Adolf Fischer-Gurig
Adolf Fischer-Gurig (born June 2, 1860 in Obergurig near Bautzen , † May 22, 1918 in Dresden ; full name: Carl Franz Adolf Fischer ) was a German painter .
Life
Adolf Fischer was born on June 2, 1860 in Obergurig near Bautzen as the son of the paper manufacturer Karl Friedrich Adolph Fischer. From 1880 to 1883 he studied at the Dresden Art Academy with Paul Mohn , Leon Pohle and Friedrich Preller the Younger . In 1883 he moved into his first studio in Dresden and painted cityscapes. From 1985 to 1888 he was a master student with the landscape painter Karl Ludwig in Berlin.
In 1889 he returned to Dresden and in September 1890 married Margarethe Sinning (* 1867 in Loschwitz near Dresden). Around 1888, the artist began to sign his works, adding his place of birth. In 1900 he received formal approval to use the Fischer-Gurig family name.
From 1890 to 1898 Adolf Fischer lived with his wife in Munich . During this time he painted landscapes with alpine glacier motifs and atmospheric pictures of the Ammersee . In 1898 he returned to Dresden with his family of four. In 1902 the painter undertook a trip through East Frisia at the invitation of Emden's Lord Mayor Leo Fürbringer . Numerous trips to the North and Baltic Sea coasts , Rügen , Heligoland and the Netherlands followed . He visited the Dollart repeatedly and painted numerous paintings with motifs of East Frisian cities and ports until his death. Fischer-Gurig attracted international attention with these impressionistic works.
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1899–1913: Regular participation in art exhibitions in Munich, Berlin and Düsseldorf
- 1904: Art exhibition at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, USA
- 1907: Biennale d'Arte in Venice (shown: shipyard in Emden , sold to the Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Rome, today owned by the Ostfriesisches Landesmuseum Emden )
- 1907 and 1911: Exhibitions in Pittsburgh , USA
Awards
- 1899: Small gold plaque from the city of Dresden
- 1904: Silver medal at the World's Fair in St. Louis
- 1917: Appointment to the Royal Saxon Councilor
literature
- Ernst Sigismund : Fischer, Adolf (Carl Franz Adolf) . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 12 : Fiori-Fyt . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1916, p. 14 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Robert Bruck : Adolf Fischer-Gurig . In: Westermannsmonthshefte . tape 128 , 64th year, June / July. Westermann, Braunschweig 1920, p. 350–359 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive - With a portrait of Adolf Fischer Gurig, painted by Friedrich Heyser ).
- Friedrich Scheele (Ed.): Everyday work on the North Sea coast in pictures by Bernhard Suerdieck, Adolf Fischer-Gurig and Max Liebermann. Booklet accompanying the exhibition of the same name in the East Frisian State Museum in Emden from February 1 to March 29, 1998 . Isensee Verlag, Oldenburg 1998, ISBN 3-89598-488-4 .
- Martin Tielke (Ed.): Biographical Lexicon for East Frisia . tape IV . Ostfriesische Landschaftliche Verlags- und Vertriebsgesellschaft, 2007, p. 135–138 ( ostfriesenelandschaft.de [PDF]).
Web links
- Literature by and about Adolf Fischer-Gurig in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Max Jordan : Friedrich Preller: Diaries of the artist . United Art Institutions, Munich-Kaufbeuren 1904, p. 310 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fischer-Gurig, Adolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fischer, Carl Franz Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 2, 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Obergurig near Bautzen |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 22, 1918 |
| Place of death | Dresden |