Ferdinand Olivier
Johann Heinrich Ferdinand Olivier, called the Younger ( born April 1, 1785 Dessau, † February 11, 1841 in Munich) was a German painter and printmaker. Artistically he was close to the Nazarenes.
Life
Olivier was the son of the pedagogue Prof. Ferdinand Olivier Elder and his wife, the opera singer Louise Niedhart. Like his brothers Friedrich and Heinrich Olivier Olivier also enjoyed Ferdinand Olivier in the years 1801 to 1802 the first art lessons by Karl Wilhelm Kolbe and Johann Christian Haldenwang ( 1777-1831 ).
In the years 1802-1803 Olivier met in Berlin woodcut techniques under Johann Friedrich Unger. During this time, Olivier was decision to become an artist. From summer 1804 to summer of 1806 Olivier went along with his brother Henry to Dresden, where they most often copied landscapes by Claude Lorrain and Jacob van Ruisdael Izaaksoon.
In addition, a student of Olivier Jakob Wilhelm Mechau and Karl Ludwig Kaaz. Through contacts of Friedrich August von Klinkowstrom he became acquainted with Philipp Otto Runge and Caspar David Friedrich.
The war Olivier was held in 1807 in Dessau. During this time he learned here the politicians of August Rode know who hired him as a Secretary in the Prussian representative in Paris. In the same year Olivier began his service. A few months later his brother Henry came to. Olivier announced soon to again have time for art. However, by the mediation of Rodes Olivier got three orders of Duke Leopold III. of Anhalt- Dessau, which enabled him to extend the stay in Paris until 1810.
In the summer of 1810 Olivier undertook along with his brother Frederick, a resin trip. The resulting images on this trip already show the influence of Caspar David Friedrich.
1811 Olivier traveled over Dresden to Vienna. There he met Joseph Anton Koch. The following year he married Margaret Heller, a widow with three children. In Vienna, Olivier learned his religious revival that had a deepening of his Protestantism result.
His studio became the center of Protestant artists in Vienna, where it always came back to the friendly exchanges with the Catholic Nazarenes or the circle of August Wilhelm Schlegel. 1816 Olivier was admitted to the Guild of St. Luke. In Olivier's family at that time were still alive, his brother Heinrich Olivier and Julius Schnorr von Carol Field.
After the end of the War of Liberation Olivier traveled together with Philipp Veit through Salzburg and discover this land for the German landscape painting. On a second trip to this landscape he was accompanied by his brother Friedrich Carl Ludwig Frommel and Olivier, Johann Christian Rist and Julius Schnorr von Carol Field.
1830 Olivier moved to Munich and was here on intercession of Peter Cornelius's successor by Theobald Schorn ( 1866-1913 ) as Secretary-General of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. 1833 Olivier was appointed professor of art history.
At the age of 56 years Johann Heinrich Ferdinand Olivier died on 11 February 1841 in Munich.
Although Olivier had never staying in Rome, he is still regarded as one of the foremost representatives of the Nazarene. In his later works he also idealized subjects of Gaspard Dughet and Nicolas Poussin.