August von Heyden

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August von Heyden

August Jakob Theodor von Heyden-Nerfken (born June 13, 1827 in Breslau , † June 1, 1897 in Berlin ) was a German painter and poet and a Prussian State Councilor .

origin

August von Heyden was born into the East Prussian noble family Heyden-Nerfken . His parents were the writer and senior government councilor Friedrich von Heyden (born September 3, 1789, † November 5, 1851) and his wife Friederike von Hippel (1807-1865). His younger brother was the chemist Jacob Friedrich von Heyden (1838–1926).

Life

shouldn't learn a breadless art at the request of his family. Therefore, after studying mining in Wroclaw and Berlin, he initially chose the career path of miner. In 1859, the artistically ambitious autodidact released himself from the material cover of his profession as general representative and manager of the mines of Prince Hugo zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen on Ujest and went to the art academy in Berlin . With his art studies he made his lifelong dream come true. Between 1861 and 1863 Heyden lived and worked in Paris . During this time he was awarded the gold medal of the Paris Academy of Art for the portrayal of the patron saint of miners, Saint Barbara , in the Catholic parish church of St. Marien in Dudweiler .

August von Heyden was a member of the management of the Märkisches Provinzial-Museum Berlin, founded in 1874 . In 1882 he received a professorship at the Berlin Art Academy and had been a member of the Prussian State Council since 1890. In 1893 Heyden ended his teaching activity in Berlin.

Heyden often chose mining themes in his poems. His caricatures, in which he portrayed his friend Theodor Fontane , are also known. He also designed the curtain of the opera in Berlin and the painting of the great hall in the courthouse in Poznan .

family

Heyden married Josephine Wilhelmine Justine von Weigel on September 25, 1854 in Breslau (* June 16, 1834, † March 11, 1901). The couple had several children:

  • Justine Friederike Emilie (* March 28, 1855) ∞ 1882 Jaroslaw Springer († August 13, 1915), killed in the storm on Modlin
  • Friedrich Karl August Jakob (December 21, 1856 - June 6, 1920)
  • Friedrich Karl Jakob Heinrich Kurt (born February 28, 1858 - † May 7, 1902), retired Rittmeister. D. ∞ 1886 Theodora Hummel (born September 4, 1865)
  • Friedrich Karl Jakob Walther (* June 27, 1859; † November 10, 1904) ∞ 1894 Pauline Luise Wilhelmine Helene von Livonius (* September 5, 1867)
  • Friedrich Karl Jakob Hubert (born September 13, 1860 - † January 20, 1911), painter

Works

  • Saint Barbara as the patron saint of miners . 1862, painting, Catholic parish church St. Marien in Dudweiler
  • Luther and Frundsberg zu Worms . Painting, Germanic Museum in Nuremberg
  • In front of the castle church in Wittenberg on October 31, 1517 . painting
  • Valkyries ride across the battlefield . 1870, painting
  • Canossagang . 1876, engraving
  • Juifs Polonais . around 1865, drawing
  • Baptism . painting
  • From the depths . Miners' Tales ( Microfiche Berlin 1989–1990, ISBN 3-628-41316-8 )
  • The pearls . Miner's tale
  • Sheets for custom studies . Verlag Franz Lipperheide, Berlin, 1874–1891
  • The costume of the civilized peoples of Europe. From the age of Homer to the beginning of the 19th century Century . 1898 (Reprint 1995, ISBN 3-8262-0800-5 )
  • A century of fashion. Traditional costume pavilion of the Berlin trade exhibition 1796 - 1896 . Bacher, Berlin 1896 ( digitized version )

literature

  • Lisa Hackmann: Heyden, August Jakob Theodor von In: Savoy, Bénédicte and Nerlich, France (Ed.): Paris apprenticeship years. A lexicon for training German painters in the French capital. Volume 2: 1844-1870. Berlin / Boston 2015.
  • Barbara Mohr: The Berlin painter August von Heyden (1827-1897) - a contribution to the Fontane year 2019 . In: Yearbook of the Association for the History of Berlin 2019, pp. 83–100.
  • Karl Siebert:  Heyden, August von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 55, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1910, p. 782 f.
  • Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses, 1922, p.394f

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personal data
SURNAME Heyden, August von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heyden-Nerfken, August Jakob Theodor von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and poet
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH June 1, 1897
Place of death Berlin