Friedrich Preller the Younger

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Friedrich Preller the Younger

Friedrich Preller the Younger (born September 1, 1838 in Weimar ; † October 21, 1901 in Blasewitz near Dresden ) was a German landscape and marine painter .

Life

Friedrich Preller's grave in the Johannisfriedhof in Dresden

The youngest son of the painter , etcher and art professor Friedrich Preller the Elder (1804–1878) entered his father's studio at the age of 13 after he had received his first instruction in drawing and painting. He continued his artistic studies at his side. He spent the summer of 1858 with young painters from the Düsseldorfer Malkastens and other friends in Kleinsassen , a village in the Rhön region that became known as the “Malerdorf”. In 1859 he traveled with his father to Rome and until 1862 undertook "numerous excursions to the coast, to Naples and Sicily in order to study the natural landscape, the scenes of the Odyssey."

In 1864 Preller undertook another study trip to Italy and after his return in 1866 he moved to Dresden , where he founded his own studio and had his first artistic success with commissioned work from 1876. In 1880 he was appointed art professor at the Dresden Academy and in the 1880s again undertook study trips to Italy and Rügen and in 1891 to Greece .

From 1884 Preller lived in a house he designed himself at Friedrich-August-Straße 6c in Blasewitz (now a part of Dresden ). In 1921, after Blasewitz was incorporated, the street was renamed 'Prellerstraße' after him, and his house is now number 32.

He died in Blasewitz in 1901 and was buried in the Johannisfriedhof . The relief on his tomb was created by his son-in-law, the sculptor Richard König ; it shows the artist putting away his brush and color palette, while saying goodbye to his wife against the backdrop of the Alps, where he had last traveled with her.

family

Preller was married to Antonie (called Toni) Auguste Cornelie Preller b. Rathgen (born March 23, 1844, † March 7, 1923), a daughter of the lawyer Bernhard Rathgen . Preller's daughter Lucie was married to Richard König, with whom she also edited a book about her father: Friedrich Preller the Elder. J .: An artist youth . It contains texts that Preller wrote himself. Preller's daughter Elina married the painter Walther Witting .

student

Works (selection)

View of Citivella , around 1896
  • 1858: The Atelier Friedr. Preller's the Elder (first work)
  • 1888: Eduard Petzold : The landscape gardening . A handbook for gardeners, architects and friends of garden art. H. Haessel, Leipzig 1888 (pictures by Friedrich Preller).
  • 1890/91: Greek landscapes (murals), Dresden, Albertinum
  • 1897: Mural Prometheus as the Bringer of Light (destroyed), formerly the foyer at the Albertinum of the University of Leipzig
  • Cycle with scenes from the Oedipus myth (destroyed), formerly in Dresden, Semperoper
  • Cycle with scenes from the Achilles myth (destroyed), formerly in Dresden, Semperoper
  • Cycle with scenes from the Hercules myth (destroyed), formerly in Dresden, Semperoper
  • Cycle with scenes from the myth of the Golden Fleece (destroyed), formerly in Dresden, Semperoper

Fonts

  • Friedrich Preller the Younger, Max Jordan (Ed.): Diaries of the artist. Kaufbeuren, 1904 Munich.

literature

Web links

Commons : Friedrich Preller the Younger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Friedrich A. Wagner: This is a mountain range for hiking. In: Die Rhön (= Merian , vol. 17 (1964), volume 4), pp. 5–10, here p. 5.
  2. ↑ RS: Friedrich Preller the Elder J. In: Ketterer Kunst. Auctions, Exhibitions, 346th auction, October 25, 2008.
  3. ↑ Cultural monument, see list of cultural monuments in Blasewitz
  4. ^ Streets and squares in Blasewitz. Retrieved August 15, 2017 .
  5. ^ Max Jordan : Friedrich Preller: Diaries of the artist . United Art Institutions, Munich-Kaufbeuren 1904, p. 241 .
  6. ↑ Reinhold Heling: Old Prussian Gender Studies , 31st year, Volume 14, 1983, from the Quassowski estate, 7th carpenter from East Prussia . In: Association for family research in East and West Prussia eV, seat in Hamburg (ed.): Pages of the association for family research in East and West Prussia . ISSN  0344-5593 , p. 292 (listed here with the first name Eline ).
personal data
SURNAME Preller, Friedrich the Younger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German landscape and marine painter
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1838
PLACE OF BIRTH Weimar
DATE OF DEATH October 21, 1901
Place of death Blasewitz near Dresden