August Voigt-Fölger
August Voigt-Fölger , actually August Voigt , (born March 13, 1837 in Hanover ; † August 21, 1918 ibid) was a German painter and professor at the Technical University of Hanover. The artist mainly painted landscapes with motifs from the Lüneburg Heath , preferably with sheep, which earned him the nickname "sheep painter".
Live and act
Born in Hanover, August Voigt stayed temporarily in Holland and received his artistic training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna with Albert Zimmermann . Voigt learned the techniques of stone printing and drew architectural etchings .
In 1873 August Voigt went to Paris for two decades , where he worked at various art institutes until 1893. Among other things, he participated in the artistic design of brochures for the Paris World Exhibition shown in 1889 . Eventually the artist married a French animal painter.
After August Voigt returned to his hometown, he joined the Hanover Art Association in 1894, and on April 1, 1895 the following year, he initially lectured at the Technical University of Hanover for landscape drawing and watercolor painting for architects .
After changing his name to August Voigt-Fölger in 1905, the painter was appointed professor at the Hanover University on January 18, 1912.
Well-known works (selection)
- Around 1900: Georgstrasse , gouache as the state of the road around 1845
literature
- Voigt-Fölger, August . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 34 : Urliens – Vzal . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1940, p. 511 .
- Helmut Plath : Voigt-Fölger, August. In: Hanover in the picture of the centuries. 3rd, expanded and improved edition, Madsack, Hannover 1966, pp. 45 f., 106.
- Rita Seidel (editor), Horst Gerken u. a. (Red. Group): Festschrift for the 150th anniversary of the University of Hanover. Volume 2: Catalogus professorum 1831-1981. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart; Berlin; Cologne; Mainz 1981, ISBN 3-17-007321-4 , p. 327.
- Hugo Thielen : Voigt (-Fölger), August. In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 371.
- Hugo Thielen: Voigt (-Fölger), August. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 646.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Hugo Thielen: Voigt (-Fölger), August. In: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon. P. 371.
- ↑ a b Helmut Plath: Voigt-Fölger, August. In: Hanover in the picture of the centuries. 3rd, expanded and improved edition, Madsack, Hannover 1966, pp. 45 f., 106.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Voigt-Fölger, August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Voigt, August (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and professor at the Technical University of Hanover |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1837 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 21, 1918 |
| Place of death | Hanover |