Carl Gottfried Pfannschmidt

Carl Gottfried Pfannschmidt , also Karl Gottfried Pfannschmidt , (born September 15, 1819 in Mühlhausen / Thuringia , † July 5, 1887 in Berlin ) was a German painter .

Live and act

Charlottenburg mausoleum of Queen Luise, Pfannschmidt fresco in the apse

Altar of the Schwerin Paulskirche with painting by CG Pfannschmidt

Pfannschmidt monogram

Pfannschmidt grave (honorary grave of the State of Berlin)

His father was the businessman Heinrich Philipp Pfannschmidt (1791-1852), his mother was Maria Pfannschmidt born. Niemann. Pfannschmidt came to Berlin in the spring of 1835 and was referred to the landscape painter Karl Eduard Biermann through his compatriot Friedrich August Stüler , who established the connection to his future teacher Eduard Daege . In 1841 he traveled to Munich, where he first became known for the works of Peter von Cornelius , who would become a lifelong role model for him. In the autumn of 1841 he returned to Berlin and for the next three years worked with Cornelius on the decoration of the vestibule of the Altes Museum . In 1844 Pfannschmidt went on trips, via Frankfurt am Main and Basel to Italy and Sicily, and stayed in Rome for a long time. In the autumn of 1845 he returned to Germany and spent the winter of 1845/46 in his home town of Mühlhausen. In 1846 he returned to Berlin and began to work on Christian and Biblical topics. He was mainly involved in the decoration of Protestant churches. In 1847 he was commissioned to renew the damaged wall paintings in the Halberstadt Church of Our Lady . In the following year, together with Wilhelm von Kaulbach, he began painting the stairwell of the New Museum in Berlin.

Other works by him were a representation of the Last Supper in the altar surface of the palace church in Berlin, the painting of the apse in the Charlottenburg mausoleum , the church-historical wall paintings in the Schwerin palace church and in the Marienkirche in Barth (Pomerania). Altar paintings by him were in the Schwerin Paulskirche , in Bentzin, Königsberg in the Neumark , Schlobitten and Brandenburg. He made cardboard boxes for glass paintings for the Nikolaikirche in Berlin, the Magdeburg Cathedral and the Garrison Church in Stuttgart. The mosaics of the grave of the Krause family at Dreifaltigkeitskirchhof II in Berlin-Kreuzberg were made according to his designs in 1876 . In his later years he also made etchings and began working as a sculptor.

From 1878 to 1887 Pfannschmidt was editor of the journal Christliches Kunstblatt for church, school and home together with Georg Heinrich von Merz .

family

His marriage to Johanna Pfannschmidt (1837–1912) had eleven children including:

Gottfried Pfannschmidt (1858–1936), theologian and superintendent in Treptow an der Tollense, chairman of the Association of Evangelical Lutherans within the Prussian regional church
Martin Eckart Pfannschmidt (1861–1947), theologian and local researcher
Heinrich Pfannschmidt (* 1863), choir director and musician ∞ [1880] Renata (* June 2, 1862, nee Beutner), writer and poet
Friedrich Pfannschmidt (1864–1914), the sculptor
Ernst Christian Pfannschmidt (1868–1949), history painter

The grave in the old St.-Matthäus-Kirchhof (Department M) was adorned with a cross with a corpus about two meters high - a smaller copy of it is in the mausoleum of the Carl Bolle family (see Friedrich Pfannschmidt ). His grave has been dedicated to the city of Berlin as an honor grave since 1984 . His son Gottfried Pfannschmidt is buried within sight (in Section Q).

Honors

Pfannschmidt was made a full member of the Royal Academy of Arts in Berlin on March 31, 1855 . In May 1857 he received the castle medal in silver from the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Friedrich Franz II , which was awarded to him "in recognition of his work for the new castle building " in Schwerin. In addition, the Prussian King Wilhelm IV awarded him the fourth class Red Eagle Order in June of the same year . In 1880 he was made a member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. The high point of the honors he received was the award of an honorary doctorate by the theological faculty of the University of Berlin on November 9, 1883. Pfannschmidt received his last major honor at the Berlin art exhibition in 1884 , where he won for the series of pictures he created "Our Father" was awarded the Great Gold Medal .

Exhibitions (selection)

April 8 to May 22, 1888: Works by Carl Gottfried Pfannschmidt Special exhibition in the Royal National Gallery in Berlin
September 13, 2019 to December 13, 2019: Servant of Beauty Carl Gottfried Pfannschmidt (1819–1887). A retrospective for the 200th birthday of the Cultural History Museum in Mulhouse

Fonts

About the task of art, especially the fine arts. Lecture given in Protestant associations. Self-published, Berlin 1866.
The story of the prophet Daniel. Bruckmann, Munich 1878. (Cycle of six inked pen drawings in the possession of the Berlin National Gallery since 1878)
Moses and Pharaoh's daughter. Müller, Bremen 1878.
The pangs of judgment. Wake up voices from the scriptures. Publishing house of the Photographische Gesellschaft, Berlin 1887.
Images from sacred history. 1. Collection (12 sheets in collotype), Verlag der Schriften-Niederlage der Anstalt Bethel, Bielefeld undated [1888].
The seven petitions of our Father. 8 copper etchings based on the India ink drawings by CG Pfannschmidt along with explanatory text by the artist. Rudolf Schuster publishing house, Berlin undated [1890]. (Cycle of eight inked pen drawings in the possession of the Berlin National Gallery since 1888)
Church festival greetings. 10 compositions in copperplate. Brandner, Dresden 1891.
Life of Mosis.

literature

Joachim Schneider, Steffi Maass (ed.): Servant of beauty. Carl Gottfried Pfannschmidt (1819−1887). A retrospective for the 200th birthday. ( Research and Studies , Volume 5) Mühlhausen Museums, Mühlhausen 2019. ISBN 978-3-935547-76-5
Franz Weinitz : Pfannschmidt, Karl Gottfried . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 25, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, pp. 606-609.
Martin Pfannschmidt: Dr. Carl Gottfried Pfannschmidt. A German artist life. With 12 sheets of Pfannschmidt's creations and several woodcuts. JF Steinkopf publishing house, Stuttgart 1896.
XXVI special exhibition in the Royal National Gallery April 8–22. May. Works by Carl Gottfried Pfannschmidt. Mittler, Berlin 1888.
Rudolf Kögel: Speech at the funeral of Professor Carl Gottfried Pfannschmidt: held in the Matthäikirche in Berlin on July 8, 1887 . Heinicke, Berlin 1887
Pfannschmidt, Carl Gottfried . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 26 : Olivier – Pieris . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1932, p. 523 .
Adolf Smitmans: Christian painting at the end of the 19th century: theory and criticism (= Cologne research on art and antiquity. Volume 2). Verlag Hans Richarz, Sankt Augustin 1980, ISBN 978-3-88345-401-6 , pp. 119 ff.
Hartmut Mai: The redesign of the castle church in Schwerin (1851–1857) with special consideration of the murals by Carl Gottfried Pfannschmidt (1819–1887) . In: Gerd-Helge Vogel (ed.): Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld and the art of romanticism. Steinbecker Verlag Rose, Greifswald 1996, ISBN 978-3-931483-03-6 , pp. 159-169.

Web links

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

Literature on Carl Gottfried Pfannschmidt in the state bibliography MV
Literature by and about Carl Gottfried Pfannschmidt in the catalog of the German National Library
Search for Pfannschmidt, Karl Gottfried in the SPK digital portal of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
biography
Pfannschmidt paintings in Mühlhausen museums

Individual evidence

↑ XXVI. Special exhibition in the Royal National Gallery in Berlin, April 8th – May 22nd, 1888: Works by Carl Gottfried Pfannschmidt. ES Mittler, Berlin 1888, pp. 5-9 ( digishelf.de ).
↑ The three choir windows of the Stuttgart Garrison Church were destroyed during the Allied bombing raids in 1943. The remains of the garrison church were blown up in 1952.
↑ Martin Pfannschmidt: Dr. Carl Gottfried Pfannschmidt. A German artist life. Verlag JF Steinkopf, Stuttgart 1896, p. 338.
↑ Martin Pfannschmidt: Dr. Carl Gottfried Pfannschmidt. A German artist life. Verlag JF Steinkopf, Stuttgart 1896, p. 350.
^ Works by Carl Gottfried Pfannschmidt (= special exhibition in the Royal National Gallery . Volume 26 ). Mittler and Son, Berlin 1888 ( digishelf.de ).
^ Mühlhausen museums (ed.): Servants of Beauty: Carl Gottfried Pfannschmidt (1819–1887). A retrospective for the 200th birthday (= Mühlhausen museums - research and studies . Volume 5 ). Zweckverband Mühlhausen museums, Mühlhausen / Thuringia 2019, ISBN 978-3-935547-76-5 .

personal data
SURNAME	Pfannschmidt, Carl Gottfried
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pfannschmidt, Karl Gottfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter
DATE OF BIRTH	September 15, 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mühlhausen / Thuringia
DATE OF DEATH	July 5, 1887
Place of death	Berlin

[1] XXVI. Special exhibition in the Royal National Gallery in Berlin, April 8th – May 22nd, 1888: Works by Carl Gottfried Pfannschmidt. ES Mittler, Berlin 1888, pp. 5-9 ( digishelf.de ).

[2] The three choir windows of the Stuttgart Garrison Church were destroyed during the Allied bombing raids in 1943. The remains of the garrison church were blown up in 1952.

[3] Martin Pfannschmidt: Dr. Carl Gottfried Pfannschmidt. A German artist life. Verlag JF Steinkopf, Stuttgart 1896, p. 338.

[4] Martin Pfannschmidt: Dr. Carl Gottfried Pfannschmidt. A German artist life. Verlag JF Steinkopf, Stuttgart 1896, p. 350.

[5] Works by Carl Gottfried Pfannschmidt (= special exhibition in the Royal National Gallery . Volume 26 ). Mittler and Son, Berlin 1888 ( digishelf.de ).

[6] Mühlhausen museums (ed.): Servants of Beauty: Carl Gottfried Pfannschmidt (1819–1887). A retrospective for the 200th birthday (= Mühlhausen museums - research and studies . Volume 5 ). Zweckverband Mühlhausen museums, Mühlhausen / Thuringia 2019, ISBN 978-3-935547-76-5 .