Alexander Rudolf Grünenwald
Alexander Rudolf Grünenwald (born March 22, 1849 in Rosenau Castle near Coburg , † November 10, 1890 in Munich ) was a German genre and history painter.
Grünenwald was supposed to study theology, but decided to paint. With the support of the geographer August Petermann studied from November 8, 1866 at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich with Alexander Strähuber , Hermann Anschütz and Wilhelm von Diez .
1875 went on a study trip to England. He studied Dutch painting in London galleries.
At the Munich art exhibition in 1887 there was a conflict with the painter Friedrich Pecht .
He recited his own poems at the artists' mask festivals of the “Sociable Association” in 1889.
In 1885 he created templates for the glass painting workshop Karl de Bouchés , u. a. for the Heilig-Kreuz-Münster in Schwäbisch Gmünd .
literature
- Hyacinth Holland : Grünenwald, Alexander Rudolf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 49, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1904, p. 597.
- Friedrich von Boettischer : Painters Works of the 19th Century , Volume 1, Dresden 1898, p. 444 ( digitized version )
- Grünenwald, Alexander Rudolf . 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. 130 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Susanna Partsch : Grünenwald, Alexander Rudolf . 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. 376.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grünenwald, Alexander Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German genre and history painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 22, 1849 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rosenau Castle near Coburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 10, 1890 |
| Place of death | Munich |