Benno Adam

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Benno Adam
The three Adam brothers (Benno, Franz and Eugen Adam), painting by Benno Adam, 1848
Benno Adam: King Charles Spaniels
Benno Adam: Taurus

Benno Rafael Adam (born July 15, 1812 in Munich , † March 8, 1892 in Kelheim ) was a German animal painter . Benno Adam is one of the Chiemsee painters .

life and work

Benno Adam received his education as the eldest son of the Munich painter Albrecht Adam from his father. In 1828 he accompanied his father to Mecklenburg to do lithographs. In 1832 he worked with his father in Scharnhausen . In the 1830s he exhibited for the first time at the Munich Art Association, of which he later became a member. During this time a specialization in animal pieces began.

In the summer of 1834 he married Josepha Quaglio, eldest daughter of the architectural painter Domenico Quaglio . Her son Emil Adam also became a painter. Benno Adam's brothers are the painters Franz , Eugen and Julius Adam .

In 1846 he traveled to Prague, where he moved into a studio in the Prague Academy. In 1848/49 Adam worked with his brothers on lithographs for the memories of the campaigns of the KK Österr. Army in 1848/49. In 1866 he took part in the world exhibition with pictures of dogs.

In 1886 Adam moved to Kelheim with his daughter Sophie, where he also died in 1892. The tomb of Benno Rafael Adam is on the old southern cemetery in Munich (burial ground 27 - Series 1 - Place 25/26) Location .

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He was particularly distinguished by the depiction of huntable animals and hunting dogs in compositions rich in figures (deer hunt, fox baiting, sow hunt, halali) and domestic animals.

painting

literature

Web links

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