Franz Molitor (painter)

Franz Molitor (born August 17, 1857 in Capellen near Koblenz , † July 19, 1929 in Ehrenbreitstein ) was a German painter.

Molitor was the son of the painter Peter Joseph Molitor (1821–1898). He studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy with Wilhelm von Schadow , Karl Ferdinand Sohn , Johann Peter Theodor Janssen , Julius Roeting and Eduard von Gebhardt . Molitor initially worked in Düsseldorf, from 1898 to the turn of the year 1927/28 in Oberlahnstein . He painted portraits , still lifes , genre and altar paintings. A portrait that he made of his father was in a collection in Koblenz. He also illustrated the volumes of the annals of the Society for Nassau Antiquity and Historical Research .

literature

• Molitor, Franz . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 25 : Moehring – Olivié . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1931.

Web links

• ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Franz Molitor ) on the website of the Lahnsteiner Altertumsverein
• Entry on Franz Molitor in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hermann Alexander Müller, Hans Wolfgang Singer: Molitor, Franz . In: General Artist Lexicon . Frankfurt a. M., Literary Institution, Rütten & Loening, 1921, p. 199 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive - here deviating September 17, 1857 as date of birth).
2. ^ Robert Bodewig : Annals of the Society for Nassau antiquity and historical research . Ed .: Association for Nassau antiquity and historical research. tape 33 , issue 1. Wiesbaden 1904, p. 1 , panels at the end of the volume ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).