Christian David Gebauer

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Christian David Gebauer, 1777–1831

Christian David Gebauer (born October 15, 1777 in Neusalz an der Oder , Lower Silesia , † September 15, 1831 in Aarhus ) was a Danish battle, animal and genre painter and graphic artist.

Life

Christian David Gebauer was the son of Johann Christian Gebauer and Maria Elisabeth, geb. Rupprecht. He was born in 1777 in Neusalz an der Oder, today's Nowa Sól, where his father worked as a preacher for the Moravian Brethren . He and his parents later came to Barby and then to the settlement of the Moravian Brethren of Christiansfeld in North Schleswig , where he spent his childhood and became a Danish citizen.

From 1800 he studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen with Christian August Lorentzen , but had to give up his studies in 1801 due to a hearing loss that had existed since childhood. His motifs at this time were mainly landscapes and the representation of animals. His exhibited student works, some ink drawings with humorous content, some large paintings, caught Nicolai Abildgaard's attention and earned him the favor of Count Christian Ditlev Reventlow . He exhibited for the first time at the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition in 1806 and exhibited regularly throughout his life.

With the help of various scholarships he was able to undertake several study trips, so he was in Dresden in 1813/1814, where he devoted himself to battle painting, and from 1826 to 1827 in Munich and Vienna. In 1815 he became a member of the art academy, one of his students was a. a. Jørgen Sonne . From 1828 he lived in Aarhus, where he established himself as a drawing teacher. Gebauer's works were strongly influenced in their statements by gallery studies by Dutch and Flemish masters.

Christian David Gebauer was married to Mariane Hoeg (1780–1827) from 1807. Gebauer died in Aarhus in 1831 shortly before his 54th birthday. He was buried on Søndre Kirkegård, the tombstone is now in Rådhusparken. The city of Aarhus named Gebauersgade after the artist in 1899 .

Scholarships, honors

  • 1806 Fond ad Usus Publicos (1806–1808, 1812–1813, 1820, 1826–1827, support for trips abroad)
  • 1815 Travel support from the academy
  • 1817 Royal support
  • 1831 appointed professor by the academy

Works (selection)

Vinterlandskab med Brabrand Kirke , around 1831, ARoS
Det vilde stutteri, 1831, ARoS

painting

  • Hjorte i Dyrehaven, i baggrunden Eremitagen , 1823 (deer in the zoo, in the background a hermitage)
  • Vinterlandskab med Brabrand Kirke , around 1831 (winter landscape with the church of Brabrand)
  • Det vilde stutteri , 1831 (The wild stud)
  • En Hyrde Med Kvæg (A Shepherd with Cattle)
  • Landskab Med Kvæg (Landscape with Cattle)
  • En bøhmisk Bjærgegn paa Vejen fra Pilsen til Regensburg (A Bohemian mountain region on the way from Pilsen to Regensburg)

graphic

  • Cossack Dismounting from a Horse , around 1813 ( Cossack dismounting from a horse)
  • Cossack Rider Rounding up Horses , around 1813 ( Cossack riders catching horses)
  • Fighting Cossacks , around 1813 (fighting Cossacks)
  • Gunfight between a Mounted Cossack and a Soldier in a Cart , around 1813 (shooting between a mounted Cossack and a soldier in a cart)
  • Livestock Market , 1831 (cattle market)
  • Det Kongelige danske Stutteri [i Frederiksborg paa öen Sjaelland]. With a lithograph. Title with vignette as well as a series of 16 mostly color. lithographed Horse boards, royal. Art Academy, Copenhagen 1822 (The Royal Danish Stud in Frederiksborg on the island of Zealand)

literature

Web links

Commons : Christian David Gebauer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See: Brief portrait in the AarhusWiki
  2. ↑ a b The Danish / English titles are freely translated into German.
  3. ↑ Figures (5) at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
  4. ↑ Images at the Ketterer Kunst auction house
personal data
SURNAME Gebauer, Christian David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish battle, animal and genre painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1777
PLACE OF BIRTH Neusalz on the Oder , Lower Silesia
DATE OF DEATH September 15, 1831
Place of death Aarhus