Charles Frederic Ulrich

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Charles Frederic Ulrich around 1895

Charles Frederic Ulrich (born October 18, 1858 in New York , † May 15, 1908 in Berlin ) was an American-German painter .

Life

The New York-born artist Charles Ulrich belonged to a cosmopolitan generation of American painters and, like countless other artists in the late 19th century, sought training and experience in Europe. His first stay was in 1875 when he went to Munich after studying at the National Academy and Cooper Union . There Ulrich attended the Academy of Fine Arts and was a student of Ludwig von Löfftz and Wilhelm von Lindenschmit . The former was also the teacher of John Henry Twachtman , with whom Ulrich befriended. Ulrich also became part of the circle of American artists who were associated with the influential American painter Frank Duveneck and who painted in Munich, as well as in the Bavarian town of Polling .

In the Land of Promise , 1884

Between 1879 and 1881 Ulrich returned to the United States and joined his compatriots, young painters who had received their training in Europe, to explore new stylistic devices. Ulrich studied painting, the art of integrating interiors, by 17th century Dutch painters such as Pieter de Hooch and Jan Vermeer . And just like William Merritt Chase , whom he greatly admired, he was also influenced by the portraiture of Frans Hals and Anthonis van Dyck . In 1883 Ulrich became an employee (i.e. associate member) of the National Academy of Design and a member of the Society of American Artists . He was one of the few painters of his time who addressed social issues. In 1884 he painted In the Land of Promise , the portrayal of immigrants in the Castle Garden reception station . Ulrich was discovered by Thomas Benedict Clarke (1848–1931), a lace and lingerie manufacturer from New York and a collector of contemporary art. In 1884 he painted the half-length portrait of Thomas B. Clarke in gratitude for participating with the picture In the Land of Promise which was awarded the first Thomas B. Clarke Prize for Best American Figure Composition by the National Academy of Design .

The Village Printing Shop, Haarlem, Holland , 1884

In the summer of 1884 Ulrich returned to Europe and traveled through Belgium and Holland with the artists Chase and Blum. In Haarlem he shared an apartment with the Cincinnati- born painter Robert Frederick Blum (1857-1903), whom he probably met in New York. For the next three years, the two artists were almost always together. Blum painted calm genre depictions of everyday life, while Ulrich continued to be interested in social issues; such as the depiction of a scene of the interior of a print shop with working children, The Village Printing Shop, Haarlem, Holland and pictures of an orphanage with several paintings on the same subject, including waifs .

“Mr. CF Ulrich shows in the South Gallery a well-painted and lifelike group of orphans and foundlings in the bare interior of the orphanage at Haarlem, Holland. "

"In the 'South Gallery' CF Ulrich shows a well-painted and lifelike group of orphans and foundlings in the barren interior of the orphanage in Harlem, Holland."

- The New York Times

Ulrich's home remained Europe. He lived in Venice in 1886 and then in the Netherlands around 1890 . Study stays in Venice from 1889 to 1890 and from 1899 to 1902 Ulrich lived and worked in Rome . In 1888 and 1892 he organized exhibitions of American art in Munich. In 1889 and 1890 he exhibited at the London Royal Academy of Arts and in 1891 at the Glaspalast in Munich , and after 1893 he participated in the great Berlin art exhibitions with the Berlin Secession .

In 1897 Ulrich married Margarethe Oppenheim (1877–1939), nineteen years his junior, daughter of the banker Hugo Oppenheim . Charles Friederic Ulrich was an early member of the Deutscher Künstlerbund ; his name appears for the first time in 1906 in the membership directory of the DKB. Ulrich died in Berlin in 1908.

Works (selection)

  • Waifs, Haarlem 1884

  • The Glass Engraver, 1883

  • The new dress

  • Washerwomen, Seville around 1885–89

  • Sculptor in the studio

  • Festive garlands, around 1891

  • Vanitas

  • Thomas B. Clarke, 1884

  • Portrait of a Young Woman, Rome 1903

  • Portrait of a young woman

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Portrait of Thomas B. Clarke von Ulrich, 1884
  2. ^ Charles Frederic Ulrich in RKD
  3. ↑ s. Ulrich, Charles F., painter, Berlin, Keithstr. 51 , in the list of members of the exhibition catalog 3rd German Artists Association Exhibition , Weimar 1906. P. 57 online (accessed on May 20, 2016)
personal data
SURNAME Ulrich, Charles Frederic
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ulrich, Charles Frederick; Ulrich, Charles F.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American-German painter
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH May 15, 1908
Place of death Berlin