Eduard Heinrich Knackfuss
Eduard Heinrich Knackfuss OP (born October 20, 1855 in Wissen an der Sieg ; † September 21, 1945 in Warburg ; religious name Lucas ) was a German Dominican , Catholic priest and painter .
origin
His grandfather was the Prussian major general Friedrich Ludwig Karl Knackfuß (1772–1842). His parents were the rent manager of Burg Eltz Eduard Knackfuß (1823-1893) and his wife Bernhardine von Martial (1823-1883). His brothers were the building researcher Hubert Knackfuß and the painter Hermann Knackfuß .
Live and act
His father was the painter and rent master Eduard Knackfuß, who worked as a civil servant at Eltz Castle . His family had an artistic talent. His older brother Hermann Knackfuß was also a painter. His uncle, the Nazarene Joseph Anton Nikolaus Settegast , was also a painter. After attending primary school, Knackfuss, like his brother, completed an apprenticeship at the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1873 under Eduard Gebhardt , Wilhelm Sohn , Peter Janssen the Elder. Ä. In Düsseldorf he also joined the artists' association Malkasten . During his time in Düsseldorf he also got to know the gifted preacher Father Dominikus Scheer OP (1830–1907) and entered the order because of him. In 1888 he was ordained a priest and came to the Dominican monastery in Cologne , where he met the church and decorative painter Wilhelm Roth (1870–1948) and his family. When he was painting the altar in the Dominican monastery at the beginning of the 20th century, he used Roth's eldest son, Joseph Roth , as an angel model. Even when the younger son Ernst Moritz Roth was to study art, Knackfuss helped with his contacts in Düsseldorf. Knackfuss also painted at St. Josef Kolleg Vechta and in Düsseldorf.
Publications (selection)
- Guide through the Holy Cross Church of the Dominicans in Cologne Albertus-Magnus Verlag, Vechta 1923.
- The ways of bliss. Albertus Magnus Verlag, Vechta 1927.
- My way to the monastery gate. Albertus-Magnus-Verlag, Vechta 1933.
literature
- Knackfuss, Eduard Heinrich. 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. 704 ( archive.org ).
- Knackfuss, Eduard Heinrich . In: Hans Wolfgang Singer (Ed.): General Artist Lexicon. Life and works of the most famous visual artists . Prepared by Hermann Alexander Müller . 5th unchanged edition. tape 2 : Gaab – Lezla . Literary Institute, Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt a. M. 1921, p. 356 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Knackfuss, Eduard Heinrich . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 22 : Krügner – Leitch . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1928.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ mhk .
- ^ Brigitte Lohkamp: Knackfuß, Hermann. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 149 f. ( Digitized version ).
- ↑ Inventory list: From A for Achenbach to Z for Zwecker malkasten.org.
- ^ Archives of the Dominican Province of Teutonia - Provincial History .
- ^ Roth family archive, two original handwritten photographs
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Knackfuss, Eduard Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Knackfuss, Lucas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Dominican, Catholic priest and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 20, 1855 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Knowledge of victory |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 21, 1945 |
| Place of death | Warburg |