Dietrich Langko
Dietrich Langko (born June 1, 1819 in Hamburg , † November 8, 1896 in Munich ) was a German painter .
Life
Langko came from a humble background and was the son of Ernst Johann Langko and his wife Anna Catharina Kannstein. After finishing school, Langko completed an apprenticeship as a decorative painter in Hamburg . But since he was more interested in landscape painting , he took private lessons from the landscape painter Jacob Gensler (only on Sundays for financial reasons) . Langko found his first subjects in the atmospheric landscapes at the mouth of the Elbe . He also became a member of the Hamburg Artists' Association from 1832 .
Through the advocacy and mediation of Gensler, Langko was supported with a scholarship, which enabled him to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich . At the age of 21, Langko went to Munich in 1840 with his friend, the landscape painter Wilhelm Lichtenheld . There he soon found a connection to the circle of artists around the Hamburg painter Christian Morgenstern . He also made friends with the painter Carl Spitzweg .
Langko soon found his own style, which - according to his own statements - he had found largely from Albert Zimmermann . Langko attended his private summer painting school in Ebersberg for several summers. The Münchner Kunstverein soon invited Langko to take part in exhibitions, and one of these was where his nickname “Eichendorff der Münchner Landschaftsmalerei” was coined.
Some of his landscapes, which were created in the area around Munich, are reminiscent of Anton Zwengauer or even Théodore Rousseau ; However, according to the current state of research (2006), no direct connection to the Barbizon school can be established. In 1851 Langko went on a study trip to Paris with Carl Ebert , Eduard Schleich the Elder and Carl Spitzweg .
In 1869 Eduard Schleich organized a large art exhibition in the Munich Glass Palace , where Langko had his artistic breakthrough. The following year Langko went on a study trip through Holland with the painter Carl Ebert .
Dietrich Langko died in Munich on November 8, 1896 at the age of 77.
In addition to the landscapes from the Bavarian Oberland, Langko also very often addressed his home in Northern Germany . His artistic work still impresses today with the almost romantic depiction of the different moods of wide landscapes.
Works (selection)
- Sunrise at the Chiemsee
- Moor near Königsdorf
- Lot on the road to Thalkirchen
- Summer in the Dachauer Moos
- The Isar floodplains
- Evening in Haspelmoor in the Bavarian Oberland
- Oak landscape
- Swampy landscape
- Lot from the Meisinger Grund near Starnberg
- Moonlit night on the Meuse near Dordrecht
literature
- Hyacinth Holland : Langko, Dietrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 51, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, p. 589 f.
- Barbara Eschenburg: Langko, Dietrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , p. 606 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Eberhard Ruhmer (Hrsg.): The Munich painters in the 19th century. Bruckmann, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-7654-1896-X .
- Siegfried Wichmann: The Munich landscape painters in the 19th century. Masters, students, subjects. Seehamer, Weyarn 1996, ISBN 3-929626-72-1 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Langko, Dietrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1, 1819 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 8, 1896 |
| Place of death | Munich |