Carl Georg Schumacher

Carl Georg Christian Schumacher , also Karl Georg Schumacher (born May 14, 1797 in Doberan ; † June 22, 1869 in Dresden ), was a German painter , etcher and lithographer .

Life

Carl Georg Schumacher: Hoffmann von Fallersleben , 1819

Carl Georg Schumacher was the second son of the (grand) ducal Mecklenburg-Schwerin judiciary Friedrich Wilhelm Christlieb Schumacher and his wife Luise Sophia, née. Stampe . In 1812 his father sent him to Stralsund to apprentice a merchant to learn the subject. He practiced this profession for five years, but his main interest was art. Therefore, he spent his free time drawing and painting and designing miniatures in oil. A house floor served him as a workshop. His apprenticeship ended around 1817 and he returned to his parents' house as a businessman and self-taught artist.

Schumacher met the painter Rudolph Suhrlandt (1817–1819), who was staying in Doberan at the time. From this he received his first artistic training and followed him to Ludwigslust. The training consisted more of making copies and plaster casts and making them from these drawings. When his father died in 1819, he went to the Dresden Art Academy for further training. The Grand Duke had granted him an annual payment of 100 Thalers for four years to complete his studies. In the years 1821 to 1825 he traveled to Italy and in Rome he joined the circle of the Nazarenes around Friedrich Overbeck . After his return from Rome, he worked in Germany, first in Dresden (1826–1830) and then alternately in Schwerin (from 1855) and Dresden (1852–1855). In Schwerin he became court painter to the Grand Dukes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin . Schumacher fell ill in Schwerin in 1863 with an eye condition that eventually made him blind. He died in Dresden and was buried there “in the Neustädter Friedhöfe”.

Schumacher was married to Mathilde Emilie, born on November 11, 1827 . Jäckel , the eldest daughter of the royal Saxon general admission collector Friedrich Wilhelm Jäckel .

Works

Carl Georg Schumacher made paintings with allegorical depictions of philosophy, jurisprudence and theology in the library in Schwerin Castle . The Schwerin State Museum has paintings by Schumacher in its collection. The cardboard boxes for the picture windows of the Mecklenburg Dukes in the lower hall of the Albrecht building of the Schwerin Castle, which were executed by the glass painter Ernst Gillmeister († 1887), come from him. The Kupferstichkabinett Dresden keeps drawings by Schumacher. An early picture by Schumacher, "Christ praying on the Mount of Olives" or "Prayer Triumph in the Garden of Gethsemane" (1824) has been in the neo-Gothic altar of the town church of Gadebusch since the 1840s .

literature

Andreas Andresen : Carl Georg Christian Schumacher . In: The German painter-Radirer (Peintres-Engraveurs) of the nineteenth century according to their lives and works . tape 2 . Alexander Danz, Leipzig 1872, p. 121–130 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Schumacher, Carl Georg Christian. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 2/2, sheets 33–67: Saal – Zwengauer. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1901, pp. 681-682 ( archive.org ).
Schumacher, Carl Georg Christian . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936, p. 339 .

Web links

Commons : Carl Georg Christian Schumacher - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Literature about Carl Georg Schumacher in the state bibliography MV

Individual evidence

↑ Dresden, Kirchliche Wochenzettel, 1685–1879, buried in the Neustädter Friedhöfe : death u. Funeral entry no. 23/1869. The widespread claim in the literature that he died in Schwerin is wrong!
^ ^A ^b Karl Georg Christian Schumacher. In: Friedrich Schlie : Descriptive directory of the works of recent masters in the Grand Ducal Painting Gallery in Schwerin. Printed by the Bärensprungschen Hofbuchdruckerei, Schwerin 1884, pp. 78–84 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive )
↑ ^a ^b ^c Schumacher, Carl Georg Christian. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 2/2, sheets 33–67: Saal – Zwengauer. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1901, p. 681 ( archive.org ).
↑ Doberan Church Register. Baptism entry or no.
^ ^A ^b Andreas Andresen : Carl Georg Christian Schumacher . In: The German painter-Radirer (Peintres-Engraveurs) of the nineteenth century according to their lives and works . tape 2 . Alexander Danz, Leipzig 1872, p. 121–130 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

personal data
SURNAME	Schumacher, Carl Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schumacher, Carl Georg Christian (full name); Schumacher, Karl Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter, etcher and lithographer
DATE OF BIRTH	May 14, 1797
PLACE OF BIRTH	Doberan
DATE OF DEATH	June 22, 1869
Place of death	Dresden

[1] Dresden, Kirchliche Wochenzettel, 1685–1879, buried in the Neustädter Friedhöfe : death u. Funeral entry no. 23/1869. The widespread claim in the literature that he died in Schwerin is wrong!

[Schlie-2] A ^b Karl Georg Christian Schumacher. In: Friedrich Schlie : Descriptive directory of the works of recent masters in the Grand Ducal Painting Gallery in Schwerin. Printed by the Bärensprungschen Hofbuchdruckerei, Schwerin 1884, pp. 78–84 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive )

[Boetticher-3] Schumacher, Carl Georg Christian. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 2/2, sheets 33–67: Saal – Zwengauer. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1901, p. 681 ( archive.org ).

[4] Doberan Church Register. Baptism entry or no.

[Andresen-5] A ^b Andreas Andresen : Carl Georg Christian Schumacher . In: The German painter-Radirer (Peintres-Engraveurs) of the nineteenth century according to their lives and works . tape 2 . Alexander Danz, Leipzig 1872, p. 121–130 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).