Edgar Meyer (painter)
Edgar Meyer (born September 5, 1853 in Innsbruck , † February 21, 1925 in Aldrans ) was an Austrian landscape painter from the Düsseldorf School .
Life
Edgar Meyer was born on September 5, 1853 in Innsbruck as the son of the aquarellist Martin Meyer (1821-1897). He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich , from 1874 to 1878 at the Düsseldorf Art Academy under Eugen Dücker , as well as in Venice and Rome . From 1880 to 1881 he was a member of the Düsseldorf artists' association Malkasten . From 1886 Meyer worked as a professor at the art school in Weimar.
In addition, the determined opponent of Habsburg and Italy founded the Tyrolean People's League . Meyer also co-founded the Tyrolean Folk Art Museum , for which he collected many objects. To do this, he had the Welfenstein ruins near Sterzing rebuilt in a romantic style and equipped with a large collection. However, this building fell victim to a fire in 1918.
Edgar Meyer died on February 21, 1925 at the age of 71 in Aldrans near Innsbruck.
Act
Edgar Meyer created in the Impressionism anklingenden style watercolors and gouache images , including large format, especially mountain landscapes and castles. His works are in the Ferdinandeum and are privately owned.
Works (selection)
- Lot from Palermo, 1873
- View of Rome , 1880
- From Eppan, 1885
- On the Rhine near Düsseldorf
- Market square in Verona
- Evening in the Roman Campagna
- The cap of the Circe near Terracina
- Monte Cristallo in Ampezzo
- The market square in Venice
literature
- Wiener Zeitung of February 25, 1925
- Meyer, Edgar . In: Friedrich von Boetticher : painter works of the nineteenth century. Contribution to art history . Vol. 2/1, Dresden 1898, p. 33.
- Who is it 1905-1911
- Konrad Fischnaler : Innsbrucker Chronik, Tl 5., 1934, p. 152
- Egg: Meyer Edgar. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1972, p. 420.
Web links
- Works by Edgar Meyer on the website artnet.de
- Literature by and about Edgar Meyer in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Evening in the Roman Campagna, Edgar Meyer, Rome, Villa Strohl-Fern , in Illustrirter catalog: Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts in Berlin in the state exhibition building: Jubilee exhibition of the Kgl. Akademie der Künste in the state exhibition building in Berlin: from May to October 1886, illustrated catalog, Berlin, 1886, p. 240
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meyer, Edgar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 5, 1853 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | innsbruck |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 21, 1925 |
| Place of death | Aldrans |