Franz Kels

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Franz Kels , also Franz Peter Kels , baptismal name Franciscus Laurentius Hubertus Keltz (born December 25, 1828 in Düsseldorf , † April 20, 1893 ibid), was a German portrait and genre painter from the Düsseldorf School .

Life

Illustration in the magazine Die Gartenlaube (1873) based on Kels' drawing for the painting Excursion of the Artists (1864)

Kels, born in Düsseldorf- Derendorf as the only child of Franz Ferdinand Kels (* 1800) and Franziska Sybilla Gertrud Korff (* 1803), attended the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1844 to 1855 , initially in the construction and plaster classes, and from 1847 in Karl's class Ferdinand son , who trained him to be a portrait painter. From 1850 he turned to genre painting. From 1851 he was a student of Wilhelm von Schadow , from 1854 his master class . In the summer of 1848 Kels was one of the founding members of the Malkasten artists' association , of which he remained until 1883. Kels lived as a freelance painter in Düsseldorf. He became known for his late romantic inspired genre representations from Rhenish-Westphalian folk life. His main works include The Painter in Village (1855), Westphalian Peasant Wedding (1856) and Excursion of the Artists (1864) .

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SURNAME Kels, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kels, Franz Peter (full name); Keltz, Franciscus Laurentius Hubertus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German portrait and genre painter from the Düsseldorf School
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1828
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 1893
Place of death Dusseldorf