Alexander Kläsener
Alexander Kläsener , also Klaesener or Kläzener (born March 3, 1826 in Vallendar , Rhine Province , † November 11, 1912 in Alkmaar , Province of North Holland ), was a German-Dutch church painter and Nazarener of the Düsseldorf School .
Life
Kläsener, son of a border guard of the Koblenz regional council , was born in Vallendar and grew up temporarily in Goch on the Lower Rhine , where his parents, who saw him as destined for a spiritual career, sent him to the grammar school in Emmerich on the Rhine . In 1842 he attended the Düsseldorf Art Academy as a "free student" , and in 1843 the 2nd class there under Karl Ferdinand Sohn . When his parents died in 1845 or 1846 and he could no longer pay for his art studies, he signed up for the Prussian army , which transferred him to Trier as a draftsman of topographic maps . In the years 1852 to 1854 he completed his art studies in Antwerp . In 1859 he was employed by the architect Pierre Cuypers . From 1866 he lived in Alkmaar, where he created Stations of the Cross for the Catholic St. Laurentius Church and in 1867 married Margaretha Catharina, née Kuipers, who gave birth to seven children.
Kläsener mainly painted stations of the cross and murals. His Way of the Cross in the Church of St. Jacob (St. Jacobus de Meerdere) in The Hague and his depiction of the blood miracle in the Catholic St. Laurentius Church (Sint Laurentiuskerk) of Alkmaar (1874–1880) are known. Kläsener is considered to be a representative of the Nazarenes, whom he got to know during his time in Düsseldorf. From 1876 onwards, “Kunst zij ons doel” belonged to the Genootschap van beeldende kunstenaars in Alkmaar . As a “directeur-leraar” (director and teacher) of this artists' association he worked from 1892 to 1908. He was also a member of the “Commissie van Toezicht” (supervisory board) of the Alkmaar municipal museum until old age. One of Kläsener's pupils was the baker's assistant Jan Witte (1868–1950), who began his apprenticeship in 1886 and was later venerated as “'t heilig bruurke” ( West Frisian dialect group : The little holy brother ).
literature
- Kläsener, Alexander . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 20 : Kaufmann – Knilling . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1927, p. 403 .
- Kläsener, Alexander. In: Pieter A. Scheen: Lexicon Nederlandse beeldende kunstenaars, 1750-1880. The Hague 1981, p. 269.
- Adolf T. Schneider : The Alkmaar church painter Alexander Kläsener from Vallendar. In: Heimatbuch Mayen-Koblenz. Volume 2016, pp. 190–192.
Web links
- Entry on Alexander Kläsener in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database
- Alexander Kläsener , biography in the portal alkmaarsecuyperskerk.nl
- Alexander Kläsener , data sheet in the portal rkd.nl ( Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cf. Nos. 7328 and 7329 in the finding aid 212.01.04 Student lists of the Düsseldorf Art Academy , website in the portal archive.nrw.de ( North Rhine-Westphalia State Archive )
- ↑ Bettina Baumgärtel , Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: Directory of foreign artists. Nationality, residence and studies in Düsseldorf . In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Hrsg.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international impact 1819–1918 . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , Volume 1, p. 434
- ^ Gert van Kleef: De schilder Alexander Kläzener en de Sint Laurentiuskerk te Alkmaar . Alkmaar 2014, p. 6 ( PDF )
- ^ Witte, Jan (1868–1950), Kloosternaam: Broeder Everardus Witte , website in the portal westfriesgenootschap.nl , accessed on August 21, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kläsener, Alexander |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Klaesener, Alexander; Kläzener, Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Dutch church painter and Nazarene of the Düsseldorf School |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1826 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vallendar , Rhine Province |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 11, 1912 |
| Place of death | Alkmaar , North Holland Province |