Ferdinand Engelmüller
Ferdinand Engelmüller (born December 23, 1867 in Prague , † September 29, 1924 in Prague) was a Czech landscape and architecture painter and graphic artist .
Life
He was a pupil of Julius Mařák and attended the Prague Art Academy from 1889 to 1894. Together with his painter friend Antonín Slavíček , he initially devoted himself to the landscape on the Labe ( Elbe ), which he was to paint again and again later. In 1892 and 1893 he went on extensive study trips to the Volhynia region , in what is now northwestern Ukraine , and soon afterwards he moved to Torbole on Lake Garda (Italy) as well as to Vienna , Munich and Nuremberg .
In 1897 he founded his own painting school and was a member of the SVU Manès artists' association, which he helped to bring into being. But he left them again in 1898 to join the Jednota umĕlců výtvarných artists' association in Prague.
In 1901 Ferdinand Engelmüller illustrated a series of poems and stories that were shaped by mythical creatures and felt close to symbolism . In 1907 and 1908 he went on painting trips again, which took him to the Worpswede artists' colony near Bremen, but also to Dachau near Munich.
He was accepted as a full member of the international association Beaux Arts Paris, of which Auguste Rodin was president .
Ferdinand Engelmüller is best known as a painter of lonely park and architecture views in a lyrical atmosphere, whereby the closeness to Arnold Böcklin can be felt. Since 1902, all his attention has been devoted to the Bohemian countryside. In addition, he cultivated pastel painting and created a number of good etchings .
source
- Julius Mařák and his Pupils, National Gallery Prague, 1999
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Engelmüller, Ferdinand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech landscape and architecture painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 23, 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 29, 1924 |
| Place of death | Prague |