Adolf von Grundherr

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Adolf von Grundherr zu Altenthann and Weyerhaus (born September 30, 1848 in Munich ; † April 6, 1908 there ) was a German painter , draftsman and designer .

family

Adolf Friedrich Sigmund landlord von Altenthann und Weiherhaus came from the Nuremberg city ​​nobility. The father, Sigmund Freiherr von Grundherr (Nuremberg 1797–1873 Munich), royal Bavarian artillery officer, married her sister Anna Sophie Kreitner (1808–1859) from Speinshardt , municipality of Eschenbach in the Upper Palatinate , after the death of his first wife Catholics had converted to the Protestant denomination. The 15 children of this marriage were all born in Munich; only six of them reached adulthood.

education

Adolf von Grundherr attended the Protestant elementary school and from 1859 to 1868 the Maximiliansgymnasium in Munich until he graduated from high school. He then studied law at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . In 1871 he moved to the Nuremberg School of Applied Arts , where he primarily devoted himself to book art and designing for glass painting. By 1 November 1872 its entrance is in the antiquities class of the Munich Art Academy documented, where he studied with Andreas Müller and until 1881 in the composition class of Karl Theodor von Piloty trained as a painter. With a government grant, he then went on a one-year trip to Italy .

Adolf von Grundherr lived in Munich all his life and remained unmarried. He died at the age of 59 and was buried in the Altes Südfriedhof in Munich.

activity

Von Grundherr was a versatile painter and graphic artist, illustrator and designer for glass windows, sculptural works and murals. He was a member of the Munich Artists' Cooperative (MKG), the Munich Artists Support Association and the Munich Art Association . As early as 1880 he showed a painting The Taming of the Shrew in Düsseldorf and in 1882 in Nuremberg. Other early pictures were The Nymph of the Fountain , Haideprinzesschen's toilet , a woman in a white robe and flowers in her hair, and a zither player . He created an epitaph for the businessman Georg von Grundherr, who died in Chile in 1899 .

For the ballroom of the Scholastika clubhouse of the Academic Choral Society (AGV) in Munich, of which he was also a member, von Grundherr designed a four-part painting in 1896, which he himself executed in 1897 and which was used in an architectural framework. The paintings were integrated into the ballroom of the new building in 1914. The cycle shows a parade with musicians, which is greeted by the Münchner Kindl . The persons depicted represent the portraits of association members; among them the painters Hermann Bever , Eugen von Stieler and Adolf von Grundherr himself.

Projects and work carried out (selection)

  • Kleinsorheim near Nördlingen , Protestant parish church St.Andreas: three ceiling paintings of the Transfiguration of Christ and two angels with the sacrament vessels , 1891 (preserved in situ; restored);
  • The blessing of insurance , mural in the stairwell of the Bavarian Insurance Chamber in Munich, 1904;
  • Draft for the glass paintings of a double-winged pointed arch window in the old town hall in Essen ; Execution: Hofglasmalerei Franz Xaver Zettler , Munich;
  • Draft for the glass paintings of the windows in the library hall (today: legal library; the windows destroyed in the Second World War) on the third floor of the New Town Hall in Munich ; donated by Friedrich and Emilie Braun, Gabriel Sedelmayr, Braun & Schneider, Munich; Execution: Hofglasmalerei FXZettler, Munich: (1) Chronicle, jurisprudence, religion, school; (2) paper manufacture, arts and crafts, lithography, science; (3) Sanitas, Caritas, Poetry, Humoristica; (4) trade, industry, geography, political science;
  • Draft for a mural for Peles Castle in Podul Neagului (today: Pietrele Arse) near Sinaia , Romania , built by the Romanian heir to the throne Karl von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1881 King Karl II ) since 1873 ; Commissioned by Queen Elisabeth of Romania , b. Princess zu Wied-Neuwied (1843–1916), stage name as poet: Carmen Sylva ;
  • Design for a stained glass window in the boudoir of the Queen of Romania in Peles Castle (Sinaia); Execution: Hofglasmalereianstalt Burkhardt, Munich,
  • Draft for the colored glazing of a gallery window of the St. Peterskirche in Nuremberg with the family coat of arms and two kneeling angels; Foundation Commerzienrat von Grundherr and his children; Execution: Hofglasmalereianstalt Burkhardt, Munich.
  • Calvary , crucifixion of Christ with Mary and an angel; in the background the Nuremberg Castle and the landlord's palace, St. Peterskirche, Nuremberg; executed in 1900; two paintings on wood; preserved in situ.
  • Draft for a centerpiece Life Ship for Kommerzienrat Friedrich von Grundherr in Nuremberg; Execution: Theodor Heiden; exhibited: goldsmiths department of the Munich 1908 exhibition.
  • Two decoration designs for the Munich artists, different materials, 1886 and 1888: Munich, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung.
  • Vignette with the letter D and caricature of Dr. Friedrich Stecher († 1888), admission card for the Philistine Association of the AGV Munich, 1885; Playlist “Riccardo. The famous robber captain ”, for the performance in the AGV Munich, March 3, 1883.
  • Personification of the element earth, pen drawing, before 1882.

Illustrations

  • The small world for the small world. A picture book on pleasure and teaching for mother and child . In friezes after original watercolors by Woldemar Friedrich , Carl Gehrts and Johannes Gehrts , Adolf v.Grundherr, Julius Kleinmichel , Carl Röhling, Franz Xaver Simm , Hermann Vogel and with accompanying stanzas by Julius Lohmeyer , Frida Schanz and Johannes Trojan . Accompanying stanzas by J. Lohmeyer et al., Gustav Weise, Stuttgart 1885.
  • Coloring pages in Frisians . Gustav Weise, Stuttgart 1890.
  • Images for "Scenes from the Nibelungen saga" by FA Fraustadt; for the King of Romania.
  • Friedrich Rückert : love spring. 6th edition. JD Sauerländer, Frankfurt undated (superb edition (...) by Herrman Kaulbach, A. v. Grundherr, A. Rothaug, G. Schöbel and others)

literature

  • Landlord, Adolf von. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 1/1, sheets 1–30: Aagaard – Heideck. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1891, p. 421 ( archive.org ).
  • Adolf Bothe (ed.): Address book of visual artists of the present. Born in 1901.
  • Munich latest news. No. 166, April 8, 1908, noon edition: Obituary.
  • Report on the work and membership of the Munich Art Association 1908, Munich 1909, pp. XVII – XVIII: Obituary.
  • Landlord of Altenthann and Weyerhaus, Adolf von . In: Ulrich Thieme , Fred. C. Willis (Ed.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 15 : Gresse – Hanselmann . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1922, p. 143–144 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
  • Anton Bettelheim (Hrsg.): Biographisches Jahrbuch und Deutscher Nekrolog. Volume 13. Berlin, Reimer 1910.
  • Philistine Association of the Munich Academic Choir (ed.): History of the Munich Academic Choir 1861–1961. Munich 1961, pp. 152-153.
  • Bruckmann's Lexicon of Munich Art . Munich painter in the 19th century. Volume 2, Munich 1982 (Fig.).
  • Hans Ries: Illustrations and Illustrators 1871–1914. The range of images from the Wilhelminian era. History and aesthetics of the original and printing techniques. International lexicon of illustrators Bibliography of their work in German-language books and magazines, on picture sheets and blackboards. H. Th. Wenner, Osnabrück 1992, ISBN 3-87898-329-8 .
  • Eva Anwander-Heisse: Stained Glass in Munich in the 19th Century. Dissertation Munich 1992, pp. XV – XVI; Cat.No. 19,119.
  • City Archives Munich (Ed.): Brigitte Huber: The New Town Hall in Munich. Georg von Hauberisser (1841–1922) and his main work. Dölling & Galitz Verlag, Munich-Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-937904-24-7 , p. 109 plate 37.
  • Siegfried Weiß : Landlord of Altenthann and Weyerhaus, Adolf von . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 63, Saur, Munich a. a. 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23030-1 , p. 450.
  • Siegfried Weiß: Art career aspiration. Painter, graphic artist, sculptor. Former students of the Munich Maximiliansgymnasium from 1849 to 1918. Allitera Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-86906-475-8 , pp. 121–129 (Fig.).

Web links

Commons : Adolf von Grundherr  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Registration documents (PMB), Sigmund and Adolf von Grundherr, Munich, City Archives.
  2. ^ Matriculation, certificate records and annual reports 1853/54; 1859 / 60–1868 / 69: Maximiliansgymnasium Munich, archive.
  3. ↑ matriculation 1841-1884: 02,814 Adolph von landlord matrikel.adbk.de : Munich Art Academy.
  4. ^ Düsseldorf, 4th general German art exhibition, 1880; Nuremberg, Bavarian State Exhibition 1882.
  5. ↑ Illustration: Münchner Maler 2, 1982,
  6. ^ Photographic reproduction: Nuremberg, City Archive, Grundherr family archive.
  7. ^ Nuremberg, St.Peterskirche; Fig .: Münchner Maler 2, 1982.
  8. ↑ Josef Schweyer, municipal master lithographer, 1926: Portfolio with photos of the windows; Collection of the Monacensia Library, Munich.
  9. ↑ Figure: History of the AGV Munich 1861–1961. Pp. 9, 27, 180.
  10. ^ Illustration in Martin Gerlach: Allegories and Emblems. Vienna 1882, plate 37.
  11. ↑ Paul Herrmanowski: The German mythology and their utilization in art and poetry. Volume 2, Berlin 1891.
personal data
SURNAME Landlord, Adolf von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Landlord of Altenthann and Weyerhaus, Adolf von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, draftsman and designer
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 1908
Place of death Munich