Erich Niedmann

Erich Niedmann (born May 26, 1868 in Munich , † January 5, 1905 in Kochel am See ), was a German painter.

Life

Hermann Friedrich Erich Niedmann, born as the second son of the Munich-based painter August Niedmann (1826–1910) and his wife Wilhelmine, née Michlenhoff, grew up in Munich and attended the Maximiliansgymnasium in Munich from 1878 to 1883 . On October 15, 1884, his entry into the class of antiques at the Munich Art Academy, where he trained as a painter in mostly scenic surroundings, is documented with figural scenes. In 1894 he moved to Kochel am See, and settled in what is now Ried. He died in Kochel at the age of only 36.

plant

Since 1892, Niedmann has sent his works to the Munich annual exhibitions in the Glaspalast, including the oil paintings Rest on the Flight and Boy with Dogs (1893), Singing Children (1895), Waldweg (1896), the pastels Am Hügel , Entenschirm and Ein Dorf (1898 ), the tempera paintings Weide and Abendläuten (1899) and two other pictures Am Wechsel (1901) and Abend (1902). The sponsoring association Galerie Markt Bruckmühl acquired his self-portrait as a hunter .

literature

• Annual report on the k. Maximilians-Gymnasium in Munich. 1878/79 (and following until 1883/84)
• 00041 Erich Niedmann, register book 1884–1920 matrikel.adbk.de : Munich, Academy dbK
• Niedmann, Erich. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 2/1, sheets 1–32: Mayer, Ludwig – Rybkowski. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1898, p. 149 ( archive.org ).
• Hyacinth Holland in: Biographisches Jahrbuch and German Nekrolog. Published by Anton Bettelheim. 15th volume. Georg Reimer, Berlin 1910.
• Hans Wolfgang Singer (Ed.): General artist lexicon. Life and works of the most famous visual artists. Prepared by Hermann Alexander Müller. Literary establishment Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt / Main. Volume 3, 1921.
• Emanuel Bénézit (Ed.): Dictionnaire Critique et Documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays. Volume 10, 1999, p. 211.
• Niedmann, August Heinrich . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 25 : Moehring – Olivié . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1931.
• Siegfried Weiß : Art career aspiration. Painter, graphic artist, sculptor. Former students of the Maximiliansgymnasium in Munich from 1849 to 1918 . Allitera Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-86906-475-8 , pp. 307-309 (Fig.).