Franz Gräßel

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Franz Xaver Gräßel (born November 24, 1861 in Obersasbach in Baden , † March 4, 1948 in Emmering ) was a German painter who was best known as a genre painter .

Life

Gräßel grew up on a mill near Obersasbach and first attended the high school in neighboring Achern . 1878-1884 he studied at the art academy in Karlsruhe with Conrad Hoff up to the master craftsman department, where he mainly turned to the genre and portrait subject.

Ducks (1903)

In 1885 he was appointed to teach at St. Stephen's High School in Strasbourg . 1886–1890, after study trips, he continued his studies with Wilhelm von Lindenschmit at the Academy in Munich .

In the 1880s, his pictures predominated with motifs from home and rural areas. Because of his preference for the peasant genre and for poultry, he was called the “duck painter”. However, Gräßel also used portrait and landscape painting .

Since 1900 he lived in Emmering near Fürstenfeldbruck, where a number of artists had settled who became known as the "Bruck painters". In 1901 he married Wilhelmine "Minna" Auguste Müller (1850–1931). When the Bruck artists' association was founded in 1924, Gräßel became its honorary chairman.

In 1911 Gräßel was appointed royal academy professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich by Prince Regent Luitpold .

Gräßel's works are in the possession of important collections such as the National Gallery in Berlin , the Bavarian State Painting Collections , the Municipal Galleries in Munich, Nuremberg and Freiburg.

Awards

  • 1888 Medal from the Academy in Munich
  • 1897 gold medal in Munich for the genre picture “At work”, which shows his three sisters in the Black Forest parlor at home.
  • 1903 silver medal in Salzburg
  • 1909 gold medal in Munich
  • 1910 gold medal at the international exhibition in Buenos Aires

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Kössler: Franz Gräßel. In: Personal dictionary of teachers of the 19th century. Professional biographies from school annual reports and school programs 1825 - 1918 with lists of publications. Volume 7, Gabel - Guzy. Preprint. Giessen Electronic Library 2008. Giessen University Library, December 18, 2007, accessed on September 8, 2017 .
  2. ^ Registration of the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich
  3. ^ Brigitte Regulator-Bellinger : Families Detzner and Müller .
personal data
SURNAME Gräßel, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gräßel, Franz Xaver
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Sasbach
DATE OF DEATH March 4, 1948
Place of death Emmering (Fürstenfeldbruck district)