Carl August Heinrich Ferdinand Oesterley

Karl ( Carl ) August Heinrich Ferdinand Oesterley ( born January 23, 1839 in Göttingen, † December 16, 1930 in Altona / Elbe Blankenese, today Hamburg ) was a German landscape painter of naturalism and impressionism.

Life

Like his sisters Marie and Louise Oesterley Oesterley Carl received his first drawing lessons from his father, Carl Oesterley senior ( 1805-1891 ). He attended the Polytechnic Institute in Hanover, and went in 1857 to the Dusseldorf Art Academy, where he trained under Ernst Deger and Eduard Bendemann for religious painting. During a stay in Lübeck, where he copied Hans Memling's Passion 1865 picture, he was excited to try in the field of architectural and landscape painting, which were so happy that he henceforth devoted himself to landscape. Since 1870 he chose his subjects mainly from Norway, the aim often study trips. During these years Oesterley also made a name for himself as a landscape painter. He lived in Hamburg and has been awarded the Medal 1st class of the Munich exhibition.

Oesterley is also traded internationally on the art market, for example in Germany or the United States of America. While paintings of the smaller format (oil / canvas, 28 x 39 cm ) are estimated at Ketterer for 800 euros, achieve large- scale works almost 3000 euros Estimate. His naturalistic works are to be found much more frequently than the impressionistic. The latter are rare.

He signed his name with either " C" respektiv "K"

Works (selection)

His distinguished by splendor of coloring and lighting, as well as great view main works are:

  • Midnight mood of the Lofoten
  • Norwegian mountain gorge
  • Romsdalsfjorden, Norwegian Fjord
  • Raftsund in northern Norway (1879, Museum in Wroclaw )
  • On Saltfjord (1882 ) ( Kunsthalle in Hamburg)
  • Norwegian Forest Pond (1891 ) ( Museum in Hanover)
  • Fishing in the fjord (1892 )
  • Nordic summer night
  • Oldenvand in Nordfjord
  • Loenvand (1895 )
  • The Geirangerfjord (1898 )
  • Farm

Working in Museeumsbesitz

In addition to numerous major national and international collections, Oesterleys found works among other things, the following institutions into place, including museums in Wroclaw, Braunschweig, Leipzig and Lubeck:

Wrocław Lower Saxony State Museum National Gallery (Berlin) Integrated Authority File
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