Adolf Echtler
Adolf Echtler (born May 5, 1843 in Danzig ; † September 23, 1914 in Munich ) was a German genre painter.
Adolf Echtler was the son of the painter and photographer Eduard Echtler . As a child, Echtler and his father came to Riga in 1847 , then to Saint Petersburg in 1850 , where his father gave him his first painting lessons. For health reasons, Echtler went to Venice around 1860 , where he began his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts . He then studied at the art academy in Vienna and in Munich with Wilhelm von Diez .
Since 1869 he exhibited his works in Munich, Berlin , Düsseldorf , Dresden and Königsberg . In 1870 he became a member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus .
He married in Aachen in 1876 . Adolf Echtler worked in Paris from 1877 to 1886 , where he took part in the salon from 1879 to 1885 . In 1878 he became the father of a son in Paris, whom he also named Adolf. His wife died in 1886. Then Echtler moved to Munich with his son. In 1896 he received a large gold medal at the International Art Exhibition in Berlin. He visited Venice several times. Images of his works also appeared in the magazine " Die Gartenlaube ".
He was an honorary member of the Royal Academy of the Arts in Munich and carried the title of royal professor .
His son Adolf studied since May 2, 1899 at the Munich Art Academy with Gabriel von Hackl .
literature
- (Autobiography) in: The spiritual Germany at the end of the 19th century. Encyclopedia of German intellectual life in biographical sketches . Vol. 1: The visual artists . Leipzig / Berlin 1898
- W. Burger: Echtler, Adolf . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 10 : Dubolon – Erlwein . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1914, p. 315-316 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
- Horst Ludwig: Ernst Zimmermann, Alois Erdtelt and Adolf Echtler. Munich painter of the early days. Wilhelm Diez and his school . In: Weltkunst 50, 1980, pp. 1024-1026.
- Susanna Partsch : Echtler, Adolf . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 32, Saur, Munich a. a. 2002, ISBN 3-598-22772-8 , p. 56.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Echtler, Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German genre painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 5, 1843 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Danzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 23, 1914 |
| Place of death | Munich |