Carl Hilgers
Carl Hilgers , also written Karl Hilgers , (born April 14, 1818 in Düsseldorf ; † December 3, 1890 ) was a German landscape painter from the Düsseldorf School of Painting .
Life
Hilgers attended the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1833 to 1844 as a student of Johann Wilhelm Schirmer and then remained in his master class for several years. After a four-year stopover in Berlin , he returned to Düsseldorf. In addition to other painters from the Düsseldorf School, he was friends with the Rhenish painter Caspar Scheuren . At that time he was known for his winter landscapes painted in large numbers in the Düsseldorf style. After his death, his fame faded. A reception no longer takes place today, his works are still occasionally offered in auction houses.
Hilgers' son Karl was a sculptor.
Works
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Works valued at the time were:
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gallery
portrait
Johann Peter Hasenclever created a full-length portrait of him in 1850 .
literature
- Rudolph Wiegmann : The Royal Art Academy in Düsseldorf. Their history, furnishings and effectiveness and the Düsseldorf artists. Buddeus, Düsseldorf 1856, pp. 366-368, digitized
- Carl Hilgers . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 17 : Heubel – Hubard . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1924, p. 83-84 .
- German Biographical Archive, II 584, 115–116.
Web links
- Literature by and about Carl Hilgers in the catalog of the German National Library
- Type "4" "2" -day April 14
- Van Ham art auctions with images of some works
Individual evidence
- ^ Wiegmann, 1856, pp. 366-367 . Retrieved December 31, 2010
- ^ Wiegmann, 1856, pp. 367-368 . Retrieved December 31, 2010
- ↑ Art "4" "2" -day April 14th . English, accessed January 1, 2011
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SURNAME | Hilgers, Carl |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hilgers, Karl |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1818 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |
DATE OF DEATH | December 3, 1890 |