Eduard Hau (painter)
Eduard Hau (* July 16 . Jul / 28. July 1807 greg. In Tallinn , Estonia ; † December 22, 1887 jul. / 3. January 1888 greg. In Tartu , Livonia ) was a Baltic German painter and graphic artist.
life and work
Eduard Hau grew up in Tallinn (German Reval ). He studied from 1830 to 1832 at the art academy in Dresden, Saxony . From 1836 to 1839 he lived in Tartu ( Dorpat ) in Livonia . There he also spent the last years of his life. In between, he probably lived in the Russian capital Saint Petersburg . Hau became a member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts in 1854 .
Eduard Hau is best known for his portraits of professors from the University of Tartu (then Imperial University of Dorpat ). They were published from 1837 to 1839 as a 30-page series under the title Collection of portraits of the professors at the Imperial University of Dorpat since 1837 after life and drawn on stone by E. Hau in the lithographic institute of Georg Friedrich Schlater in six booklets . It contains the portraits of Friedrich Karl Hermann Kruse , Nikolai Pirogows and Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struves , among others .
In addition, Hau u. a. the portraits of the scientists Friedrich Robert Faehlmann (1837, lithograph ), Walther Friedrich Clossius (1837, oil ) and Johann Carl Simon Morgenstern (1838, oil).
House's detailed works of interior and architectural painting ( watercolors ) are also famous, including interior views from the Tsarist palaces Peterhof Palace , Gatchina and the Winter Palace .
Private life
Eduard Hau was the son of the Baltic German painter Johannes Hau (1771–1838), who immigrated from northern Germany to the Baltic States in 1795 , and the older half-brother of the painter Woldemar Hau (1816–1895), who was best known for his portraits of the Russian tsarist family .
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (Ed.): Entry on Eduard Hau. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
- Short CV (German)
- Pictures by Eduard Hau in the holdings of the Estonian Art Museum
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eesti elulood. Eesti entsüklopeediakirjastus , Tallinn 2000, ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 82 (= Eesti entsüklopeedia 14)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hau, Eduard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Baltic German painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 28, 1807 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tallinn , Estonia |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 3, 1888 |
| Place of death | Tartu , Livonia |