Alexander Schmidt-Michelsen
Alexander Schmidt-Michelsen (born November 5, 1859 in Leipzig ; † November 21, 1908 there ) was a German landscape and genre painter .
Life
Alexander Schmidt-Michelsen was the son of a Leipzig banker named Schmidt and his wife Anna Leopoldine, b. Michelsen. He began his training in 1879 by studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich . In the 1890s he continued his studies as a student of William Adolphe Bouguereau and Tony Robert-Fleury at the Académie Julian in Paris. After completing his studies, he was based in Berlin. Schmidt-Michelsen worked primarily as a landscape and genre painter. From 1886 he was represented with his works at the exhibitions of the Berlin Academy, the Great Berlin Art Exhibitions and in the Munich Glass Palace . He was a member of the Society of German Watercolorists and an honorary member of the Belgian Société royale belge des aquarellistes .
His sister Annette Thekla Schmidt (1864–1918) was married to Paul Jakob Kees (1851–1906), a descendant of Johann Jakob Kees , Leipzig merchant and chief postmaster of the Electorate of Saxony .
literature
- Schmidt-Michelsen, Alexander . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936, p. 169 .
- Schmidt-Michelsen, Alexander. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 2/2, sheets 33–67: Saal – Zwengauer. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1901, pp. 596–597 ( archive.org ).
Web links
- Works by Alexander Schmidt-Michelsen on the artnet portal
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Maria Huebner: The Kees family in Leipzig, Zöbigker and Gautzsch. Sax-Verlag - Stadt Markkleeberg, ISBN 978-3-86729-169-9 , pp. 79-80, ( reading sample online PDF )
- ↑ 03735 Alexander Schmidt , register book 1841-1884 register of the AdbK Munich
- ↑ Alexandre Schmidt-Michelsen 1859-1908, Peintre allemand, Elève de Bouguereau et T. Robert-Fleury, AJ 1889. Elèves et professeurs de l'Académie Julian
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmidt-Michelsen, Alexander |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schmidt, Alexander; Schmidt-Michelsen, Alexandre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landscape and genre painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 5, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 21, 1908 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |