Edmund Massau
Edmund Massau (born November 16, 1860 in Düsseldorf ; † 1935 there ) was a German landscape, figure and history painter.
Massau was a student of his father, the copper engraver Franz Paul Massau . Massau studied at the Royal Prussian Academy in Düsseldorf under Johann August Wilhelm Sohn , Johann Peter Theodor Janssen and Franz Karl Eduard von Gebhardt .
He mainly occupied himself with landscape painting and, like his father, became a member of the Düsseldorf paint box . His paintings depicting forests in particular bear witness to his great artistic maturity.
Massau lived in Düsseldorf at Graf-Recke-Straße 22.
literature
- Massau, Edmund. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 1/2, sheets 31–61: Heideck – Mayer, Louis. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1895, p. 947 ( archive.org ).
- Massau, Edmund . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 23 : Leitenstorfer – Mander . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1929, p. 218 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Massau, Edmund |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landscape painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 16, 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1935 |
| Place of death | Dusseldorf |