August Splitgerber
August Karl Martin Splitgerber (born August 27, 1844 in Steingaden , † May 30, 1918 in Munich ) was a German landscape painter .
Splitgerber studied from November 4, 1861 at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich under Hermann Anschütz . Since 1879 he took part in art exhibitions in the Munich Glass Palace . He also exhibited in Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Dresden and Nuremberg. In 1890 he received a bronze medal at a London art exhibition.
Splitgerber was friends with Wilhelm Leibl and was initially influenced by Carl Spitzweg . Around 1877, Splitgerber's paintings showed influences from Impressionism , and later also from Art Nouveau . His son Fritz Splitgerber (1876–1914) was also a landscape painter. The landscapes of the father and son appeared in the form of postcards.
literature
- Split tanner, August . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 31 : Siemering – Stephens . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1937.
- Werner Ebnet: You lived in Munich. Biographies from eight centuries . Allitera, Munich 2016, p. 576 ( Google Books ).
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| SURNAME | Split tanner, August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Splitgerber, August Karl Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landscape painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1844 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Steingaden |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 30, 1918 |
| Place of death | Munich |