Karl Hübner
Karl Wilhelm Hübner (17 June 1814, Königsberg – 5 December 1879, Düsseldorf) was a German landscape and genre painter, in the Romantic style.
Life and work
His father was a construction worker.
He graduated in 1841 and established a studio in the
In 1844, he created his best known work: The Silesian Weavers , inspired by an uprising staged by the weavers of Silesia earlier that same year; an event which would also inspire Heinrich Heine to write his poem of the same name ("The Silesian Weavers"). It was shown throughout Germany. Although it was well received, some art critics complained that, by taking the side of the weavers, he was engaging in "Tendenzmalerei " (propaganda).[3]
In 1847, he made an extensive study tour of the United States. The sketches he made formed the basis for many of his later paintings. In 1848, he was instrumental in creating a new artists' association which, upon his suggestion, was named "
Selected paintings
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Two Young Girls in Geography Class
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A Farewell to the Emigrants
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The Young Sailor as a Suitor
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The Silesian Weavers
References
Further reading
- Hübner (4) Karl. In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon. 4th edition. Volume 8, Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts, Leipzig/Vienna 1885–1892, p. 753.
- Friedrich Müller, " Hübner, Karl Wilhelm", In: Die Künstler aller Zeit en und Völker: oder, Leben und Werke der berühmtesten Baumeister, Bildhauer, Maler, Kupferstecher … etc. Vol.2: F–L, Ebner & Seubert 1860, (Online) @ Google Books
- Moritz Blanckarts (1881), "Hübner, Karl", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 13, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 270–271
- Lilian Landes: Carl Wilhelm Hübner (1814–1879) – Genre und Zeitgeschichte im deutschen Vormärz. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich, 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-06788-2
- ISBN 3-7654-3010-2
External links
- More works by Hübner @ ArtNet
- Literature by and about Karl Hübner in the German National Library catalogue