Carl Schmid (painter)
Carl Schmid (* around 1805 ; † after 1850) was a German portrait painter .
Life
It is uncertain whether Schmid received his first basic artistic training in Aachen . Around 1820 he attended the Royal Prussian Academy of the Arts as well as the Berlin Academy of the Arts , created portraits, copies of historical and landscape representations and went to Paris . Then he settled in Aachen. From Atanazy Raczyński (1788-1874) Schmid was designated as a portrait painter of the Berlin school. According to Raczyński, Schmid came from Berlin and had been living in Aachen for several years around 1839.
On June 15, 1829, Carl Schmid opened a drawing and painting institute in Aachen . He improved the drawing lessons in such a way that it was no longer copied, but instead of sheets of paper should be the study of nature for training the eye and hand. Schmid's lessons were therefore also suitable for engineers.
In the late summer of 1837 Schmid presented several portraits of contemporary artists in the town hall during the first Aachen painting exhibition . Presumably on the order of Friedrich Wilhelm IV , he made copies of the portraits of Emperor Napoléon and Empress Joséphine by Louis-André-Gabriel Bouchet and Robert Lefèvre (painter) in 1841 , which returned to Aachen in 1840 after their deportation from Aachen to the Berlin Palace were. His portrait of the Aachen pharmacist Johann Peter Joseph Monheim is traditional . It has been in the Couven Museum since 1994 and bears inventory number NGK 879.
After 1850 his track is lost. According to Fey, it is believed that Schmid moved to Manchester City and died there.
Works
- March 12, 1831 Allegory of mining , oil painting for the meeting room of the Aachen government building.
- Johann Peter Joseph Monheim , portrait.
literature
- Johannes Fey: On the history of Aachen painters of the 19th century. In: From Aachen's prehistory. Announcements from the association for customers of the Aachen prehistory . Volume 10, 1897, No. 4/8, p. 53; No. 26, pp. 83-84. [1]
Individual evidence
- ^ "New general artist lexicon" or "News of the life and works of painters, sculptors, builders, engravers, form cutters, lithographers, draftsmen, medalists, ivory workers, etc." Georg Kaspar Nagler . Fifth volume Munich, 1845 published by EA Fleischmann.
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↑ Entry in the historical Aachen address books:
- 1838 Schmid, Karl, registered under painter as a portrait painter
- 1845 portrait painter Schmid, professor, Carl Ursulinerstr. A777
- 1848 portrait painter Schmidt, Prof. Carl, Ursulinerstr. A777.
- After 1848/1855 at the latest, no entries were made in Aachen
- ^ Fey, p. 83. According to Fey, Schmid is not listed in the student lists of the historical archive of the Academy of Arts in Berlin
- ↑ Fig. M 11 in: Thomas R. Kraus : On the way to modernity. Bonne ville d'Aix-la-Chapelle. Aachen in French times - 1792/93, 1794–1814. Handbook catalog for the exhibition in the coronation hall of the Aachen town hall from January 14 to March 5, 1995. Supplement to the journal of the Aachen history association. Edited by Herbert Lepper on behalf of the Scientific Committee . Vol. 4. Verlag des Aachener Geschichtsverein , Aachen, 1994, pp. 661f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmid, Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German portrait painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1805 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1850 |