Carl Hermann Schmolze

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Monograms by Carl Hermann Schmolze

Carl Hermann Schmolze , also Carl Heinrich Schmolze or Schmolzé (born April 11, 1823 in Zweibrücken , † July 31, 1859 in Philadelphia ), was a German genre painter, illustrator and poet with a democratic conviction.

Life

Schmolze, the son of a royal notary, did a three-year apprenticeship with a painter in Metz and studied painting at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich from October 24, 1840 . In Munich he also worked for the Fliegende Blätter from their first year in 1845 . Together with Carl Stauber, Schmolze created illustrations for the little treasure chest of the Rhenish family friend's little treasure chest (Cotta, Stuttgart 1846). In 1848 he co-founded the democratic satirical magazine Leuchtkugeln .

He took an active part in the revolution of 1848/49 . In 1848 he became a member of the Künstler- Freikorps in Munich, then he excelled in his home in the Palatinate. In 1849 he had to emigrate and went to London via Paris , studied for a year at the Art Academy in Antwerp , emigrated to the United States and settled in Philadelphia. Here he founded a German artist association and wrote and drew for democratic magazines. He died at the age of 36.

literature

  • Ferdinand Moras : Carl Heinrich Schmolze, a life sketch. The German Artists Association, the Nameless. Two lectures given to the German Pioneer Association in Philadelphia. Philadelphia 1885 ( hathitrust.org ).
  • Hyacinth Holland :  Schmolzé, Karl Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 32, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, p. 60 f.
  • Schmolze, Carl Hermann . 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. 179 .
  • Karl Fischer: A painter from Zweibrücken and a democrat. Self-portrait of Karl Hermann Schmolzé in the Palatinate Museum in Speyer. In: Palatine Merkur. Zweibrücker newspaper. 206 (1968), no.88.
  • Martin Baus: The revolutionary with the brush. Carl Hermann Schmolze fought for a democratic Germany in the 19th century with pen, brush and as a soldier. In: Palatine Merkur. Edition Pfalz-Saar No. 175 of July 31, 2009, p. 22.
  • Martin Baus: "Serious painter" with roots in Zweibrücken. Carl Hermann Schmolze, for example, immortalized George Washington. In: Palatine Merkur. Edition Pfalz-Saar. No. 80 from 6./7. April 2013, p. 16.
  • Martin Baus: Carl Hermann Schmolze in the revolution of 1849. In: Saarpfalz, sheets for history and folklore. Edition 2017/4, pp. 9–20.
  • No. 197 Carl Hermann Schmolze. In: Georg Kaspar Nagler : The Monogrammists. .... Volume 2: CF-GI. Georg Franz, Munich 1860, p. 68 ( books.google.de with monogram).
  • Carl Hermann Schmolze. In: Flying leaves . (Illustrations, digital-bibliothek.de ).

Web links

Commons : Carl Hermann Schmolze  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Karl Heinrich Schmolzé  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 03105 Karl Schmolze . In: Matriculation database of the Academy of Fine Arts Munich (ed.): Matriculation book . tape 1: 1809-1841 . Munich ( matrikel.adbk.de , daten.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
personal data
SURNAME Schmolze, Carl Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schmolze, Carl Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German genre painter, illustrator and caricaturist
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH Zweibrücken
DATE OF DEATH July 31, 1859
Place of death Philadelphia