Albert Joseph Franke
Albert Joseph Franke (also Albert Julius, born November 27, 1860 in Buchwitz near Breslau , † May 4, 1924 in Munich ) was a German genre and oriental painter.
Franke began his painting studies at the Royal Art and Trade School in Breslau and continued his studies from October 25, 1879 at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich with Otto Seitz , Alois Gabl and Wilhelm von Lindenschmit the Younger .
In the period from 1885 to 1887 he visited North Africa several times , where many pictures of the oriental milieu were taken. Based in Munich since the early 1890s, he devoted himself to genre painting with Rococo scenes . He became a member of the Munich Artists' Cooperative . From 1900 he regularly took part in exhibitions in the Munich Glass Palace as well as in Düsseldorf and Berlin .
literature
- Franke, Albert Josef . 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. 336 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Bénézit 1976, vol. 4, p. 502
- Busse 1977, p. 431
- Witt Checklist 1978, p. 103
- Ludwig 1978, vol. 1, p. 364
- Bénézit 1999, vol. 5, p. 672
- Saur 1999-2000, Vol. 3, p. 778
Individual evidence
Web links
- Franke at www.askart.com
- Franke at www.agraart.pl
- Albert Joseph Franke. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Franke, Albert Joseph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Franke, Albert Julius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German oriental and genre painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buchwitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 4, 1924 |
| Place of death | Munich |