Richard Friese

Richard Bernhard Louis Friese (* December 15 1854 in Gumbinnen, † June 29, 1918 in Bad Zwischenahn ) was a German animal painter and taxidermist.

Life

Friese was born the son of a government official. After his schooling, 14 years old, he first worked as a clerk at the District Office and later the magistrate of his native town. He turned to painting and went against the wishes of his parents at the age of 16 years, the parents' house. In Berlin, he took on an apprenticeship as a lithographer lithographer at the Institution Winkelmann & Sons. At the same time he attended the educational establishment of the Arts and Crafts Museum. He spent this time teaching together with the later very famous humorous Berlin artist Heinrich Zille.

During his training time in Berlin, he lived with his older brother and his wife, who supported the budding artist in word and deed. So he could take up with the help of 1877 to study at the Berlin Academy of Art. Just three years later he was able to open his own studio in Berlin. Intensive private lessons with masters of painting like Paul Meyer home and Karl Steffeck later successor of Louis Rosenfeld as director of the Königsberg Academy of Art rounded frieze from training as a painter.

1892 Friese was appointed to the Prussian Academy of Arts and in 1896 was appointed professor. He traveled to Syria and Palestine, Norway, Spitsbergen and Canada.

Works (selection)

• A lion drinking from a watering hole, oil on canvas ( nd)
• Polar bear with two cubs in snow landscape, oil on canvas ( nd)
• Pair of lions in the savannah, oil on canvas, 1883