Wilhelm Trübner

Heinrich Wilhelm Trübner ( born February 3, 1851 in Heidelberg, † December 21, 1917 in Karlsruhe ) was a German painter who belonged to the so-called " Leibl circle " around Wilhelm Leibl and stylistic realism, naturalism, and in his late work Impressionism followed.

Life and work

Wilhelm Trübner had originally emulated his father's profession and started training as a goldsmith. In 1867 he got to know Anselm Feuerbach who encouraged him to pursue a career as a visual artist. His first training as a painter, he was at the art school in Karlsruhe in the years 1867 to 1868, where he studied with Feodor Dietz. In 1868 he moved to the Munich Art Academy and continued his studies with Alexander Wagner continued. On the first International Art Exhibition in Munich he saw the paintings of Gustave Courbet and Wilhelm Leibl and was deeply impressed by their works.

Trübner moved to Stuttgart to continue his studies with Hans Canon. However, he returned in 1870 and again back to Munich and then was a student of Wilhelm von Diez. He learned Albert Lang and Carl Schuch, with whom he shared painted the landscape around Lake Starnberg. During this time he learned Leibl personally know of suggesting him to become more independent from the academic teaching. He started in Munich a painting studio with Lang and Hans Thoma share, and was closely connected to the so -called " Leibl circle ".

In 1872 he undertook the first longer trips abroad. The first trip was to Italy, in the three years after that was one of his destinations along with Italy and Holland and Belgium. In 1875 he finally settled down in Munich., After 1877 he began to paint mythological and literary themes in a naturalistic manner. Among the fellow artists with whom he exchanged a particularly close in the 1880s, counted alongside Thoma especially Lovis Corinth, Max Slevogt and Max Liebermann. Trübner as Thoma supported by contracts of the Frankfurt architect Simon Ravenstein. 1889 organized by the Galerie Gurlitt in Berlin an exhibition of his work.

After the show he went back to the landscape painting. In 1895 he moved to Frankfurt to work there at the Städel Art Institute. His writings on art theory were published in 1892 and 1898. In 1901 he joined the Berlin Secession. From 1903 to 1917 he was a professor at the Art Academy in Karlsruhe, where he from 1904 to 1910 also perceived the function of the Director. He was from 1910 teacher of the painter Hans Breinlinger Constance and Robert Breyer. 1911 was dedicated to the local Kunstverein him a major exhibition in 1913 was followed by another exhibition of the Berlin Secession. Trübner in 1914 was a co-signatory of the manifesto of the 93rd

Trübner himself had an extensive art collection of different eras. Paintings of his fellow Anselm Feuerbach, Hans Canon, Wilhelm Leibl, Karl Schuch, Hans Thoma and Theodor Alt formed a focus of the collection. Another focus was on old master paintings, in addition to early Netherlandish and old Italian masters works by Lucas Cranach the Elder. Whose brittle style of painting art historian Eduard Plietzsch congenial to appear with Trübner. Lastly, Trübner also collected works of art from the Far East and was 1909 Lender of the exhibition " Japan and East Asia in the art."

In 1917 he was appointed to the Berlin Academy of Art. Due to health problems but he could not accept his calling. Wilhelm Trübner died in the same year in Karlsruhe. From 1867 until his death in 1917 he was a member of the Karlsruhe fraternity Landsmannschaft Suevia i.CC.

1918 organized the Free Secession commemorative exhibition Wilhelm Trübner and idol of Seckendorf. Trübner's portrait as gargoyles on the fountain Stephanie (Karlsruhe) created Hermann Binz.

Works

  • Ave Caesar, morituri te salutant (Berlin, National Gallery of the National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage, Inv No. A III 364. )
  • Dismounted Cuirassiers (Vienna, Österreichische Galerie, Inv. No. 1831)
  • The opera singer Theodor Reichmann (Vienna, Österreichische Galerie, Inv. No. 3991 )
  • Landwehr officer (Vienna, Österreichische Galerie, Inv. No. 1199 )
  • Rose Still life (Vienna, Österreichische Galerie, Inv. No. 3666 )
  • Wounded French soldier (Berlin, DHM, Inv. No. Gm 95/61 ), 1871, oil on canvas, 92 x 102 cm
  • Jetty to the Lord in the Chiemsee (Karlsruhe, Kunsthalle ), 1874, oil on canvas, 41 x 56 cm
  • Lady in Grey (Essen, Folkwang Museum ), 1876, oil on canvas, 106 x 93 cm
  • Beech forest with lovers (Vienna, Österreichische Galerie, Inv. No. 1688), 1876, oil on canvas, 55.5 x 46.5 cm
  • Guard Standing Great Dane (Nuremberg, paintings and sculptures of the city of Nuremberg, Inv. No. Gm 0858, on loan to the Germanic National Museum ), 1876, oil on canvas, 79 x 98 cm
  • The dog of the artist (Vienna, Österreichische Galerie ), circa 1878 /79 Oil on canvas
  • Portrait of the actor Joseph Kainz (Bremen, Kunsthalle ), 1879
  • Equestrian Portrait (Berlin, Hermann collection navel), 1880, oil on canvas
  • Vanitas Still Life with Skull ( Dusseldorf, Museum Kunst Palast ), 1880, oil on canvas
  • In the studio (Nuremberg, paintings and sculptures of the city of Nuremberg, Inv. No. Gm 1714, on loan to the Germanic National Museum ), 1888, oil on canvas, 104 x 88 cm
  • Portrait of Alice Trübner (Freiburg, Augustiner Museum ), 1898, oil on canvas, 46 x 37 cm
  • Equestrian Portrait of King William II of Württemberg (Nuremberg, paintings and sculptures of the city of Nuremberg, Inv. No. Gm 0657 ), 1906, oil on canvas, 272 x 155 cm
  • Castle Hemsbach (Freiburg, Augustiner Museum ), 1906, oil on canvas, 78.55 x 92.5 cm
  • Balcony room - interior of the villa on Lake Starnberg (. Nuremberg, paintings and sculptures of the city of Nuremberg, Inv No. Gm 1025, on loan to the Germanic National Museum ), 1912, oil on canvas, 61.5 x 76.5 cm

Student

  • Paul Dahlen (1881-1954)
  • Hermann Treusch (painter) ( 1876-1962 )
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