Johann Erdmann Hummel
Johann Erdmann Hummel (born September 11, 1769 in Kassel , † October 26, 1852 in Berlin ) was a German painter.
Life
Hummel studied at the art academy in Kassel from 1780 to 1792 . From 1792 to 1799 he stayed in Italy , where he made friends with a number of German landscape painters who turned against the classicist style of Anton Raphael Mengs then prevailing . Artistically he devoted himself mainly to mythological topics in Rome . In 1799 he returned to Kassel for a short time, but shortly afterwards went to Berlin , where, apart from a few shorter trips, he stayed forever. There he worked as an illustrator , made copperplate engravings on Luther's life and painted portraits . What is particularly noticeable in his work is the technical precision and an overemphasis on the perspective design, which earned him the nickname "Perspective Hummel". In 1809 he was appointed professor for perspective, architecture and optics at the Berlin Art Academy . In addition, he joined the lawless society in Berlin in 1813 . In several paintings in 1831 he depicted the granite bowl erected in the Berlin Lustgarten in a precise perspective and taking reflective effects into account . He found his final resting place in Cemetery II of the Sophiengemeinde Berlin , but the grave site is no longer preserved.
Works (selection)
- Wilhelmshöhe Castle with the Habichtswald , around 1800, Neue Galerie , Kassel.
- Luther's apotheosis , around 1806, 39.8 × 41.9 cm. Angermuseum , Erfurt.
- The game of chess , around 1818/19, National Gallery , Berlin; it shows a game of chess in the Palais Voss in Wilhelmstrasse with Count Ingenheim , the son of Friedrich Wilhelm II. and Countess Voss . From left: the architect Hans Christian Genelli (with clay pipe), the archaeologist Aloys Hirt , Ingenheim, Friedrich Bury , Hummel am Fenster, Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg (half-brother of the commissioner of the picture Queen Wilhelmine of the Netherlands ).
- Chess game in the Palais Voss in Berlin , 1818, Lower Saxony State Museum .
- The granite bowl in the Berlin Lustgarten , 1831, National Gallery, Berlin.
literature
- Lionel von Donop : Hummel, Johann Erdmann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 387.
- Georg Hummel: The painter Johann Erdmann Hummel. Life and work . Leipzig 1954.
- Irmgard Wirth: Hummel, Erdmann. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-428-00191-5 , p. 52 ( digitized version ).
- Hans-Joachim Beeskow : The Berliners called him the "perspective bumblebee" . In: Berlin monthly magazine ( Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein ) . Issue 10, 1997, ISSN 0944-5560 , p. 64–67 ( luise-berlin.de - portrait: Johann Erdmann Hummel).
Web links
- Literature by and about Johann Erdmann Hummel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography and selection of works at Museumslandschaft Kassel, inventory catalog of 19th century paintings
Individual evidence
- ^ Painting in the Google Art Project
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hummel, Johann Erdmann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 11, 1769 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | kassel |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 26, 1852 |
| Place of death | Berlin |