Ernst Resch

Ernst Resch, painting by Ludwig Rosenfelder (1849)

Ernst Resch (born December 31, 1808 in Dresden , † September 26, 1864 in Breslau ) was a German Biedermeier painter .

Resch studied at the Dresden Academy with Moritz Retzsch and came to Breslau in 1838. He was best known as a portrait and landscape painter. In 1860 he was appointed professor in Breslau and was an active member of the Silesian Society of Friends of the Arts .

Resch was buried in the (now defunct) Great Cemetery in Breslau. Works by Resch can be found in the National Museum Warsaw , the Silesian Museum in Görlitz and the Berlin National Gallery . Some of his works were in the estate of Adalbert Wölfl , who was a pupil of his, including portrait drawings, landscape sketches and drafts of compositions. Other students of Resch were the history painter Albrecht Bräuer, who studied in his studio, and the portrait and still life painter Emil Brehmer. Another of his students was the landscape painter Adolf Dressler (1833–1881). Resch was friends with the poet August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben , whom he had met in Breslau in 1838 and of whom he made a portrait.

Works

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  1839 - portrait of children

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  1856 - Portrait of Elisabeth von Schroeter

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  1857 - Portrait of Johann Eduard von Schleinitz

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  1864 - Portrait of August Kahlert

literature

• Resch, Ernst. 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, pp. 386-387 ( archive.org ). - (Born 1808 in Dresden)
• Resch, Ernst . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 28 : Ramsden-Rosa . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1934, p. 180 .

Web links

Commons : Ernst Resch  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Portrait of Baron von Schleinitz museum-digital.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ Friedrich Müller: Resch, Ernst . In: The artists of all times and peoples or the life and works of the most famous builders, sculptors, painters, copper engravers, form cutters, lithographers etc. Ebner & Seubert, 1870, p. 357 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
2. ↑ Staff and School Notes - (Deaths) . In: Journal for the German-Austrian high schools . 15th year. Carl Gerold's Sohn, Vienna 1864, p. 739 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
3. ^ ^{A b} August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben: My life . tape 3 . Carl Rümpler, Hanover 1868, p. 48 ( books.google.de ): “[…] the painter Ernst Resch. In February he moved from Dresden, his hometown, to Breslau [...] "
4. ^ Associations and societies . In: Art Chronicle . New series, 8th year, no. 28 . EA Seemann, Leipzig June 17, 1897, Sp. 445 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive - Born on December 31, 1808 in Dresden).
5. ↑ Erwin Hintze : Bräuer, Albrecht . 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. 509-510 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
6. ↑ Erwin Hintze: Brehmer, 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. 571-572 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).