Alfred Diethe

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Alfred Richard Diethe (born February 13, 1836 in Dresden ; † June 3 or June 7, 1919 there ) was a German painter and illustrator .

Life

The Annunciation. 1857

Diethe was the eighth of nine sons of a master carpenter and attended secondary school in Dresden-Neustadt until she was 15. Originally intended for teaching, he studied at the Dresden Art Academy in the 1850s and was a student of Bendemann (until he was called to Düsseldorf in 1858), then Huebner's history painting subject. He studied landscape painting with Ludwig Richter . In 1858 he sold his first picture to the Saxon Art Association . His first works in the Hübner studio included the “Annunciation”, the altarpiece for Dresden-Plauen - a “Christ blessing” and “Christ in Emaus”. After he won the competition with “Theseus and Ariadne” organized by the Prof. Herrmanns Foundation in Dresden- Loschwitz , Diethe started working as a freelancer in Dresden in 1861. A travel grant enabled him to stay in Italy from 1864 to 1866, where he worked with Friedrich Preller the Elder, among others . J. traveled and drew in the Albanian and Sabine Mountains . Then he was a teacher at the Dresden School of Applied Arts ; from 1885 in the architecture class of the art academy. Between 1890 and 1901 he was the private tutor of Princess Mathilde of Saxony .

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Diethe is considered to be a representative of the conservative academic direction in Dresden in the second half of the 19th century (especially religious and historical figures). Initially strongly influenced by the Nazarene ideals , his style later became more painterly under the influence of the Düsseldorf School of Painting . In this taste he carried out many commissions in Saxon churches.

Since the 1870s he developed the techniques of wall painting , including wax paints, mineral paints and sgraffito, and designed glass windows .

Together with Julius Scholtz and Hugo Bürkner , he designed numerous illustrations for the youth magazines “Töchteralbum” and “Herzblättchens Zeitvertreib” .

Between 1856 and 1904 he painted more than 220 portraits, including several of King Albert of Saxony .

painting

  • Annaberg-Buchholz , teachers' seminar: "Sermon of Christ".
  • Dresden, Green Vault , New Masters :
    • "Christ in Emaus", 1860.
    • “Theseus and Ariadne”, 1861 (whereabouts unknown);
    • "Young Tobias", around 1867.
  • Dresden, State Ministry : "Germania thanks the returning warriors", 1871. (Bomb damage 1945)

drawings

  • Kupferstichkabinett Dresden :
    • 14 drafts for church wall paintings and altars in Saxony;
    • "Peasant Musician" (watercolor)
    • "Society in front of Holbein's Madonna of Mayor Meyer" (watercolor)

Altar painting

Stained glass windows for churches

Decorative paintings

Diethe: Heinrich I lays the foundation stone of Meißen Castle
" Albrecht the Courageous Tournament Victory in Pirna", 1876
  • Leisnig , citizen school, outer walls, sgraffiti , 1888
    • "Jesus inviting the children to him"
    • "The Sermon on the Mount"
  • Lunzenau : for the paper manufacturer Hermann Vogel (1841–1917), 1874

Web links

Commons : Alfred Diethe  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ CV at saxonia.com
  2. ^ Dataset about Alfred Diethe in the Saxon Biography
  3. ^ Wilhelm Kaulen : Freud 'and sorrow in the life of German artists: retold their oral communications. Frankfurt 1878. (digitized version)
  4. ^ Diethe, Alfred, SLUB Dresden: Person Wiki ( Memento from September 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ^ Greifendorf. on: marienkirchgemeinde.de
  6. ↑ Iconographic notes on the altarpiece in Wildenhain, painted in 1861 by Alfred Diethe. on: evangelischer-kirchenbauverein.de
  7. ↑ Annual reports for 1864 to 1874 and files of the Saxon Art Association No. 187, Bl. 180, 185ff., Quoted from Brunhilde Köhler: History of the Saxon Art Association (1828–1946). Dresden 1994, p. 34
  8. ^ Dresden (suburbs; population, industry and trade). In: Meyers Konversationslexikon. 4th edition. Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 144. (online)
  9. ↑ Dr. F. Sauerhering: Vademecum for artists and art lovers (historical pictures of all times and schools, 1st part), 1904, Paul Neff Verlag, Stuttgart, 2nd edition, 1929.
personal data
SURNAME Diethe, Alfred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Diethe, Alfred Richard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1836
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH June 3, 1919 or June 7, 1919
Place of death Dresden