Alexandra von Berckholtz

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Portrait of a Young Woman, 1863

Alexandra von Berckholtz (born August 26, 1821 in Riga ; † March 16, 1899 in Munich ) was a German-Baltic painter who mainly created portraits and still lifes .

Life

In 1825 her family emigrated from Riga and settled in Baden after five years of traveling around Europe . Berckholtz grew up in Karlsruhe and at Ortenberg Castle near Offenburg , which her father, Baron Gabriel Leonhard von Berckholtz (1781–1863), had Friedrich Eisenlohr rebuild from 1833 to 1843 .

She received her artistic training from Louis Wagner in Karlsruhe in 1841 , from Joseph Nicolas Robert-Fleury in Paris in 1848 and from the Hohenzollern court painter Richard Lauchert in Karlsruhe in 1854 . In 1854 he also portrayed Alexandra von Berckholtz in a large-format knee-length piece, which shows his pupil sitting in front of a landscape with a drawing pad. Presumably she was also a student of Franz Xaver Winterhalter , Ludwig des Coudres and Hans Canon . Berckholtz set up a studio on a tower of Ortenberg Castle, the so-called Malerturm .

In 1865 she went to Munich, where she was influenced by Franz von Lenbach , representatives of the Piloty School such as Alexander von Liezen-Mayer , the flower painter Therese Hegg and the still life painter Adam Kurz . She mainly painted representative personalities of society as well as family members, with a focus on women. In addition, he created still lifes in oil and tempera as well as numerous pastels and watercolors. In 1880 she donated the glass painting Christ on the Cross for St. Peter's Church in Riga.

Works (selection)

Portraits:

  • Portrait of Melanie von Campenhausen (1815–1901), watercolor 1844
  • Portrait of Baroness Amalie von Brück, b. Freiin von Rottenhoff (1825-1878), 1846
  • Portrait of Barbara von Berckholtz, b. Schröder (1785–1859), mother of the artist, around 1850
  • Portrait of Johanna Countess von Enzenberg (1822–1904), b. by Maydell , 1854
  • Portrait of Elisabeth von Offensandt, née von Berckholtz (1814–1892), sister of the artist, 1860
  • Portrait of Luise von Schkopp (1851–1944), 11 years old (approx. 1862): 2 pictures
  • Portrait of the painter Feodor Dietz , 1863
  • Portrait of Alexandra von Offensandt (1840–1821), niece of the artist, 1864
  • Portrait of Charlotte von Kotzebue , b. von Tempel (1808–1889)
  • Portrait of Marie Scheffel (1829–1857), sister of the poet Joseph Viktor von Scheffel
  • Portrait of the linguist Karl Philipp Reiff
  • Portrait of Sophie Freifrau von Moltke , b. von Berckholtz (1810–1878), sister of the artist, 1866
  • Portrait of Florence Osborn; exhibited: Munich, International Art Exhibition 1869 (catalog for the 1st International Art Exhibition in the Royal Glass Palace in Munich, C. Wolf & Sohn, Munich 1869, No. 981)
  • Portrait of Alexandra von Bodman, born von Offensandt-Berckholtz (1840–1921), wife of Johann Ferdinand von und zu Bodman
  • Portrait of Countess Maria von Moy de Sons, b. Baroness of Aretin (1836–1904)
  • Portrait of Bertha von Schilcher
  • Portrait of Baroness von Treuberg
  • Portrait of Baroness von Tiesenhausen , wife of the naval painter Baron Paul von Tiesenhausen

Still life:

  • Still life ; Issued: Munich, International Jubilee Exhibition 1888 (illustrated catalog of the III. International Art Exhibition (Munich Jubilee Exhibition) in the Royal Glass Palace in Munich 1888, Publishing House for Art and Science, Munich 1888 No. 609).
  • Red anemones : exhibited: Munich annual exhibition of works of art from all nations in the royal. Glaspalaste 1889 (Illustrated catalog of the Bruckmannsche Buchdruckerei, Munich 1889, No. 77).
  • Yellow roses ; exhibited: Munich annual exhibition of works of art from all nations in the royal. Glaspalaste 1890 ((Illustrated catalog, Franz Hanfstaengl, Munich 1890), No. 97b).
  • Flowers / beans ; exhibited: Munich annual exhibition of works of art from all nations in the royal glass palace 1891 (Illustrated catalog, Franz Hanfstaengl, Munich 1891, no. 106a, b.
  • Fruit still life ; exhibited: Munich annual exhibition of works of art from all nations in the Kgl. GlaspalaIast (illustrated catalog, Franz Hanfstaengl, Munich 1893, No. 100).
  • Pomegranate ; exhibited: Munich annual exhibition of works of art from all nations in the Kgl. Glaspalaste 1894 (Illustrirter Catalog, Franz Hanfstaengl, Munich 1894), No. 64).
  • Pomegranates / Japanese anemones ; exhibited: Great Berlin Art Exhibition 1895, No. 102, 103.
  • Peony / peaches and grape / plums ; exhibited: Great Berlin Art Exhibition 1897 (Catalog, Rudolf Schuster, Berlin 1897, No. 137, 138, 139)

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personal data
SURNAME Berckholtz, Alexandra von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Berckholtz, Alexandrine von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH August 26, 1821
PLACE OF BIRTH Riga , Latvia
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 1899
Place of death Munich