Franz Adam (painter)

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Franz Adam
Painting "The stable boy" , 1860

Franz Adam (born May 4, 1815 in Milan , † September 30, 1886 in Munich ) was a German battle and horse painter and lithographer .

Life

The second son of the painter Albrecht Adam took part in his father's work at an early age. This collaboration was maintained until the father's death in 1862.

He took part in the campaign of 1849 in northern Italy, published his studies from the same in lithography and in 1850 traveled to the battlefields of Hungary on behalf of Emperor Franz Joseph . For this he painted the battles of Custozza and Temesvár and several life-size equestrian portraits. In 1859 he again took part in the Sardinian War in northern Italy and then settled in Munich , where he painted, among other things, the battle of Solferino and the retreat of the French from Russia .

In the period up to 1870 he particularly cultivated the image of sports. The French War gave his art a new impetus, and he was primarily able to use the dramatic power of his portrayal and the richness of his coloring in the two depictions of the cavalry, archery and spearmen attack near Floing in the battle of Sedan and in the battle of Bavaria around the embankment near Orléans (since April 2019 in the possession of the Norwegian art collector Ørjan Larsen), which are among the most excellent newer battle pictures, fully prove their worth.

tomb

Grave of Franz Adam on the old southern cemetery in Munich location

The grave of Franz Adam is located in the old southern cemetery in Munich (grave field 27 - row 1 - place 25/26) location . His father Albrecht Adam 1786–1862 and his brothers Benno Adam (1812–1892), Eugen Adam (1817–1880) are also in this grave .

Works (selection)

  • Portrait of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria at the age of 26, on horseback - together with his father Albrecht, 1856. Oil on canvas, 389 × 339 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna.
  • Imperial and Royal Troops encamped near an Italian village , 1870. Oil on canvas, 105 × 153 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna.
  • Attack of the kk troops on Mortara (province of Pavia) Feldzeugmeister d'Aspre attacks with 30 guns , undated, 50 × 72 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna.

literature

Web links

Commons : Franz Adam  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heinrich Pallmann: Adam, Franz . 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. 61 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  2. ↑ Norges største museum for art, architecture and design. Retrieved April 19, 2019 (Norwegian).
  3. ^ Manfried Rauchsteiner , Manfred Litscher: The Heeresgeschichtliche Museum in Vienna. Verlag Styria, Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-222-12834-0 , p. 49.
personal data
SURNAME Adam, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German battle and horse painter and lithographer
DATE OF BIRTH May 4, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH Milan
DATE OF DEATH September 30, 1886
Place of death Munich