August Fink (painter)
August Fink , also August Finck (born April 30, 1846 in Munich ; † June 25, 1916 there ), was a German landscape painter and art teacher.
August Fink trained as a merchant, came to the United States in 1859 and worked there as a merchant until 1866. He then studied painting privately with Adolf Stademann , Eduard Schleich the Elder, and from 1872 with Adolf Lier , later with Josef Wenglein . From 1878 he worked as a freelance artist in Munich. From 1874 he took part in exhibitions in Munich, Berlin and Nuremberg .
In 1889 he was appointed professor at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich . He was an honorary member of the Munich Academy. In 1905 he received a gold medal at the annual exhibition in Munich's Glaspalast . He mainly painted landscapes from the Dachau area. He also created ceiling paintings with hunting scenes in Herrenchiemsee Palace .
literature
- Fink, August . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 11 : Erman-Fiorenzo . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1915, p. 573 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Emmanuel Benezit [ed.]; Jacques Busse [arr.]: Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays. Nouv. éd., entièrement réfondue = [4. éd.]. Paris: Gründ, 1999 ISBN 2-7000-3020-6 , Vol. 5, p. 468
- Saur General Artist Lexicon : The visual artists of all times: ISBN 359822740X : Vol. 40, p. 130
- Large Bavarian Biographical Encyclopedia p. 520 (Online)
- Heidi C. Ebertshäuser: Painting in the 19th Century. Munich school. Munich 1979, p. 188
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fink, August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Finck, August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landscape painter and art teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1846 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 25, 1916 |
| Place of death | Munich |