Frida von Itzenplitz
Frida Countess von Itzenplitz (born September 16, 1869 in Herzberg near Exin , Province of Posen , † September 24, 1921 in Danzig ) was a German painter .
life and work
She was a daughter of Friedrich Joseph Johann Karl, Count von Itzenplitz and Marie, Countess von Hacke . Itzenplitz was a student of Ludwig Dettmann in Berlin and Königsberg from 1900. She also studied in Munich and Paris. She toured Sweden, Denmark, England, Tunisia, Morocco and Italy. She was known for her atmospheric landscapes and still lifes . She also painted cityscapes of Danzig, u. a. of the port of Gdańsk. Her pastose still lifes and pictures of animals (including chickens and black grouse) were shown at all Gdańsk exhibitions of the time. The German Emperor Wilhelm II bought the picture "Gate to the Olivaer Schlossgarten". Her work also includes brightly colored watercolors with southern landscape motifs (Roman Campagna, Capri, Girgenti, Taormina, Algiers, Tunis, etc.), and she painted a triptych , the altarpiece of the church in Exin. After her death, a memorial exhibition was held in Gdansk. She was married to Paul von Zitzewitz .
Catalogs
- Danzig artists in the painful chamber, 1921
literature
- Frida Countess von Itzenplitz. In: Ulrich Thieme, Felix Becker and others: General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present. Volume 19/20, Ingouville to Knilling, EA Seemann Verlag, p. 274 ff.
Individual evidence
- ^ Frida Countess von Itzenplitz - wwperson.informatik.uni-erlangen.de
- ↑ Ulrich Thieme, Felix Becker and others: General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present. Volume 19/20, Ingouville to Knilling, EA Seemann Verlag, p. 274 ff.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Itzenplitz, Frida von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Itzenplitz, Frida Countess von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 16, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Herzberg near Exin , Province of Poznan |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 24, 1921 |
| Place of death | Danzig |