Fedor Encke
Fedor Encke (born November 13, 1851 in Berlin , † November 9, 1926 in Bad Sachsa ) was a German portrait and genre painter.
Fedor Encke was the son of the Berlin businessman Carl Friedrich Ferdinand Encke. The claim that he is a descendant of the connection between Countess Lichtenau and Friedrich Wilhelm II is wrong. Fedor Encke was the brother of the sculptor Erdmann Encke (1848–1896) and the uncle of the sculptor Eberhard Encke (1881–1936).
Fedor Encke studied from 1869 at the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin with Karl Gussow and from 1872 at the Grand Ducal Saxon Art School in Weimar with Theodor Hagen . He then studied in Rome and from 1879 to 1883 in Paris , at times with Mihály von Munkácsy .
Encke set up his studio in Berlin in the 1880s. He also traveled several times to France and the United States to portray many French and American celebrities, including President Theodore Roosevelt .
During his stay in Paris in 1902, Encke portrayed the bankers John H. Harjes and John Pierpont Morgan . For Morgan's portrait, Encke used a photograph by photographer Edward Steichen .
literature
- Encke, Fedor . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 10 : Dubolon – Erlwein . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1914, p. 509-510 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
- Friedrich von Boetticher : Painters works of the nineteenth century. Volume 1, 1, Dresden 1891
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Encke, Fedor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German portrait and genre painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1851 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 9, 1926 |
| Place of death | Bad Sachsa |