Friedrich Kaulbach
Theodor Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Kaulbach | |
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Berlin Art Academy, 1873 | |
| Patron(s) | George V, King of Hannover |
Theodor Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Kaulbach (8 July 1822 – 17 September 1903) was a German painter from Bad Arolsen, Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont. His father was Christian Kaulbach (1777–1847), a cabinet maker in Arolsen. He was also the cousin and at one time the student of the painter Wilhelm von Kaulbach, son of Philipp Karl Friedrich v. Kaulbach (1775–1846), goldsmith and amateur painter.
Early years
After a visit to Venice in 1844, he and his uncle parted ways. He painted independently until 1848, when he executed the painting Adam and Eve beside the body of Abel. This led to a call to a professorship at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, which he declined.
In 1850 he traveled to Paris, where he produced historical paintings, and supported himself through portraiture. In 1850, Maximilian II of Bavaria commissioned him to paint the Coronation of Charlemagne for the Museum Maximilianeum. The picture was completed in 1861.
Establishment as court painter in Hanover
Kaulbach served as the court painter to
His numerous portraits, such as those of
Friedrich Kaulbach's grave may be found at the Stadtfriedhof Engesohde in Hanover.
Kaulbach's sons, Friedrich August, Anton and Sigmund (1854-1894) were also painters.
Prominent works
- Adam and Eve by Abel's Body (1848, Museum für Bildende Künste, Leipzig)
- Elisabeth Nay (1860; Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum)
- Coronation of Charlemagne (1861, Maximilaneum, München)
- Juliet Capulet’s Wedding Morning (1862–1903; Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum, Hannover)
- Blind King George V (c. 1866; Hannover, Niedersachs. Landesmuseum)
References
- Isidore Kaulbach, Friedrich Kaulbach. Memories of my father's home. Berlin: 1931.
- Henning Rischbieter: Hannoversches Lesebuch or: What in Hanover, and Hanover written, printed and read the paper. Volume 2: 1850-1950. 2nd Ed Hanover: Schlueter 1991, p. 102-105 (with excerpts from Isidore Kaulbachs memories). ISBN 3-87706-359-4
- Hugo Thielen, Hannoverian biographical dictionary. From its beginnings to the present day. Hanover: Schlueter 2002, p. 195.
External links
Media related to Friedrich Kaulbach at Wikimedia Commons
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