Carl Emanuel Conrad

Carl Emanuel Conrad ( born March 20, 1810 in Berlin, † July 12, 1873 in Cologne ) was a German painter of architecture. His most famous work is The Great Dombild of 1856, the artistic anticipated the completion of Cologne Cathedral. As a painter Conrad is attributed to the Düsseldorf school.

Life

Conrad studied 1823-1834 at the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin with a focus on architectural painting by Johann Erdmann Hummel, who introduced him to a particular accuracy in the perspective view. Conrad came in 1835 at the suggestion of Wilhelm von Schadow to Dusseldorf, where he studied at the Art Academy under Johann Wilhelm Schirmer until 1838. After graduating, he pursued in Dusseldorf a private art studio and gave drawing lessons at the newly founded municipal school in Citadellstraße. Later he also taught at the Art Academy.

Mainly painted Conrad medieval monuments in their natural surroundings. His paintings are characterized by a striking detail.

After his retirement in 1871, Conrad moved to Cologne.

Honors

Work (selection)

  • The interior of St. Hedwig's Cathedral in Berlin
  • The interior of the rotunda of the museum in Berlin
  • The Royal Castle and the Long Bridge in Berlin
  • The old church in Bilk
  • You Quirinus church in St. Neuss
  • The interior of the cloister of St. Severin in Cologne ( 1837)
  • The Hamtor in Neuss
  • Santa Maria in the Capitol to Cologne
  • Mill in the forest
  • View of Wetzlar
  • A castle in evening light
  • The Cathedral and the Place Gutenberg in Mainz (1841 )
  • The Cologne Cathedral (1843 /44)
  • The River Thames with the Custom House (1852 )
  • Cloister on Cathedral of Aachen
  • Cloister Maulbronn in Swabia
  • The interior of the new synagogue in Cologne
  • The large Dombild
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