Eduard Pape (painter)

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Eduard Pape
The Circus Maximus in Rome, Berlin Neues Museum, Roman Hall
The Tempel zu Karnak, Berlin Neues Museum, Ägyptischer Hof - steel engraving by Albert Henry Payne after Eduard Pape

Eduard Friedrich Pape (born February 28, 1817 in Berlin ; † April 15, 1905 there ) was a German theater , decoration and landscape painter .

Life

Pape was the son of the porcelain painter Friedrich Pape. From 1839 to 1843 he studied landscape painting under Carl Blechen and Wilhelm Schirmer at the Berlin Academy . He earned his living in the studio of the theater and decorative painter Johann Gerst , who also trained him as a decorative painter. In 1845 Pape made a study trip to Tyrol , Switzerland and Italy . From 1849 to 1853 he participated in the painting of the New Museum in Berlin, mainly with reconstructions of ancient architecture according to Friedrich August Stüler's specifications in the Greek and Roman Hall. For his services, Eduard Pape was appointed royal professor in 1853 and a member of the Berlin Academy. In 1857 a serious illness led to a lengthy break from work.

Pape was married to Dorothee Wilhelmine Schultz . From this marriage comes the future lieutenant general and in 1913 Max von Pape (1851–1926), who was raised to the Prussian nobility .

In old age he suffered from a severe eye ailment and was almost blind towards the end of his life.

Eduard Pape died after a brief illness on April 15, 1905 at the age of 88 in Berlin. The funeral took place on April 18th. His grave was in one of the cemeteries in front of Hallesches Tor . It is not known exactly which one.

Works (selection)

  • 1849–1853: Wall paintings in the Neues Museum in Berlin
    • Roman hall
      • The Roman Forum
      • The circus maximus
      • The villa Tiburtina of Trajan
      • The thermal baths of Caracalla
      • The temple in Praeneste
      • The Tiber Island in Rome
      • The forum in Pompeii
      • The street of tombs in Pompeii
      • Representation of an ancient city
      • Antique city gate
      • Triumphal procession through the Arch of Constantine
      • Tomb of the Plautier near Tivoli
      • Columbarium of Livia Augusta in Rome
      • Society at a well
      • The Porta Nigra in Trier
      • The Isis Temple in Pompeii
      • Antique garden fountain
      • Poseidon and his entourage (on the lintel to the Bacchus Hall)
    • Egyptian court
      • The temple at Karnak
    • Greek hall
  • 1850: The Erl Glacier on Handeck , oil on canvas, 88 × 128 cm, National Gallery Berlin

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Professor Eduard Pape † . In: Berliner Volks-Zeitung , April 18, 1905, Morgenblatt, p. 2.
  2. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 219.
personal data
SURNAME Pape, Eduard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pape, Eduard Friedrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater, decoration and landscape painter
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1817
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH April 15, 1905
Place of death Berlin