Eugene Adam
Eugen Adam (born January 22, 1817 in Munich ; † June 6, 1880 ibid) was a German history , genre and battle painter .
Life
Eugen Adam, the third son of the painter Albrecht Adam . Like his brothers, he was taught painting by his father. In his youth he lithographed many of his father's paintings. Later, as a battle painter , he dealt with particularly warlike episodes and genre scenes , for which he had collected studies during the Italian campaign in 1848 and 1849. He stayed in Italy until 1856 and then painted pictures in Munich from war, folk and hunting life, most recently from the Franco-German War .
Together with his brother Franz , he published souvenir sheets of the Italian campaign drawn on stone, which were printed by his brother Julius , who was a lithographer .
In the spring of 1880 he painted his last painting, A Shepherd Praying Before a Crucifix. He died in Munich on June 6, 1880. The collection of over 200 sheets of hand drawings from the Franco-German War was acquired from his estate by the Bavarian state for the royal cabinet of copper engravings.
literature
- Hyacinth Holland : Adam, Eugen . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 45, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1900, pp. 689-693.
- Eberhard Hanfstaengl: Adam, Eugen. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 52 ( digitized version ).
- Eugene Adam . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 1, Seemann, Leipzig 1983, ISBN 3-598-22741-8 , p. 282.
- Eugene Adam . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 1 : Aa – Antonio de Miraguel . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1907, p. 60-61 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
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SURNAME | Adam, Eugene |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German battle painter |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 22, 1817 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
DATE OF DEATH | June 6, 1880 |
Place of death | Munich |