August Querfurt

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The Battle of Kolin
Portrait of Karl Alexander of Württemberg
Horseback attack on a wagon

August Querfurt (* 1696 in Wolfenbüttel , † 1761 in Vienna ) was a German genre , horse , hunting and battle painter .

life and work

August Querfurt was initially a student of his father Tobias Querfurt the Elder. Ä., Later he did an apprenticeship with Georg Philipp Rugendas in Augsburg . Querfurt can be traced back to Vienna in 1743, where he became an honorary member of the Vienna Academy in 1752 . He mainly painted battle paintings in the manner of Jacques Courtois , Philips Wouwerman and his teacher Rugendas. Querfurt painted a cycle of battles for Duke Karl Alexander von Württemberg , consisting of twelve paintings, including the two colossal paintings " The Battle of Belgrade" and " The Battle of Höchstädt " (both 11 × 4 m). Querfurt painted a cycle for Empress Maria Theresia consisting of eight paintings with events from the War of the Austrian Succession , which are now in the Army History Museum in Vienna.

Works (excerpt)

  • The Battle of Kolin . Oil on canvas, around 1760, 118 × 187 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna.
  • Troop revue . Oil on canvas, around 1749, 173 × 183 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna.
  • Withdrawal of the French from the Aschaffenburg bridgehead in July 1745 . Oil on canvas, around 1750, 134 × 137 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna.
  • Siege of Prague . Oil on canvas, around 1745, 173 × 183 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna.
  • Maria Theresa visits the camp of the pragmatic army near Heidelberg, September 28, 1745 . Oil on canvas, around 1749, 135 × 134 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna.
  • Portrait of Duke Karl Alexander of Württemberg . Oil on canvas, Ludwigsburg Palace Museum .
  • Rider taking a rest in a landscape . Oil on wood, signed, 27.5 × 34 cm, private collection.
  • Horseback attack on a wagon . Oil on canvas, 32 × 43 cm, Hermitage, St. Petersburg .
  • Battle scene . Oil on canvas, 32 × 43 cm, Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
  • Departure for the hunt . Oil on panel, 41 × 62 cm, Belvedere , Vienna.
  • Beizerfolg on herons . Oil on panel, 41 × 62 cm, Belvedere, Vienna

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ulrich Thieme (ed.), General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present. Leipzig, 1933, XXVII, 516 f.
  2. ↑ detailed description of the picture from Johann Christoph Allmayer-Beck : Das Heeresgeschichtliche Museum Wien. Hall II - The 18th Century to 1790 . Kiesel Verlag, Salzburg 1983, ISBN 3-7023-4012-2 , p. 24
  3. ↑ Gallery Bassenge. In: www.bassenge.com. Retrieved May 29, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Image and provenance  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in: Digitales Belvedere@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / digital.belvedere.at  
  5. ↑ Image and provenance  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in: Digitales Belvedere@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / digital.belvedere.at  
personal data
SURNAME Querfurt, August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German genre, horse, hunting and battle painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1696
PLACE OF BIRTH Wolfenbüttel
DATE OF DEATH 1761
Place of death Vienna