Ernst Gotthilf Bosse
Ernst Gotthilf Bosse (born August 4, 1785 in Riga , † November 27, 1862 in Florence ) was a Baltic German history and portrait painter.
Bosse was first like his father, the municipal coach Joachim Gotthilf Bosse (1742–1795), a merchant in Riga, but then decided to train as an artist, first at the drawing school of Karl August Senff in Dorpat , then at the Imperial Art Academy in St. Petersburg . In 1814 he went to the Academy of Arts in Dresden to see Josef Mathias Grassi , whom he accompanied to Rome in 1819 . In 1820 he exhibited his works in Riga. In St. Petersburg he was commissioned to make copies after Italian masters for the imperial collections; to do this he traveled to Dresden and Florence . He became an honorary member of the Accademia di San Luca in Rome, professor and member of the Accademia di Belle Arti (Florence) and honorary member of the Accademia di Belle Arti in Parma . He painted many portraits. Most recently he lived in Florence.
His two sons were also painters: Eduard Georg Bosse (1810-1859) and Harald Julius von Bosse (1812-1894).
literature
- Wilhelm Neumann : Lexicon of Baltic artists . Riga 1908. p. 20 f.
- Wilhelm Neumann : Bosses, Ernst Gotthilf . 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. 403 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- The descendants of the cantor, schoolmaster and assistant preacher at the St. Petri Congregation in St. Petersburg Sebastian Bosse (1697–1775) . Compiled by Werner Sticinsky. Edited by Alfred Schönfeldt . (= Baltic genealogical tables, special issue No. 12). Cologne 1976. p. 16.
- Valerij Kulakov: Bosses, Ernst Gotthilf . 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. 207.
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Bosse, Ernst Gotthilf. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
- Bosse, Ernst Gotthilf in the culture portal West-Ost
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bosses, Ernst Gotthilf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Baltic German history and portrait painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th August 1785 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Riga |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 27, 1862 |
| Place of death | Florence |