Adolf Eybel
Adolf Eybel (born February 24, 1808 in Berlin ; † October 12, 1882 there ) was a German painter and lithographer .
Life
Eybel started studying at the art academy in his hometown of Berlin when he was only 14 . From 1828 Eybel was able to participate almost regularly in the annual academic exhibitions. After his training there and several study trips, he returned to Berlin and from 1830 became a student of the painter Karl Wilhelm Kolbe the Elder. J. , his future father-in-law. With the support and support of his teacher, Eybel was able to go to Paris for five years in 1834 , where he studied with Paul Delaroche from 1834–39 .
In 1839 Eybel returned to Germany and settled in Berlin. As a freelance painter and lithographer, he mainly dealt with portrait and genre painting . In 1846 Eybel created the monumental historical picture The Great Elector in the Battle of Fehrbellin (Berlin Royal Palace), with which he made a name for himself almost overnight.
In 1849 Eybel was entrusted with a teaching position and he was given the management of the animal painting class at the art academy. In 1850 he became a professor there and in 1854 a senator.
At the age of 74, Adolf Eybel died in Berlin in 1882 and was buried in the old St. Matthew Cemetery in Schöneberg . The grave has not been preserved.
Works (selection)
- A fisherman with his girl
- Walk from Goethe's "Faust"
- Italian fishermen
- The Weinzeche
- A scene from Walter Scott's "Woodstock"
- Richard the Lionheart and Blondel
literature
- Hackmann, Lisa: Eybel, Adolf (Eibel, Adolph). In: Savoy, Bénédicte and Nerlich, France (eds.): Paris apprenticeship years. A lexicon for training German painters in the French capital . Volume 1: 1793–1843, Berlin / Boston 2013, pp. 71–73.
- Alfred G. Meyer: Eybel, Adolf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 48, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1904, p. 459 f.
- Victor Alexander Carus : Eybel, Adolf . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 11 : Erman-Fiorenzo . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1915, p. 125 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Adolf Eybel . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 35, Saur, Munich a. a. 2002, ISBN 3-598-22775-2 , p. 502.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin tombs . Haude & Spener, Berlin 2006. p. 301.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eybel, Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and lithographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1808 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 12, 1882 |
| Place of death | Berlin |