Alexander Flamant

Alexander Flamant (born March 28, 1836 in Frankfurt am Main , † March 30, 1897 in Dresden ) was a German landscape and portrait painter.

Life

Alexander Flamant studied at the art academies in Berlin and Dresden . In 1857 he became a member of the Corps Vandalia Berlin . In Dresden he was a student of Julius Huebner and Ludwig Richter , where he also settled as a painter after completing his studies. He found the motifs for his landscape paintings in particular in the Harz Mountains and in Saxon Switzerland . He painted a portrait of the astronomer Samuel Heinrich Schwabe for the Dessau Historical Society . He was the founder and member of the Open Lodge Association in Dresden. In 1875 he was accepted as a real member of the Natural Science Society ISIS Dresden .

Works

painting

A gorge in the mountains, 1882

• A gorge in the mountains , 1882
• Portrait of the astronomer Samuel Heinrich Schwabe

Fonts

• The Dresden painting school. In: Die Grenzboten - magazine for politics, literature and art 35, 1876, pp. 28–32 ( uni-bremen.de ).
• The realm of sound - portraits and descriptions of famous artists. Editions from 1880, 1881 and 1888.

English editions:

• The realm of tones - Three hundred and two portraits of the most celebrated European musicians with short biographical notices. With editions of 1881, 1890 and 2010 (translated by Frédéric Louis Ritter).
• Celebrated Musicians of All Nations - A Collection of Portraits, with Short Biographical Notices. 1883.

literature

• Flamant, Alexander. 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. 310 ( archive.org ).
• Flamant, Alexander . 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. 66 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Flamant, Alexander . In: Hans Wolfgang Singer (Ed.): General Artist Lexicon. Life and works of the most famous visual artists . Prepared by Hermann Alexander Müller . 5th unchanged edition. tape 1 : Aachen – Fyt . Literary Institute, Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt a. M. 1921, p. 448 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Web links

• Portrait photo in the Deutsche Fotothek

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 17 , 84
2. ↑ Dirk Hempel: Literary Associations in Dresden , 2008, pp. 176–177 ( books.google.de ).
3. ^ Meeting reports and papers of the Natural Science Society ISIS in Dresden 1875. Dresden 1876, p. 139 ( books.google.com ).