrait and landscape painter
Hans Fredrik Gude
.
In the summer of 1878, he undertook painting expeditions to
Harz Mountains. In 1881, after a brief stay in Berlin, he returned to Karlsruhe and completed his studies with Gustav Schönleber
.
Together with Schönleber and
Grötzingen artists' colony. Two years later, Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden named him a Professor. During the 1890s, he designed trading cards for the Stollwerck chocolate company of Cologne. His 1899 series on Italian folksongs was especially popular.[1]
In 1901, he was appointed a teacher of landscape painting at the Berlin University of the Arts, succeeding Eugen Bracht. In 1908, he was awarded a gold medal at the "Große Berliner Kunstausstellung". He continued to travel widely, visiting Norway and Russia. After a brief residency in Heidelberg, he returned to the artists' colony near Karlsruhe and died there.
Selected paintings
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Mecklenburg Farmer -
Cruising on the Elbe -
Castle Gate -
Wood Collector in an Autumn Forest
References
- ^ Detlef Lorenz: Reklamekunst um 1900. Künstlerlexikon für Sammelbilder. Reimer, Berlin 2000.
- Richard Bellm (1977), "Kallmorgen, Friedrich", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 11, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 68–69; (full text online)
Further reading
- Friedrich Kallmorgen: In's Land der Mitternachtssonne. Tagebuch eines Malers. Künstlerbund Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe 1899. Digitalized @ the Heidelberger Historische Bestände
- Galerie Herold (Ed.): Friedrich Kallmorgen 1856–1924. Leben und Werk. Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1981, ISBN 3-7672-0754-0.
- Irene Eder: Friedrich Kallmorgen 1856–1924. Monographie und Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde und Druckgraphik. Harsch Verlag, Karlsruhe 1991, ISBN 3-920321-01-4.
- Helga Walter-Dressler (Ed.): Mit Kallmorgen unterwegs. Zeichnungen und Gemälde von 1880 bis 1920. (Exhibition catalog from the Städtische Galerie in Karlsruhe, 21 December 1991 to 16 February 1992)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Friedrich Kallmorgen.
- ArtNet: More works by Kallmorgen.
- Literature by and about Friedrich Kallmorgen in the German National Library catalogue
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