August Ferdinand Hopfgarten
August Ferdinand Hopfgarten (* 17th March 1807 in Berlin , † 26. July 1896 ) was a German portrait , genre and fresco - painter .
Life
August Ferdinand Hopfgarten studied from 1820 at the Berlin Academy with Heinrich Anton Daehling , Johann Gottfried Niedlich and Wilhelm Wach . The Academy Prize of 1825 enabled him to spend five years in Rome from 1827 to 1833. After his return, he established himself as a portrait and genre painter. He took part in the stereochrome painting of the palace chapel of the Berlin City Palace and in the hero paintings in the north dome hall of the Neues Museum . In 1854 he became a professor and member of the Berlin Academy.
August Ferdinand Hopfgarten died on July 26, 1896 at the age of 89 in Berlin and was buried in the local cathedral cemetery I on Liesenstrasse . The grave has not been preserved.
Works
- Dome frescoes in the Russian Orthodox Church , the burial chapel of the Russian Grand Duchess Elisabeth Michailovna, wife of Duke Adolf von Nassau , Wiesbaden
- 1835 Participation in the stereochrome painting of the palace chapel, the Berlin city palace
- 1846–1852 Heroic images in the north dome of the Neues Museum with Eduard Daege , Eduard Steinbrück and Adolf Schmidt ( Hercules defeats the gold-crowned doe of Kerynea , Bellerophon on Pegasus kills the Chimera , Perseus frees Andromeda , Theseus kills the Minotaur )
- Swans feeding girls
- 1827–1829 Boas and Ruth , oil on canvas, 123 × 93.5 cm, National Gallery Berlin
- Predatory Saracens
- 1839 Tasso in front of Eleonora d'Este , oil on canvas, 94.5 × 78.5 cm, National Gallery in Berlin
- Arminia is looking for her beloved among the shepherds (after Tasso)
- The roses of St. Elizabeth
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin tombs . Haude & Spener, Berlin 2006. p. 8.
- ↑ Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments - Hessen II: The administrative district Darmstadt . S. 813. Deutscher Kunstverlag Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3422031173
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hopfgarten, August Ferdinand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 17, 1807 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 26, 1896 |
| Place of death | Berlin |