Carl Dörschlag

Carl Dörschlag (born November 15, 1837 in Hohen Luckow near Satow , Mecklenburg-Schwerin , † March 25, 1917 in Hermannstadt ) was a German painter.

Life

Dörschlag was the son of a landlord. He studied at the Akademie der Künste (Berlin) and then around 1858 privately in Julius Schrader's master studio .

He emigrated to Transylvania and, as a high school professor, was a drawing teacher in Saxon-Regen from 1862 and in Mediasch from 1867 . He settled in Sibiu in 1871, where he also took over the post of teacher of painting and drawing at the local Protestant grammar school.

He worked as a landscape and portrait painter , but also created still lifes , altarpieces and nude studies . Many of his works are in the collections of the Brukenthal Museum in Sibiu, especially portraits of prominent people in the city. One of his best works is the self-portrait from 1901 in the style of old masters.

His daughter Anna (Maria Friederike) (1869–1947) was also known as a painter of landscapes, portraits and flower pieces. She also lived in Sibiu. She received her training in Berlin and Munich.

Works (selection)

David tending his father's flocks in Bethlehem ( ca.1858 )

Noble boys with falcons and dogs (around 1858)

On the development of drawing lessons in Transylvania over the last twenty years (1884)

literature

Victor Roth: Dörschlag, Carl . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 9 : Delaulne-Dubois . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1913, p. 373 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 2180 .

Web links

Commons : Carl Dörschlag - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 2180 .

personal data
SURNAME	Dörschlag, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter, active in Transylvania
DATE OF BIRTH	November 15, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hohen Luckow
DATE OF DEATH	March 25, 1917
Place of death	Sibiu

[1] Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 2180 .