Albert Küchler

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Albert Küchler (born May 2, 1803 in Copenhagen , † February 16, 1886 in Rome ) was a Danish portrait, history and genre painter of the Golden Age . From 1851 he belonged to the Catholic Franciscan order .

Self-portrait, 1823
Statens Museum for Kunst
Albert Küchler as a Franciscan, painted by Jørgen Roed in 1886. Thorvaldsen Museum
Albert Küchler in his studio in the monastery of S. Bonaventura in Rome - drawing by FC Lund , 1873
Roman farmers buy a hat for their young son ... Thorvaldsen Museum

Life

Albert Küchler was the son of master carpenter Christian Küchler and his wife Mette Cathrine Andreasdatter Terkelsen. Küchler began an apprenticeship as a carpenter with his father, but was then able to convince him of his desire to become an artist. So he came to the Copenhagen Art Academy in 1816 . At first in the freehand and model class, he then, like most future painters of his generation, became a student of Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg . At the beginning of the 1820s he received the first silver medals for his works. By winning the great gold medal in 1829, combined with a travel grant, Küchler was able to continue his studies abroad.

Küchler's path led to Munich in 1830 and then on to Rome, where he soon belonged to the Danish community to which, in addition to the sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen z. For example, the painters Constantin Hansen , Martinus Rørbye , Wilhelm Marstrand , Detlev Conrad Blunck and Jørgen Sonne as well as the architect Gottlieb Bindesbøll and also writers counted. Christian Winther and Hans Christian Andersen should be mentioned here in particular . In addition to his artistic work, he was the librarian of the Danish library in Rome from 1833 to 1840. While he initially mainly created genre scenes close to the Nazarenes , religious paintings became these in the 1840s.

Küchler converted to Catholicism in 1844 and in 1851 he joined the Franciscan Order under the name Pietro. He then lived in Rome in the monastery of San Bonaventura on the Palatine Hill , only interrupted by his stay in a Silesian monastery from 1852 to 1855. With the approval of the Pope, he could continue to be artistically active, but now it was exclusively religious pictures such as altarpieces or copies of ancient art. In 1877 he was appointed a member of the Danish Art Academy. Albert Küchler died in Rome in 1886 and was buried in the Campo Santo Teutonico cemetery.

Works (selection

  • 1823: Young fruit seller in an artist's studio.
  • 1829: Christ heals the sick. (Gold medal)
  • 1831: The Albanian.
  • 1834: Portrait of Hans Christian Andersen.
  • 1830s: Christ appears to the disciples after the resurrection.
  • 1830s: Joseph tells his dreams.
  • 1840: Roman farmers buy a hat for their young son who is to become an abbate .

literature

Web links

Commons : Albert Küchler  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Albert Küchler's grave in the Campo Santo Teutonico cemetery (English)
personal data
SURNAME Küchler, Albert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pietro da Copenaghen (OFM)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish history, portrait and genre painter, Franciscan (OFM)
DATE OF BIRTH May 2, 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 1886
Place of death Rome