Anton Becker (painter)
Marcus Johannes Anton Becker , also Antonio or Tonio Becker (born October 7, 1846 in Frankfurt am Main ; † 1915 ibid), was a German landscape and hunting painter and portraitist .
Life
Becker, son of the Frankfurt history painter and lithographer Christian Becker (1809-1885), received from 1860 to 1868 an academic painter education at the Städelschule with Edward von Steinle . Then he went to Munich , then he moved to Italy . In 1875/1876 he lived in Düsseldorf , where he found recognition with the painting Parforcejagd , exhibited in 1876 in the “Permanent Art Exhibition” by Bismeyer & Kraus . Then he returned to his hometown. At times he lived in Kronberg im Taunus ( Kronberger painter colony ). In the 1890s he participated in the painting of the Frankfurt Cathedral and executed frescoes based on Steinle's designs. He gave the first lessons in painting and drawing to the Frankfurt painter and caricaturist Lino Salini .
Becker created landscapes, mostly with people and animals, city views and hunting pieces. The depiction of a “temple ruin”, the columns of which are reflected in a pond, refers to his stay in Italy.
Works (selection)
- FAC Prestel, Frankfurt, Main [ed.]: Estates of Frankfurt artists: Antonio Becker 1846–1915, Heinz Wetzel 1858–1913, Paul Klimsch 1868–1917. Contributions from various possessions, Francofurtensien, oil paintings, hand drawings and studies of Frankfurt painters and draftsmen, including important names. Auction: Frankfurt a. M., Tuesday, February 25, 1919 (Catalog No. 72). No. 1–27:
1. “Sheep pasture”, shepherd with flock, oil on cardboard, 36 × 54 cm; Fig. Pl. 9 2. "Homecoming", shepherd with herd, oil on cardboard, 40.5 × 36.5 cm 3 "Forest clearing" with deer, oil on canvas, 46 × 39 cm 4. "Group of willows", oil on Canvas, 36 × 48 cm 5. "Forest Chapel", oil on canvas, 54 × 36 cm 6. "Beech Forest in Autumn", oil on canvas, 64 × 48 cm 7. "Forest Path", oil on canvas, 64 × 40 cm 8. "At the feud time", knight in front of a burning castle, oil on canvas, 41.5 × 61 cm 9. "Hunters on decency", oil on canvas, 83 × 64 cm 10. "At summer time", shepherd boy with goats, Oil on canvas, 100 × 70 cm; Fig. Plate 7 11. “Forest pond”, oil on wood, 69 × 100 cm 12. “Mountain loneliness”, wandering hermit, oil on canvas, 85 × 118 cm 13. “From Italy”, temple ruins, oil on canvas, 80 × 117 cm 14. "Wild boar hunt", oil on canvas, 135 × 106 cm 15. "Weg am Waldessaum", oil on canvas, 82 × 130 cm 16. "Meadow landscape", oil on canvas, 80 × 127 cm 17. " Seligenstadt am Main ", oil on canvas, 86 × 120 cm 18." Bergeskamm ", oil on canvas, 85 × 118 cm 19." The death of the hermit "(background), oil on canvas, 78 × 112 cm 20." Wiesengrund ”, evening mood, oil on canvas, 70 × 100 cm 21.“ Heron couple in the reeds ”, oil on canvas, 100 × 79 cm 22.“ Deer in the snow ”, oil on canvas, 80 × 64 cm 23.“ South Slavic farmhouse mit Burgruine ", in front of it horse-drawn carriage and farmer with children, oil on canvas, 78 × 55.5 cm 24." Drinking cow and goat ", oil on canvas, 40 × 48 cm 25. 5 unfinished paintings and sketches of landscape and figurative nature, Oil on canvas, wood and cardboard; various sizes 26. 5 animal and landscape sketches, oil on cardboard and wood; different sizes 27. 4 small sketches of different content, oil on cardboard; different sizes
Boetticher, Malerwerke (1891):
- 1. “Deer in a Landscape”; exhibited: Vienna, World Exhibition 1873
- 2. "Par force hunting"; issued: Düsseldorf, Bismayer & Kraus 1876
- 3. "Jagdstück from the Taunus"; issued: Frankfurt a. M., historical art exhibition 1881
- 4. "Landscape with a hunter"; issued: Frankfurt a. M., historical art exhibition 1881
- 5. "Winter landscape"; issued: Frankfurt a. M., historical art exhibition 1881
Art trade:
- "A wooded landscape with deer", 1873; Oil on canvas, 82.5 × 63.5 cm
- “Red deer at the three oaks”, oil on canvas, 61 × 83 cm
- “Forest landscape with a resting rider”, 1860/69, oil on canvas, 121 × 166 cm
- “The Swiss House in Königstein”, oil on canvas, 41 × 52 cm
- "Kronberg Castle", 1868; Oil on canvas, 30.5 × 62.5 cm
literature
- Catalog of the Frankfurt Historical Art Exhibition: General German Patent and Design Protection Exhibition. Written by Franz Rittweger. Opened on June 27, 1881. Self-published by the exhibition board (print: Osterrieth), Frankfurt a. M. 1881.
- Becker, Antonio . In: Friedrich von Boetticher : painter works of the nineteenth century. Contribution to art history . Volume 1, Dresden 1891, p. 57.
- Rudolf Schrey: Becker, Anton (Antonio) . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 3 : Bassano – Bickham . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1909, p. 144 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Becker, Anton , data sheet in the portal sammlung.staedelmuseum.de
- Antonio Becker estate , auction catalog (1919)
- Anton Becker , auction results on the portal artnet .de
Individual evidence
- ^ Museum Kunstpalast : Artists of the Düsseldorf School of Painting (selection, as of November 2016), PDF
- ^ Anton Becker . In: August Wiederspahn, Helmut Bode: The Kronberger painter colony. A contribution to Frankfurt art history in the 19th century . Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1982, ISBN 3-7829-0183-5 , p. 90
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Becker, Anton |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Becker, Marcus Johannes Anton (full name); Becker, Antonio; Becker, Tonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landscape and hunting painter and portraitist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 7, 1846 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1915 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |