Adolf Christian Baumann
Adolf Christian Baumann (also Adolph Baumann ; born September 12, 1829 in Munich ; † February 5, 1865 ibid) was a German history painter and a member of the Association for Christian Art in Munich .
Life
Adolf Baumann studied from 1844 to 1848 at the Munich Royal Academy of Fine Arts . His teacher at the time, Johann von Schraudolph , who was commissioned by King Ludwig I to paint the Speyer Cathedral , took him to Speyer as an assistant . Until 1853 Baumann worked on the cathedral painting, which was done in the Nazarene style . He then received a grant from Ludwig I for a three-year study visit to Italy. After returning from Italy, Adolf Baumann remained connected to the Munich Art Academy. Among other things, he created four forest paintings for the then Bavarian National Museum ( old building ) and the picture "Christ on the Cross" for the Munich Isartor . His religious paintings include several altarpieces based on the model of the Munich painter Heinrich von Hess . In 1860 Baumann was one of the founding members of the Munich Association for Christian Art.
Works (selection)
Murals in the Bavarian National Museum , old building:
- Coronation of Ludwig of Bavaria in 1328
- House contract in Pavia ..., in 1329
- Duke Heinrich von Niederbayern founded the Bayerburg in Littau in 1337
- Emperor Ruppert takes the Upper Palatinate cities from Bohemia ... in 1401
- Painting for the church of Geltolfing in Lower Bavaria.
literature
- Friedrich Pecht : Baumann, Adolf Christian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 152 f.
- Hyacinth Holland : Baumann, Adolf . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 3 : Bassano – Bickham . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1909, p. 77 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Max Fürst : The association for Christian art in the first twenty-five years of its existence . In: Association for Christian Art in Munich (Hrsg.): Festgabe in memory of the 50th. Anniversary . Lentner'sche Hofbuchhandlung, Munich 1910, pp. 35 and 62
- Monika Spiller: Baumann, Adolf (erroneously Christian) . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 7, Saur, Munich a. a. 1993, ISBN 3-598-22747-7 , p. 580.
Web links
- Literature by and about Adolf Christian Baumann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Life data in the Kalliope network
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baumann, Adolf Christian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baumann, Adolph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German history painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 12, 1829 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 5, 1865 |
| Place of death | Munich |