Emil Brack
Emil Brack (born December 8, 1860 in Naumburg , † November 5, 1906 in Munich ) was a German genre painter and watercolorist.
Emil Brack studied at the Prussian Academy of the Arts in Berlin with Paul Thumann , Otto Knille and Ernst Hildebrand from 1878 to 1883 . From October 24, 1883, he continued his studies at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich with Wilhelm Lindenschmit the Younger . He then attended the Académie Julian in Paris in 1885 . He also went on study trips to Denmark and Italy .
Back in Germany, he worked in Berlin from 1886 and in Munich from 1891. He dedicated himself to genre painting with scenes from the rococo and empire milieu . His pictures were extremely popular, for example reproductions of around 50 of his works were available from the art publisher Franz Hanfstaengl .
He was a member of the Munich Artists' Cooperative .
literature
- Otto Weigmann : Brack, Emil . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 4 : Bida – Brevoort . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1910, p. 303 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Brack, Emil . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 13, Saur, Munich a. a. 1996, ISBN 3-598-22753-1 , p. 513.
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| SURNAME | Brack, Emil |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brack, Emil Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German genre painter and watercolorist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 8, 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Naumburg (Saale) |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th November 1906 |
| Place of death | Munich |