August von Kloeber

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August von Klöber. Graphic by Adolf Neumann .

Carl Friedrich August von Kloeber (born August 21, 1793 in Breslau , † December 31, 1864 in Berlin ) was a German painter .

Life

After his education at the Kadettenanstalt in Berlin in 1805/06, August von Kloeber first studied construction from 1808 at the building school in Breslau and from 1810 painting at the Royal Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin. His artistic training was interrupted during the wars of liberation against the Napoleonic army in 1813, when he volunteered in the battles in Großgörschen , Bautzen and Paris. After the peace treaty in 1815, Kloeber initially stayed in Paris to study the art collections there and then went to the Vienna Art Academy for four years . During this time he went on an educational trip to France and England. In Vienna, Kloeber copied works by Old Masters , especially Antonio da Correggio and Peter Paul Rubens , and painted pictures with religious motifs and portraits, including of members of the Beethoven and Grillparzer families .

The Beethoven portrait was created in Döbling near Vienna in the summer of 1818 as a double portrait of the composer and his nephew and is described as extremely successful. It was commissioned by Kloeber's brother-in-law, Johann Freiherr Skrbenský von Hříště (1768–1822), for his palace in Schönhof . The castle was demolished in 1927, the portrait is lost; there is also no map. Kloeber's draft of Beethoven's head and hands have survived. In addition, the sketch of the head has been lithographed several times under Kloeber's supervision.

In 1818, at the instigation of Karl Friedrich Schinkel , Kloeber was appointed to Berlin, where around 1820 he was involved in the painting of the newly built theater . He also made designs for the Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin (KPM) until 1836 . In addition to his own compositions, there were also works in collaboration with Gottfried Wilhelm Völcker . Supported by a grant from the Ministry of Culture, Kloeber stayed in Italy from 1821 to 1828, where he came into contact with Bonaventura Genelli , August Kopisch and August Wilhelm Ahlborn in Rome . After his return he became a member from 1829 to 1864 and a professor at the Berlin Art Academy in 1834, where he was head of the composition class from 1854, and in whose academy exhibitions he participated almost regularly. In January 1848 Kloeber received the Red Eagle Order IV class.

August von Kloeber painted pictures with motifs from mythology, religion, portraits and occasionally also themes from history. In addition to working in private villas, he received commissions from the Prussian royal family, especially from Friedrich Wilhelm IV , who used him to paint a number of castles and churches. In addition, he made designs for the Royal Porcelain Manufactory , goldsmith's work, medals, silk weaving and dealt with lava and glass painting .

Kloeber preferred motifs from mythology in his work, which made him one of the few exceptions among the German painters of the time. His work was shaped by the study of Correggio and Rubens , with influences from the art of Jacques-Louis David . “He likes graceful and delicate motifs best. His nymphs, graces and cupids appear lovely, if often a little sweet. [...] His talent for composing easily and fluently was only given the opportunity to develop freely when he was commissioned to decorate around 1860. The cycles created at that time (lively groups of figures; grace of the play of lines; naturalistic treatment of the individual forms) are, like many later works by Kloebers, impaired by a strongly academic trait. They are strongly characteristic of the "Neurococo" around the middle of the 19th century. "

August von Kloeber died in Berlin in 1864 at the age of 71 and was buried in the Luisenstadt cemetery . His grave has not been preserved.

Works (selection)

Ludwig van Beethoven , sketch by August von Kloeber, 1818
Allegorical motif, August von Kloeber, 1860
Redeemer or Christ Gate with Christ's Head in Glorie , August von Kloeber, 1852
  • Ludwig van Beethoven , portrait, 1818
  • Grillparzer , portrait, 1818, 1819 exhibited in the Dresden Art Academy, presented at the Silesian Art Exhibition in Breslau in 1820 (lost)
  • Caroline Pichler , portrait (lost)
  • Depiction from the Singspiel “Lalla Rukh” performed in the Berlin Palace in 1821 on a magnificent KPM vase
  • Finding Mosis (presented at the Silesian Art Exhibition in Breslau in 1822)
  • Moses and the Daughters of Reguel (contour engraving by Eduard Mandel )
  • Venus after the bath [ toilet of Venus ], 1826. Painted on behalf of Prince Heinrich of Prussia, the second youngest son of Friedrich Wilhelm II. Presented in the German exhibition in Rome in 1827.
  • Bacchus bathed by nymphs as a child ( engraved by Joseph Caspar 1829)
  • Cupid among young girls (intended for Homburg Castle , engraved in 1832 under the direction of Ludwig Buchhorn )
  • Pausias with the flower girl , 1833, in collaboration with Gottfried Wilhelm Völcker (intended for the Marble Palace , Potsdam)
  • Sakontala (1835 contour engraving by Friedrich Eduard Eichens )
  • Pausias and Glycere , 1834 (intended for the Potsdam City Palace )
  • Bacchus, watering his panther , 1834 (engraved by Eduard Mandel)
  • Medallion with the portraits of Friedrich Wilhelm IV. And his wife Elisabeth Ludovika (intended for Charlottenhof Palace in Sanssouci Park, Potsdam)
  • two medallions Luna and Aurora (intended for the Reich Ministry of Labor , Berlin)
  • Jubal, inventing the flute , 1839 (scraped by Friedrich Oldermann )
  • Horse pond , 1840
  • Cupid, grinding the arrow (scraped by Erasmus Lüderitz )
  • Death of Adonis , 1852 (destined for the New Palace , Potsdam)
  • Amor and Psyche , 1854, (engraved by Gustav Seidel )
  • Conversion of the Wendenfürsten Jaczko at Schildhorn (representation of the Schildhorn legend , intended for the residential palace in Hanover)
  • Perseus and Andromeda , 1857 (intended for the Potsdam City Palace)
  • Sleeping flower girl , flowers painted by Gottfried Wilhelm Völcker (intended for the Berlin Palace , former Oberhofmarschallamt).
  • Wall and ceiling paintings for the following buildings:
    • Schauspielhaus Berlin, 19 frieze and 21 cassette pictures of mythological (Apollonmythe) and allegorical representations, around 1820 (in the first, lower anteroom after the renovation in 1893)
    • Vestibule of the Altes Museum Berlin: Hercules at the stake and Hercules kills the Centaur , 1833/34
    • Berlin Opera House , ceiling painting in the royal box putti with royal crown , 1844
    • Marble Palace Potsdam, ceiling painting Four seasons and mythological. Mural, 1845
    • Chapel of the Berlin City Palace, depiction of the evangelists Matthäus and Marcus on a gold background, 1851
    • Castle Church Wittenberg , encaustic paintings on lava in the arched area of ​​the portal, 1851 (crucifix between Luther and Melanchthon)
    • Alexander Nevsky Memorial Church , Potsdam. Three icons on lava tablets: Christ, Alexander Newski and Theodor Stratelates , 1851
    • Friedenskirche , Potsdam, Christ's head in glory on a lava panel, 1852 (at the Redeemer or Christ Gate, which leads from Sanssouci Park to the church grounds)
    • Dome of the memorial hall in the Kronprinzenpalais , Berlin. Allegories of the Arts and Sciences, 1858
    • Viktoria-Theater Berlin, ceiling and proscenium pictures train of Apollo , Bacchus , dance scenes etc., 1860, destroyed
    • Villa of the Belgian consul general Odilon de Kraecker in Hamburg, festival and music hall. Groups of children dancing and making music, motifs from the history of the psyche , 1861 (and other ceiling and wall paintings in private villas in Berlin and Hamburg)
    • Berlin stock exchange , stereochromic wall paintings, in the product exchange: logging, fishing, etc., in the fund exchange: coin, trading, etc. 1862/64 mostly carried out by students
  • And numerous portraits

Illustrations (selection)

literature

Web links

Commons : August von Kloeber  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Klaus Martin Kopitz , Rainer Cadenbach (Ed.) U. a .: Beethoven from the point of view of his contemporaries in diaries, letters, poems and memories. Volume 1: Adamberger - Kuffner. Edited by the Beethoven Research Center at the Berlin University of the Arts. Henle, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-87328-120-2 , pp. 511-518.
  2. ↑ Kloeber, August von . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 20 : Kaufmann – Knilling . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1927, p. 532 .
  3. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin tombs. Haude & Spener, Berlin 2006. p. 80.
personal data
SURNAME Kloeber, August von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kloeber, Carl Friedrich August von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1793
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1864
Place of death Berlin