Gotthardt Kuehl

Gotthardt Kuehl ( born November 28, 1850 in Lübeck, † January 9, 1915 in Dresden ) was a German painter and representatives of early German impressionism, which already enjoyed high international prestige during his lifetime.

Life

Kuehl studied at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts (1867 ) and the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich (1870 ), lived from 1878 to 1889 in Paris and focused on study trips to Italy and Holland with the Old Masters. In 1895 he became a professor at the Art Academy in Dresden. In 1902 he founded the artist group The Elbier.

His teaching he held until his death in Dresden. Kuehls grave is located on the Urnenhain Tolkewitz.

The senator Cay Diedrich Lienau traveled to his funeral as a representative of Luebeck.

Work

Kuehl mainly painted fine interiors, though not without its social dimension ( Lübeck orphanage ); later, especially after Dresdner motifs and architectural landscapes.

Collections

• The museum Behnhaus in Lübeck has a collection of paintings, illustrating nearly all development phases Kuehl, where many of the images have a concrete reference to Lübeck.
• The Munich City Museum maintains a pool of 15 Kuehl drawings from the Maillinger collection.

Other pieces can be found in, among other things:

• Old National Gallery in Berlin
• Kunsthalle Hamburg
• Galerie Neue Meister ( Dresden State Art Collections )
• Dresden Municipal Gallery
• Museum of Fine Arts, Leipzig ( Montmartre, Oil Painting)
• Pomeranian State Museum in Greifswald
• Museum Kunst Palast in Dusseldorf
• Lower Saxony State Museum Hanover