Leopold Graf von Kalckreuth
- Regarding personal names: Until 1919, Graf was a title, translated as Count, not a first or middle name. The female form is Gräfin. In Germany, it has formed part of family names since 1919.
Leopold Karl Walter Graf von Kalckreuth (15 May 1855 – 1 December 1928) was a German painter, known for portraits and landscapes.
Biography
A direct descendant of field-marshal
Although he painted some portraits remarkable for their power of expression, he devoted himself principally to depicting with relentless realism the monotonous life of the fishing folk on the sea-coast, and of the peasants in the fields. His palette is joyless, and almost melancholy, and in his technique he is strongly influenced by the
From 1885 to 1890, Count von Kalckreuth was professor at the Weimar art school. In 1890, he resigned his professorship and retired to his estate of Hockricht in Silesia, where he occupied himself in painting subjects drawn from the life of the country-folk. In 1895, he became a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe.
The Munich
Leopold's sister
Selected paintings
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Portrait of Maria (1888), Leopold's sister
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Laura Beit, mother of Alfred Beit
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LongshoremenQuitting Work
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The Artist's Son, Wolf von Kalckreuth
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Harvest Time
Further reading
- Albert Philipp Wilhelm von Kalckreuth, Historisch-Genealogische Beiträge zur Geschichte der Herren, Freiherren und Grafen von Kalckreuth, Stein, 1904.
References
- ^ Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ^ Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Biography, Eberhard Bethge, Fortress Press, 2000, p. 3.
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Kalckreuth, Leopold, Count von". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 639. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the