Eduard Leonhardi
Emil August Eduard Leonhardi (born January 19, 1828 in Freiberg ; † July 15, 1905 in Loschwitz ) was a German landscape painter and son of the Dresden ink manufacturer August Leonhardi (1805–1865), who quickly became prosperous.
Life
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Leonhardi studied from 1842 to 1845 at the Dresden Art Academy and was then a studio student of Ludwig Richter . He later worked in Düsseldorf for some time , but then returned to Dresden , where he settled in the Loschwitz district in 1859 . Here he donated, among other things, a poor house and children's home. In 1864 he was made an honorary member of the Dresden Art Academy.
His poetically perceived, lovingly executed pictures, the motifs of which are often taken from the central German forest and village nature, are very reminiscent of the approach and treatment of his master Ludwig Richter, whose best pupil was Leonhardi. Leonhardi became famous for his romantic landscape paintings, which earned him the nickname "Painter of the German Forest". The Dresden gallery owns a German forest landscape from him from 1863.
In 1878 he bought a mill in Loschwitz (formerly "Loschwitzer Hentschelmühle"), which is located in the vicinity of his father's property. He had it converted into an artist's house, the so-called “Red Blackbird”, which, however, should not be confused with the nearby Dresden-Loschwitz artist house . He gave up his original plan to dedicate the house to young art in favor of his own museum. Since then, the converted mill has housed the Leonhardi Museum . In 1884, he erected a monument to Ludwig Richter on the premises of his museum as an appreciation for his former teacher. It was not until 1963 that young art moved into the house, which is still home to the museum and the gallery for contemporary art .
Leonhardi died in Dresden in 1905. His grave is located in the Loschwitz cemetery and is one of the artistically valuable graves in the complex. The grave figure of pilgrims knocking comes from Robert Henze .
His son August Leonhardi (1867–1931) also became a painter.
Trivia
TV producer and director Holm Dressler is a great-great-grandson of Eduard Leonhardi and great-great-great-grandson of the ink manufacturer August Leonhardi . The Leonhard Museum "Rote Amsel" in the Dresden district of Loschwitz has been transferred from a private family museum to a municipal gallery thanks to the community of heirs - which Dressler also belongs to.
literature
- Leonardi, August Eduard . In: Hermann Alexander Müller : Biographical Artist Lexicon . Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1882, p. 333.
- Leonardi, August Eduard . In: Friedrich von Boetticher : painter works of the nineteenth century. Contribution to art history . Dresden 1895, p. 839 f.
- Eduard Leonhardi . In: Folke Stimmel (ed.): Stadtlexikon Dresden A-Z . Verlag der Kunst, Dresden 1994, p. 253.
- Local association Loschwitz-Wachwitz eV (ed.): Artists on the Dresden Elbhang . Volume 1. Elbhang-Kurier-Verlag, Dresden 1999, p. 104.
Web links
- Eduard Leonardi , biography in the portal stadtwikidd.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leonhardi, Eduard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leonhardi, Emil August Eduard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1828 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Freiberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 15, 1905 |
| Place of death | Loschwitz |