Guido Hammer

Medallion portrait by Guido Hammer in the Dresdner Heide ( Robert Ockelmann ) near the Heidemühle on the road to the Hofwiese

Edmund Guido Hammer, 1821–1898

Fleeing deer. Illustration in: The gazebo . 1870

Edmund Guido Hammer (born February 4, 1821 in Dresden ; † January 27, 1898 there ) was a German painter and draftsman. He attended the Dresden Art Academy and from 1842 Julius Huebner's studio.

As a passionate hunter he was connected to the Dresden Heath and therefore turned to animal painting . He traveled on foot to Trieste, Venice, Milan, across Lake Garda, repeated excursions to Munich, into the forests of Saxony, Bohemia, Silesia, and also into the Tyrolean mountains.

In 1866 he went to Constantinople.

His fresh, close-to-nature animal and hunting images are widely acclaimed. The Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden has his spotted greyhound (1852) and wild boar with piglets, posed by a dog (1860).

He also drew numerous illustrations for the magazines Die Gartenlaube and the Leipziger Illustrirte Zeitung . He wrote appealing descriptions of these as well as his “Hubertus pictures”, album for hunters and hunting enthusiasts (2nd edition, Glog. 1877).

His house was in the house at Marienallee 4 on the southern edge of the Heider. He is buried in the St. Pauli cemetery .

Famous works

“Doe with two deer calves” - Pappermann Collection
"Wild Boar with Freshlings" (1866) and "Flecktes Greyhound" - Picture Gallery Dresden
"Old salt lick in the Dresden Heath", watercolor, along with various pencil drawings - Dresden City Museum
“Heathland with deer” - Museum Kiel
"Fox and crane", watercolor - Chemnitz.

literature

Hubertus pictures. An album for hunters and hunting enthusiasts, no year 78 pages.
Hunting pictures and stories . From Wald und Flur und Tal, Glogau 1863, with wood engravings by Bürkner based on his designs
Wild-, Wald- und Weidmannsbilder , Verlag Keil 1891, collection of hunting attachments with illustrations in Die Gartenlaube

Web links

Commons : Guido Hammer - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Guido Hammer - Sources and full texts

Literature by and about Guido Hammer in the catalog of the German National Library
Guido Hammer in the Stadtwiki Dresden
The painters of the Dresden Heath

personal data
SURNAME	Hammer, Guido
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hammer, Edmund Guido
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter and draftsman
DATE OF BIRTH	February 4, 1821
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dresden
DATE OF DEATH	January 27, 1898
Place of death	Dresden