Carl Gottlieb Peschel

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On the hunt , double portrait of the painter Adolf Gottlob Zimmermann with his friend Carl Gottlieb Peschel (with red cap), 1825

Carl Gottlieb Peschel (born March 31, 1798 in Dresden ; † July 3, 1879 there ) was a German painter . He belonged to the school of the Nazarenes around Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld . With his historical pictures and frescoes he made an important contribution to the visual artistry of Goethe in the 19th century .

Life

The Erlkönig

Peschel was born the son of the tax officer Georg Gottlieb Peschel. From 1812 he studied painting at the Dresden Art Academy as a student of Christian August Lindner (1811) and Traugott Leberecht Pochmann (1815/25). When Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein painted the ceiling painting for Pillnitz Castle , Peschel temporarily earned his living as an assistant. With the help of his father's share of the inheritance left over from the war, he financed his one-year trip to Rome (1825/26).

His companion on the journey there was Adolf Gottlob Zimmermann (1799–1859), and old and new friends met him in Rome. It was there that a “friendship for life” developed between him and Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld . Anton Josef Dräger introduced Peschel to the Roman art world. With Ludwig Richter, Peschel established a close friendship that lasted lifelong. After his return home he earned his living by painting snuff boxes and giving drawing lessons. The purchase of the painting Elieser and Rebekka at the fountain by the Saxon Art Association improved his financial situation and enabled him to return to art.

In addition to Bonaventura Genelli , he was involved in the painting of the Härtelschen House (Roman House) in Leipzig . Johann Gottlob von Quandt hired him from 1836 to 1838 for the decoration of the " Belvederes " near Dittersbach with frescoes for the Goethe works The Singer , The Fisherman , Erlkönig , Geistesgruß , The King in Thule and The Fairy Tale . In 1837, Carl Gottlieb Peschel succeeded the late master draftsman Christian Ernst Stölzel (1792–1837) at the Dresden Art Academy , and in 1846 he was appointed professor and in 1859 he was admitted to the Academic Council. In the same year the altarpiece for the church in Auerbach / Vogtl was created. Peschel was retired in 1877. In 1879, Friedrich Leon Pohle made a portrait of Peschel that is now in the Dresden gallery.

Peschel preferred Old Testament motifs until around 1850 , then he increasingly turned to the New Testament . He died in Dresden in 1879 and was buried in the Inner Matthäusfriedhof . His grave has not been preserved.

On the 200th birthday of Carl Gottlieb Peschel (1798–1879), the New Masters Picture Gallery of the Dresden State Art Collections honored the artist with a solo exhibition in 1998.

Honors

In Dresden the Peschelstrasse was named after the artist. Peschel is one of the personalities who are depicted in the final group on the Fürstenzug .

Works (selection)

Moses and the Ten Commandments , early work, pencil drawing on paper. Private collection

His works include oil paintings, watercolors, panel paintings, cardboard drawings, and ceiling or wall paintings.

  • Muse , 1820
  • Psyche and Zephyr , 1821
  • Magdalena , 1825
  • Elieser and Rebekka at the fountain , 1827, Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig, burned in Munich in 1931
  • Lamentation of Christ , 1832
  • The crucifixion of Christ
  • The Descent from the Cross of Christ
  • Stephen before the high priests , 1833
  • Christ Distributing the Lord's Supper , 1851
  • Journey of the Apostles across the Sea , 1853 (48 × 65 cm)
  • The 3 Marys on Easter morning , 1860
  • Disciples at Emmaus , 1870
  • Bonifacius drops the holy oak , 1856

Publicly owned works

Fonts and illustrations (selection)

  • Carl Peschel: The book Tobiä in eleven pictorial representations. Edited for the promotion of the pious with a preface accompanied by D. August Hahn. CG Börner, Leipzig 1830.
  • Illustrations in: ABC book for children of all ages / drawn by artists from Dresden. With stories and songs by R. Reinick and songs by Ferdinand Hiller. Wigand, Leipzig 1845. ( urn : nbn: de: hbz: 061: 2-1016 Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf ).

literature

  • Gerd Spitzer: Carl Gottlieb Peschel in the Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister Dresden. In: Weltkunst. 70, Munich 2000, pp. 890-891.
  • Friedrich Schlie: Carl Peschel . In: Descriptive directory of the works of recent masters in the Grand Ducal Painting Gallery in Schwerin . Printed by the Bärensprungschen Hofbuchdruckerei, Schwerin 1884, p. 56–57 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christel Hebig: About snuff boxes to religious art. In: Saxon newspaper. March 28, 1998, p. 16.
  2. ↑ Friedrich Schlie: Carl Peschel - Journey of the apostles over the sea . In: Descriptive directory of the works of recent masters in the Grand Ducal Painting Gallery in Schwerin . Printed by the Bärensprungschen Hofbuchdruckerei, Schwerin 1884, p. 56–57 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
personal data
SURNAME Peschel, Carl Gottlieb
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Peschel, Karl Gottlieb
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter of the Nazarenes
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1798
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH July 3, 1879
Place of death Dresden