Friedrich Boser

The picture show by the Düsseldorf artists in the gallery hall , 1844 - including Bose's self-portrait as the person on the right-hand side of the picture looking at the viewer

The Düsseldorf artists' bird shooting in the Grafenberg Forest , 1844 - in it another self-portrait by Bose second from the right

Friedrich Boser in his studio , illustration by Wilhelm Camphausen in the artist album Schattenseiten der Düsseldorfer Maler , 1845

Karl Friedrich Adolf Boser , also Carl Friedrich Adolf Boser (born November 13, 1809 in Halbau , Kingdom of Saxony , † January 28, 1881 in Düsseldorf ), was a German genre and portrait painter from the Düsseldorf School .

Life

Boser first attended the academies of Dresden (1826-1832) and Berlin (1834-1836). In 1837/1838 he moved to the 2nd class of history painting at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . From 1841 to 1843 he studied genre and portrait painting there, where he was from then on primarily active. From 1848 to 1881 he was a member of the artists' association Malkasten . He became close friends with the Düsseldorf landscape painters Andreas Achenbach and Carl Friedrich Lessing . Boser sent various exhibitions. His paintings were awarded a medal in London in 1863 and bronze medals in 1871 and 1872. Many of his pictures found their way to the United States, where he was counted among the well-known German genre painters in an obituary in 1881. In the mid-1840s, the painter Wilhelm Camphausen portrayed Friedrich Boser in his studio on a copper engraving.

Work (selection)

As early as 1843, Boser was recognized as an important genre and portrait painter at the Düsseldorf School. Boser attached great importance to fine painting and detailed design of the subjects. He also tried his hand at literary material. His friendship galleries and the pictures that captured excerpts from the social life of the Düsseldorf School of Painting are of particular art historical significance . At Boser's friendship galleries, the sitter was involved in a ritual in which he authenticated his friendship with his signature and a dedication.

• Friendship gallery of 57 individual portraits from the Düsseldorf School of Painting and its friends , 1835–1845, including a self-portrait , around 1840 (No. 32), Museum Kunstpalast
• Half-length portrait of Rudolf von Schadow , 1841, private collection ( Brione sopra Minusio )
• Half-length portrait Sophie von Schadow , 1842, private collection (Brione sopra Minusio)
• Friendship gallery of 26 individual portraits of Düsseldorf painting students and their friends , 1844, Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf
• The picture show of the Düsseldorf artists in the gallery hall , 1844, Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf
• The Düsseldorf artists' bird shooting in the Grafenberg Forest , 1844 (together with Carl Friedrich Lessing, exhibited in 1849 for the opening of the Düsseldorf Gallery New York ), New York Historical Society
• The bride who received the present, 1847

literature

• Friedrich Müller: The artists of all times and peoples , Verlag von Ebner & Seubert, Stuttgart 1857, first volume (A – E), p. 174 ( digitized version ).
• Hermann Alexander Müller : Biographisches Künstler-Lexikon , Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1882, p. 67 ( digitized version ).
• Friedrich von Boetticher : painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history . Volume 1, Dresden 1891, p. 129.
• Ernst Sigismund : Boser, Friedrich . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 4 : Bida – Brevoort . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1910, p. 394 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Ines Geschwandtner: Boser . In: Hans Paffrath (Ed.): Lexicon of the Düsseldorfer Malerschule 1819–1918. Volume 1: Abbema – Gurlitt. Published by the Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf in the Ehrenhof and by the Paffrath Gallery. Bruckmann, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-7654-3009-9 , pp. 175 ff. With three color illustrations, no. 183-185 ( JPG ).

Web links

Commons : Friedrich Boser  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Friedrich Boser , auction results on the portal artnet.de
• Friedrich Boser in his studio (copperplate engraving by Wilhelm Camphausen, 1845) on the harvardartmuseum.org portal
• Boser, Friedrich , data set in the portal deutschefotothek.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ Bettina Baumgärtel : The picture show of the Düsseldorf artists in the gallery room, 1844 . In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Hrsg.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international impact 1819–1918 . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , Volume 2, p. 37 (Catalog No. 18)
2. ↑ Bettina Baumgärtel: The Düsseldorf artists' bird shooting in the Grafenberg Forest, 1844 . In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Ed.), Volume 2, p. 42 f. (Catalog No. 21)
3. ^ Katharina Bott: The Schadow album of the Düsseldorf academy students from 1851 . CoCon-Verlag, Hanau 2009, ISBN 978-3-93777-459-6 , p. 167
4. ↑ The American Art Review , Vol. 2, No. 7 May 1881, p. 48 ( digitized version )
5. ^ Henry Ritter , Wilhelm Camphausen : Downsides of the Düsseldorf painters, together with shortened views of their last achievements . Julius Buddeus (Düsseldorf), Herring & Remington (London), Goupil & Vibert (Paris), 1845. - Cf.: Bettina Baumgärtel (ed.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its International Impact 1819–1918 . Volume 2, Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , p. 64 (catalog no. 38-3)
6. ^ Wilhelm Füssli : The most important cities on the Middle and Lower Rhine in the German area, with reference to old and new works of architecture, sculpture and painting . Continuation of the book Zurich and the most important cities on the Rhine . Second volume, Verlag des literar Comptoirs, Zurich and Winterthur 1842, p. 634 ( online at Google Books )
7. ↑ Patrick Bahners: The happiness of the silent breeders . Article from December 20, 2011 in the faz.net portal , accessed on December 14, 2014
8. ^ Bettina Baumgärtel: Friedrich Boser: Friendship gallery of 57 individual portraits of the Düsseldorf painting students and their friends, 1835–1845 . In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Hrsg.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international impact 1819–1918 , Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, Volume 2, p. 28 ff. (Catalog No. 13)
9. ^ Bettina Baumgärtel: Friedrich Boser: Friendship gallery of 26 individual portraits of the Düsseldorf School of Painting and their friends with a picture show of the Düsseldorf artists in the gallery room of the Academy (1844) . In Bettina Baumgärtel (ed.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its International Radiance 1819–1918 , Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, Volume 2, p. 30 f. (Figure 10)
10. ^ Picture show of Düsseldorf artists in the gallery hall  in the German Digital Library , accessed on December 14, 2014
11. ^ Picture show of Düsseldorf artists in the gallery room , website in the portal duesseldorf.de , accessed on December 14, 2014
12. ^ Bettina Baumgärtel: Friedrich Boser: The picture show of the Düsseldorf artists in the gallery hall . In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Ed.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its International Radiation 1819–1918 , Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, Volume 2, p. 37 ff. (Catalog No. 18)
13. ^ Bettina Baumgärtel: Friedrich Boser: The bird shooting of the Düsseldorf artists in the Grafenberg forest, 1844 . In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Ed.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its International Radiance 1819–1918 , Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, Volume 2, p. 42 f. (Catalog No. 21)
14. ↑ Bird shoot of the Düsseldorf Artists at the Grafenberg , view and data sheet in the portal digitalcollections.nyhistory.org ( New-York Historical Society )
15. ^ Friedrich Boser: "The gifted bride", Düsseldorf 1847 , website in the portal antiquitaeten-baumann.de , accessed on December 14, 2014