Carl Theodor Demiani

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Carl Theodor Demiani ( 1801 in Dresden ; † January 29, 1869 in Leipzig ) was a German painter of the late Romantic period , who became known in particular as a portrait painter .

Life

Carl Theodor Demiani was the son of the painter Carl Friedrich Demiani (1768–1823) and his wife Johanne Caroline, b. Martini born. From 1816 he studied at the Dresden Academy and from 1818 was a student of Ferdinand Hartmann (1774–1842). In 1824 he received the top class certificate of honor there. Around 1824/25 he got engaged to Ulrike Peters. This connection was broken again in 1828 at the latest. Both remained unmarried.

From 1825 Demiani worked mainly as a portrait painter in Leipzig, later in Hamburg, Berlin and Potsdam. After a serious illness in 1855, he lived in the house of his brother-in-law Carl Friedrich Naumann (1797–1873) and his wife Emma Amalie, nee. Demiani, in Leipzig.

Works (selection)

  • Emil Andreas Wulff

  • Augusta Wulff, b. from Voss

  • Helene, Karl, Marie and Wilhelm von Groddeck around 1828

  • Portrait of a Lady, 1849

  • Christina Margareta Peters, around 1849

Museums

Exhibitions (selection)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Royal Newspaper Expedition (ed.): Leipziger Zeitung for the year 1825 . Leipzig 1825, p. 277 .
  2. ^ Leipziger Zeitung for the year 1825. In: books.google.de. Retrieved August 1, 2019 .
  3. ^ Carl Theodor Demiani portrait of a lady (presumably singer Freyse-Sessy), 1840. Hamburger Kunsthalle, accessed on July 8, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Demiani, Carl Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1801
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 1869
Place of death Leipzig