August Friedrich Schenck
August Friedrich Albrecht Schenck (born April 23, 1828 in Glückstadt ; † January 1, 1901 in Écouen ) was a German painter who found worldwide attention in the mid-19th century with his animal motifs.
Life
As a young man, Schenck left Glückstadt, which was then Danish, in order to earn a profitable income as a “wine traveler” in Germany, Russia and finally Portugal. After five years he left Portugal for Paris . There he trained as a painter. He became a student of Léon Cogniet (1794-1880), professor at the École des Beaux-Arts .
At the age of 27 he made his debut as a painter at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1855. In 1857 he participated in the Schleswig-Holstein anniversary exhibition. A successful creative period began. He was particularly famous for his pictures of animals. In addition to the French painter Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899), he was the most sought-after animal painter whose works were collected internationally.
Around 1862 he and his wife, who was born in Warsaw, Ludowika Stapaczinska, settled in the artist town of Écouen, about 20 km north of Paris. The École d'Écouen attracted well-known artists, including Charles-François Daubigny , Camille Corot and Mary Cassatt . Schenck still leaves traces in Écouen today: the street Rue de la Beauvette , on which his property was located, was renamed Rue Auguste Schenck in 1906 . His painting L'Échir hangs in the town hall and his Lamb of God - Agnus dei , in the church .
Schenck was world famous during his lifetime. Major museums acquired his works. Honors followed. In 1885 he even became a Knight of the Legion of Honor . August Schenck died on January 1, 1901. His grave in Écouen still exists, house and studio no longer.
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Influenced by his teacher Cogniet, Schenck began with history and genre painting. Then he specialized in animal painting. He became famous for his sheep. Le Paris sees him as the “greatest sheep painter of our time” (quoted from L'École d'Écouen ). Purchased and collected at high prices in its heyday, Schenck's work is almost forgotten today. If a painting is offered in an auction, it is moderately priced. A curiosity is Salvador Dalí's alienation of Schenck's motif L'Échir in a surrealistic interior .
Museums
The artist encyclopedias Bénézit and Thieme-Becker list: Paris, Lille, Périgueux, Reims, Bordeaux, Melbourne, Sheffield, New York, St. Louis, Riga and Bremen.
Further:
- Glückstadt, Detlefsen Museum
- Glückstadt, town hall hall
- Museumsberg Flensburg
- Kunsthalle Kiel
literature
- Schenk, August Friedrich Albert. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 2/2, sheets 33–67: Saal – Zwengauer. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1901, pp. 588-589 ( archive.org ).
- Schenck, August Friedrich . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936, p. 26 .
- Geerd Spanjer: About the animal painter August Schenck and his clan group (based on the Glückstadt archives) . In: The home . August 1965.
- Emmanuel Bénézit (term): Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays . 3rd edition, Volume 9, Gründ, Paris 1976, p. 360 f .; 4th edition Volume 12, Gründ, Paris 1999, p. 400 f.
- Daniel Baduel, Aude Bertrand, Christian Dauchel: L'École d'Écouen. Une colonie de peter au XIXe siècle . Office de tourisme d'Écouen, Écouen 2012, ISBN 2-7466-4645-5 , p. (with seven illustrations of his works).
- H.-Peter Widderich: The animal painter August Schenck (1821-1900) - A lucky town in France . In: Lectures of the Detlefsen Society . Volume 18, Glückstadt 2016, ISBN 978-3-7412-8402-1 , pp. 9–40.
Web links
- Entry by the Netherlands Institute for Art History
- Entry in the Bibliothèque nationale de France
- searlecanada.org - offers a wealth of information about Schenck, including a listing of approx. 100 paintings, most of them with images and additional information.
- Les peintres de Écouen
- Christine Reiners: Schenck - a star among animal painters. In: Norddeutsche Rundschau . December 7, 2014.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Schenck, August Friedrich |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schenck, August Friedrich Albrecht |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1828 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Glückstadt |
DATE OF DEATH | January 1, 1901 |
Place of death | Écouen |