Carl Adolf Mende
Carl Adolf Mende (* 1807 in Leipzig , † 1857 in Achim (Verden district) on the Weser ) was a German war and genre painter .
Born the son of a businessman, he initially studied law, but after graduating he decided to work as a painter. He studied at the Dresden Art Academy , then from July 15, 1828 at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich .
After completing his studies, he worked in Munich, and in the early 1840s he came to Leipzig. He later went on a trip to Italy, where in 1848 he painted battle pictures of the uprising of the Italians against Austria . Around 1850 he came to Basel from Italy , where he painted the satirical still life of the rich . Carl Adolf Mende drowned in the Weser under unknown circumstances.
literature
- Mende, Carl Adolf . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 24 : Mandere – Möhl . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1930.
- Saur General Artist Lexicon. The visual artists of all times and peoples : 1999–2000, vol. 6, p. 721.
- Georg Kaspar Nagler : New general artist lexicon; or news of the life and works of painters, sculptors, builders, engravers etc. vol. 5 p. 99 (online)
- Pecht, Friedrich, "Mende, Karl Adolph" in: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie 21 (1885), pp. 314–315 (online)
- Emmanuel Bénézit: Dictionnaire Des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs Et Graveurs. 1999, Vol. 9, p. 479.
Web links
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mende, Carl Adolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mende, Karl Adolf; Mende, Carl Adolph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German genre painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1807 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1857 |
| Place of death | Achim (Verden district) |