Ferdinand Max Bredt
Ferdinand Max Bredt , signature FM Bredt (* 7. June 1860 in Leipzig , † 8. June 1921 in Ruhpolding ), was a German painter of Orientalism .
Life
Bredt first completed an apprenticeship in bookselling in Stuttgart . In 1877 he began studying painting at the Royal Art School there with Bernhard von Neher and Carl von Häberlin . In 1880 he switched to Wilhelm von Lindenschmit the Younger's at the Munich Academy . In the following years he developed a rich travel activity, which led him to Italy and Greece , Turkey and Tunisia , among others .
In 1892 he was a founding member of the Munich Secession . In 1897 he settled in Ruhpolding . The painter Eduard Bauer-Bredt became his son-in-law in 1919 and also lived in Ruhpolding.
Bredt created a series of harem scenes and odalisques , besides also landscapes and symbolic scenes in an academic embossed colourism . In his late work the brushstroke becomes looser and broader, his painting style more open and moderately modern.
Works (selection)
In a courtyard, Tunis
Serenade in the harem
Queen of the Harem
Pleasure of the senses and peace of mind
The bathers, 1911
Playmates, 1916
Last rays of the sun
literature
- Bredt, Ferdinand Max . 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. 564 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Karin Rhein: German oriental painting in the second half of the 19th century: development and characteristics. Tenea Verlag für Medien, Berlin 2003 ISBN 3-86504-035-7 , p. 224.
Web links
- Bredt at The Atenaeum
- Numerous images at tuttartpitturasculturapoesiamusica.com
Individual evidence
- ^ List of members of the Association of Visual Artists in Munich (AV) In: Memorandum of the Association of Visual Artists Munich. cit. 1892, p. 7 ( urn : nbn: de: bvb: 255-dtl-0000000021 ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bredt, Ferdinand Max |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bredt, FM |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German orientalist painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 8, 1921 |
| Place of death | Ruhpolding |