Eduard Schulte (gallery owner)
Eduard Wilhelm Schulte (born January 9, 1817 in Wengern , Amt Volmarstein , Province of Westphalia ; † August 16, 1890 in Düsseldorf , Rhine Province ) was a German book and art dealer and gallery owner who mainly exhibited works from the Düsseldorf School of Painting .
Life
In 1848 Schulte, who at that time lived with his family as a book and art dealer in Iserlohn , acquired the book and art range of Buddeus'schen Kunsthandlung from Julius Buddeus . Under the company name J. Buddeus'sche Buch- und Kunsthandlung (Ed. Schulte) he continued Buddeus' business in the restaurant at Alleestraße 42 in Düsseldorf. Shortly thereafter, he taught there in the piano nobile also the gallery Eduard Schulte , which the public in 1849 or 1850 in 1844 or earlier from Buddeus initiated "permanent art exhibition" presented. Mainly he exhibited works from the Düsseldorf School of Painting, especially the works of Andreas and Oswald Achenbach .
Shortly after the purchase, on May 5, 1848, he registered in Düsseldorf. He appeared in the membership directory of the Kunstverein for the Rhineland and Westphalia from 1847/1848 and remained there until 1860 as a member.
In addition to the rooms of the art association, Schultes Galerie soon established itself as the most important exhibition space for Düsseldorf artists. Schulte's rise to the leading gallery owner in Düsseldorf was favored by a contract that he had concluded around the mid-1850s with the Düsseldorf Artists Association for mutual support and help . In it, its members undertook, in return for a cash payment that Schulte had to pay to the association, to exhibit their paintings in Schulte's gallery after they were completed. Schulte's dominant market position gave him a great reputation, which also helped him to establish business contacts abroad.
In addition to his book and art trade, Schulte also worked as a publisher . For example, he published lithographs . For one of these lithographs, which showed a “Norwegian peasant life” by Adolph Tidemand , in 1851 he received the “great gold medal for art and literature” from Oskar I.
In 1880 Schulte opened a branch in Cologne . In 1886 he took over Rudolph Lepke's exhibition house on Unter den Linden 4a in Berlin . In 1891 the Berlin branch moved to the ground floor of the Palais Redern , in 1904 it moved to the other side of the street and moved to the Graeflich Schwerin'sche Palais.
When Schulte died in 1890, his sons Max and Hermann Schulte (1851–1940) inherited the art dealership, which they divided among themselves. While Hermann Schulte took over the Düsseldorf gallery, Max Schulte worked in Berlin. In 1914 or 1915 the Düsseldorf gallery was apparently given up. Hermann Schulte left their premises to the Art Association for the Rhineland and Westphalia, which acquired the building in 1919.
The Schulte family's grave is located in the north cemetery in Düsseldorf .
literature
- Eduard Schulte. In: Nadine Müller: Art & Marketing. Self-marketing by artists from the Düsseldorf School of Painting and the Düsseldorf marketing system 1826–1860 . Schnell & Steiner publishing house, Regensburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-7954-2342-1 , pp. 133-142.
Individual evidence
- ^ Buddeus, Julius. In: Directory of the collections of the German Booksellers Association. Directory of bookselling business newsletters. Leipzig 1897, p. 76 (digitized version)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schulte, Eduard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schulte, Eduard Wilhelm (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German art dealer, gallery owner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1817 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wengern , Office Volmarstein , Province of Westphalia |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 16, 1890 |
| Place of death | Düsseldorf , Rhine Province |