Arnold Forstmann
Arnold Forstmann ( born June 16, 1842 in Dusseldorf, † 1914 or later ) was a German landscape painter. Besides the typical ideal landscapes in the tradition of the Düsseldorf School Forstmann created a variety of vistas especially the Rhine valley and the Alps.
Life
Arnold Forstmann joined the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the third quarter of 1867. He studied there in the landscape class of Oswald Achenbach. In February 1872 he left the Academy, his last teacher was Albert Flamm. Anrnold Forstmann is out in the student lists the Dusseldorf Art Academy deaf and dumb with the note. In Dusseldorf he lived until 1889, then lose track of him. The occurrence of South German motifs leads to the assumption that he has as many of his fellow painters, extended trips undertaken.
Services
The painting forest 's are run in great detail in the rule. The basic composition is supported by the use of strong contrasts, and often tailored to a single basic color palette. Decorative figures are according to the late Romantic painting tradition often used.
In the composed by Forstmann ideal landscapes you can always find the mountains landscape elements, individual houses or huts, rivers and lakes. The latter are usually enlivened with a people occupied Kahn or a distant steamer.
Its vistas are not lifelike images of the landscape. Usually Forstmann changed certain landscape features so that results a great picture possible effect. The landscapes shown but never losing touch with the real views.
In addition to the landscape paintings are scattered hunting genre paintings and portraits known.
Works
In addition to the known views of the Rhine valley ( Rolandseck Nonnenwerth and Drachenfels, Castle pride rock ) and the Alps (Chiemsee, Koenigssee ) mainly composed landscapes are known, eg, a wild romantic of mills geäumter mountain stream with fluctuating bridge or pleasant, sunlit alpine meadows with stream. Furthermore, Forstmann created views of the fjord landscapes and marines.
It is recorded a large number of images. They are usually in landscape format 66 x 48 cm or in portrait format 52 x 42 cm run. From these measurements deviate larger and smaller sizes are also known.
Many of the motifs has Arnold Forstmann painted several times. There are now series of up to four identical paintings known, using the motifs sporadically also be in different formats. Not infrequently, Forstmann has also painted counterparts; about two landscapes in different seasons, but also symmetrically related motifs. All this could be an indication that he has produced larger series of paintings for the art market.
In the public domain:
- Rolandseck Nonnenwerth and Drachenfels, Oil / canvas, 1870 (Bonn, City Museum )
Signature
The paintings of Arnold Forstmann are not dated in the rule. However, there are some exceptions that allow the survival data Forestry 's narrow detail. The two known variants of the signature always unchanged signature " A. Forstmann » leave an approximate chronology of the paintings in his early works ( signature variant A) and middle and late works ( signature variant B) appear to be possible.
Known dated works are: alpine lake (1869 ), Oberwesel am Rhein ( 1883), summer day in Altenahr (1904 ), Südländische Marine ( Cologne, 1905) and a designated genre portrait in prayer (1914 ).
Signature Version B
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