Adolf Eybel

Adolf Eybel (* February 24, 1806 in Berlin, † October 12, 1882 ) was a German painter and lithographer.

Life

Eybel was already 14 years old student at the Art Academy in his hometown of Berlin. From 1828 on Eybel could almost regularly in the annual academic exhibitions. After completing his education there, and several study trips, he returned to Berlin and from 1830 was a pupil of the painter Karl Wilhelm Kolbe the Younger, his future father in law. Funded and supported by his teacher in 1834, it was Eybel possible to go to Paris for five years, 1834-39, he studied under Paul Delaroche.

1839 Eybel returned back to Germany and settled in Berlin. As a freelance painter and lithographer he dealt mainly with portraiture and genre painting. 1846 Eybel created the monumental history painting The Great Elector in the battle of Fehrbellin (Royal Palace Berlin), with whom he almost overnight made ​​his name.

1849 Eybel entrusted you with a teaching position and appointed him head of the class of animal painting at the Art Academy. In 1850 he became a professor, in 1854 Senator.

At the age of 76 years Adolf Eybel died on 12 October 1882 in Berlin.

Works (selection)

• A fisherman with his girl
• Walk from Goethe's "Faust"
• Italian fishermen
• The Wine Mine
• A scene from Walter Scott's " Woodstock "
• Richard the Lionheart and Blondel