August Hövemeyer

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August Hövemeyer (born September 23, 1824 in Bückeburg , † January 13, 1878 in Munich ) was a German history painter . He was one of the last representatives of the Cornelian School in Munich.

Life

August Hövemeyer was the son of a decorative painter, from whom he also received his first artistic lessons. He learned his father's profession and practiced it for several years. At the age of 24 he went to Munich in 1848 and began studying at the art academy there. He was tutored first by Wilhelm von Kaulbach , then by Moritz von Schwind , and finally studied the works of Genelli .

As a master student, Hövemeyer created ten allegories in fresco and sgraffito technique for a villa of the Bavarian King Maximilian II in 1851. Hövemeyer also worked for some time in Schwind's studio .

As a history painter, Hövemeyer created a preliminary study of the expulsion from paradise in 1853 , which he carried out in oil in 1854. This was followed by Christnacht , several allegorical wall paintings in the old train station in Würzburg , in the Bundeshaus in Bern and in the former museum in Leipzig, and in 1851 ten figures allegorizing mountain life in the royal villa in Berchtesgaden and in 1862 his cardboard The Sündflut .

In 1864 and 1865 he went on a study trip to Italy. Since this trip he has focused mainly on Raffael's treatment of ancient myths, which he sought in a series of sgraffitos in Stuttgart and Reichenhall, as well as at the Munich Polytechnic and in the vault paintings of a corridor there. The political events of 1870/71 inspired Hövemeyer to his work The Awakening of Emperor Charlemagne . His last monumental work was the decoration of the large hall in the Ludwigshafen railway headquarters building with ten large ceiling paintings and allegorical figures between 1872 and 74. The oil painting series The Story of the Psyche in several scenes , with which again decidedly based on Raphael, he was able to do before his Do not complete death: August Hövemeyer died on January 13, 1878 in Munich.

Hövemeyer married Caroline List, a daughter of Friedrich List , in 1855 . The couple had a son, Friedrich, who also studied at the Munich Academy from 1878.

reception

“If his undeniable talent lacked originality and independence, this, together with a very reserved, introspective, melancholy character prevented his outward success. Nevertheless, his works are beneficial evidence of a best-educated taste and a beautiful, if incompletely developed, future creative faculty, which nevertheless takes possession of the forms of the great historical style with striking certainty. "

- Friedrich Pecht

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Matriculation AdBK Munich: 03586 Friedrich Hövemeyer , accessed on April 5, 2010
  2. ^ Eugen Wendler: Through prosperity to freedom: News on the life and work of Friedrich List , Nomos, Baden-Baden 2004, ISBN 9783832903251
  3. ↑ Eugen Wendler: Friedrich List: Leben u. Work in documents , Reutlingen Oertel u. Spörer, Reutlingen 1976, ISBN 9783921017500
personal data
SURNAME Hövemeyer, August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German history painter
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1824
PLACE OF BIRTH Buckeburg
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 1878
Place of death Munich