Hermann von Kaulbach

Hermann von Kaulbach ( born July 26, 1846 in Munich, † December 9, 1909 ) was a German painter of the Munich school.

Life

Hermann von Kaulbach, son of the painter Wilhelm von Kaulbach, interrupted his medical studies at the Ludwig- Maximilians- University of Munich not finish off and devoted himself entirely to painting. He became in 1867 a pupil of Karl von Piloty. Influenced by his teacher treated Kaulbach mostly historical themes in his genre paintings. He is best known for his portraits of children. For Opera Gallery Kaulbach created several grisailles. In 1871 he married Sophie Schroll, who was born in Nuremberg daughter of the engraver, the couple had three children. 1880 and 1891, he stayed to study in Rome. In 1886 he was appointed professor of history painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. His first picture book published in 1906, primarily with children's motifs, appeared in several editions and was sold over 135,000 times.

In Bad Arolsen is his father's birthplace. In addition to the works of the Father can be seen in the Museum Bad Arolsen his works. Part of his letters and other correspondence is held at the German Literature Archive in Marbach.

Hermann Kaulbach died on 9 December 1909 and was buried at the Old South Cemetery in Munich.

Reception

Kaulbach's oil paintings were public, as well as the official art criticism, as "... interesting design of historical material that is especially in the refined treatment of the irrelevance while the main content emerges less meaningful ." But the painter was not without controversy: his image of Lucrezia Borgia was "too lewd ... " by critics as flatly refused and his coronation of St. Elizabeth by Emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen was disparagingly referred to as " costume painting" dismissed.

Works (selection)

  • Hansel and Gretel and the Witch (1872, in the municipal gallery to Riga)
  • Mozart's last days (1878, in the Municipal Gallery at Vienna )
  • Portrait of Anton Bruckner, oil on cardboard, 74 x 56 cm (1885, in the Upper Austrian Provincial Museum - Castle Museum, Linz, Slgn. G 297 )
  • Coronation of St. Elizabeth by Emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen (1886, in the museum at Wiesbaden)
  • At the tomb of his friend (1888, in the Neue Pinakothek in Munich )

Exhibitions

  • Hermann Kaulbach. Estate exhibition: January, 1911 / Art Galleries Louis Bock & Sohn, Hamburg, Hamburg. Schroeder, 1911 - 4 Bl
  • Works by William Campenhausen and Hermann von Kaulbach. Royal National Gallery, Berlin 1885 ( Exhibition from 15 October to 30 November 1885)
  • Birgit cumin (ed. ), Katja Schimanski ( Fwd ): Children's worlds of the dynasty of painters Kaulbach. Museum Bad Arolsen, Bad Arolsen, 2003, ISBN 3-930930-11-0, 151 pages

Publications

  • Hermann Kaulbach: picture book. With 45 pictures by Professor Hermann Kaulbach in Munich and a portrait of the artist (Text Adelheid bull), Union German publishing company, 1st Edition 1906
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