Anton Niessing

Anton Niessing (born March 2, 1861 in Emsdetten , † December 16, 1939 in Baden-Baden ) was a German painter .

After his school days he went to Osnabrück to do an apprenticeship and then worked as a commercial clerk in his home town. His military service took him to Munich, where, after leaving early, he began studying at the art academy with Karl Raupp and later at the painting school of the Hungarian painter Simon Hollósy . Via Idar-Oberstein he came to Gutach in the Black Forest to the painter's colony around Wilhelm Hasemann . There he met his future wife Cornelia Frick from Baden-Baden. They settled there from 1903 until his death in 1939.

Niessing is known for his religious paintings, for example the "Mater dolorosa", "The Visions of St. Francis", the "Poor Lazarus" and the "Study Head of a Monk" as well as his paintings in the churches of Mettingen and Steinbach. He also created numerous works in the field of local painting, including landscapes such as the spring landscape on the Lower Rhine and handicraft portraits such as "Schwering's old hand weaving room". A portrait of his daughter is on display in the Baden-Baden Museum.

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