Christian Speyer
Christian Georg Speyer (born February 21, 1855 in Vorbachzimmer ; † October 5, 1929 in Stuttgart ) was a German horse painter.
Christian Speyer came from a pastor's family. He studied painting at the Royal Art School in Stuttgart with Carl von Häberlin . After graduating, he went on a study trip to Italy in 1881 .
Accompanied by the Africa explorer Gustav Nachtigal , he came to North Africa. In Tunis he found an apartment in the house of the British consulate. There he devoted himself to horse painting. Then he came home to Stuttgart and became a member of the local association for the promotion of art. In 1883 he moved to Munich . He was one of the founding members of the Munich Secession . Speyer made study trips to Berlin in 1885 and to Paris in 1887.
In 1901 Speyer was appointed professor of drawing at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart, where he remained active until 1924. He also illustrated war and military books, including “Our People in Arms” by Bernhard von Poten and numerous volumes of the “Illustrated battle descriptions” from the Franco-German War by Carl Bleibtreu .
Christian Speyer was a member of the German Association of Artists .
literature
- Max Schefold: Speyer, Christian . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 31 : Siemering – Stephens . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1937, p. 367 .
- Julius Fekete: Carl von Häberlin and the Stuttgart history painters of his time . Catalog of the exhibition in Esslingen and Konstanz 1986. Thorbecke-Verlag, Sigmaringen 1986
Individual evidence
- ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Full members of the German Association of Artists since it was founded in 1903 / Speyer, Christian ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on March 8, 2016)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Speyer, Christian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Speyer, Christian Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German horse painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1855 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vorbachzimmer |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 5, 1929 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |