August Seidel (painter)
August Seidel (born October 5, 1820 in Munich ; † September 2, 1904 there ) was a German landscape painter and a brother of the painter Franz Seidel (1818–1903).
Seidel studied from November 2, 1836 at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich and privately with Carl Rottmann . After graduating, he worked as a landscape painter in Munich. From 1838 he was a member of the Munich Artists' Association. In 1845 he went on a study trip to Italy , in 1863 he visited Paris .
The influence of John Constable and the Barbizon School can be seen in his paintings . His works are u. a. in the collections of the Neue Pinakothek .
Seidel's grave is located in Munich's Ostfriedhof (grave 44-2-25).
literature
- Seidel, August . 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.
- Franz Xaver Weizinger: August Seidel: 1820–1904 - Munich, 1914.
- Georg Putzo: The Munich landscape painter August Seidel: 1820–1904; his work and its meaning - Uni-Druck, 1964.
- Saur 1999-2000, Vol. 9, p. 141
Web links
Commons : August Seidel - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Erich Schreibmayr: Last home. Personalities in Munich cemeteries 1784–1984. Self-published, Munich 1985, p. 324.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seidel, August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Seidel, August Mauritius; Seidl, August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landscape painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 5, 1820 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 2, 1904 |
| Place of death | Munich |