Conrad Kiesel

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Conrad Kiesel , newspaper photo 1908
Professor Konrad Kiesel , newspaper photo 1909

Conrad Kiesel , also Konrad Kiesel (born November 29, 1846 in Düsseldorf , † May 28, 1921 in Berlin ), was a German architect , painter and sculptor .

Life

Kiesel, son of the director Karl Kiesel (1812–1903) of the Royal High School on Alleestraße in Düsseldorf, was a versatile artist. Initially studied architecture at the Royal Academy of Architecture and then trained in sculpture with Fritz Schaper . After he had created some statuettes and busts, he turned to painting in Berlin under Fritz Paulsen . Then he went to the Düsseldorf Art Academy , where he became a student of Wilhelm Sohn .

In 1885 Kiesel settled in Berlin as a freelance painter and from 1870 was regularly seen at the exhibitions of the art academy . He was later accepted there as a member and on the occasion of his 40th birthday to the "o. Prof. "appointed.

reception

Otto Heyl's wife , 1907
Emmi Lewald , 1909
Mandolin player

Kiesel's complete works represent the genre of society portraits in the late 19th century. He cultivated salon painting and preferred to depict young beautiful girls or women, often in rich interiors . He had great success with it, whereby his special talent lay in the perfect rendering of everything material. “The Mandolin Player” gives an impression of the painter's artistic conception and performance skills. The later “Portrait of Otto Heyl's Wife ”, on the other hand, shows a somewhat simpler form. But he showed his perfection in the painting “ Petrarch's Laura ”, dedicated to the Italian poet Francesco Petrarca.

Kiesel was arguably the best portrait painter of his time, and his works have won several gold medals at exhibitions at the Berlin Academy. He was also represented in the exhibitions of the Academy in Düsseldorf , the Munich Glass Palace , the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900, the annual exhibitions in Vienna in 1872, 1891 and 1892 , the Royal Academy of Arts in London in 1909 and the World Exhibition in 1911 in Rome .

Works (selection)

  • mother and child
  • On the balcony
  • In the library
  • The birthday morning
  • Manuela
  • Laura
  • Lady with pigeons
  • Sorry
  • Studio visit
  • Mandolinata
  • The singing
  • Daydreams
  • Clementine
  • Woman in white with iris
  • duet
  • The newest novel
  • In thought
  • Girlfriends
  • flora
  • In the studio
  • German Empress and Queen of Prussia
  • Jeune Espagnole

literature

  • Kiesel, Konrad . In: Friedrich von Boetticher : painter works of the nineteenth century. Contribution to art history . Volume I, Dresden 1891, p. 677 f.
  • Irmgard Wirth: Berlin painting in the 19th century . Siedler Verlag, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-572-10011-9 , p. 352.
  • Sandy Alami: "Truly artistic execution". Porcelain plate painting from Thuringia since the 19th century . Waxmann Verlag, Münster 214, ISBN 383093078X , pp. 139, 247.

Web links

Commons : Conrad Kiesel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ “Professor Konrad Kiesel, a well-known portrait painter, is the chairman of the jury of the Great Berlin Art Exhibition, which is about to open. Professor Kiesel was born on November 19, 1846 in Düsseldorf, where he worked until 1883. He has lived in Berlin since 1885. Among other things, the artist is the creator of the portrait of the German Empress that hangs in the Emperor's study in the Berlin Palace. He is a full member of the Akademie der Künste in Berlin. ”Editor's text on the picture Professor Konrad Kiesel , in Rhein und Düssel (No. 21): illustrated weekly for the Düsseldorfer General-Anzeiger, May 23, 1909
personal data
SURNAME Kiesel, Conrad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kiesel, Konrad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect, painter and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH November 29, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH May 28, 1921
Place of death Berlin