Friedrich Carl Mayer
Friedrich Carl Mayer (born January 3, 1824 in Tölz , † January 24, 1903 in Munich ; also quoted as: Friedrich Karl Mayer ) was a German painter .
Life
Mayer attended the Munich Art Academy from 1844 to 1848 , trained under the architects Mezger and August von Voit and the painters Joseph Schlotthauer and Clemens von Zimmermann and, after a long study trip, settled in Nuremberg , where he became professor for ornament drawing at the School of Applied Arts in 1855 .
For his architectural paintings he usually took the motifs from Nuremberg and Augsburg . He liked to depict interiors and placed particular emphasis on strict drawing and correct representation of the details with fine lighting from incident sunlight.
tomb
The tomb of Frederick Mayer is on the old southern cemetery in Munich (burial ground 39 - Series 2 - 11th) Location .
Major works
- Sacrament house of the Lorenz Church in Nuremberg
- Sebaldus tomb
- City hall of Braunschweig
- Choir of the Augsburg Cathedral
- Part from the Magdeburg Cathedral
- Bridal gate of the Sebalduskirche in Nuremberg
- Ulm Minster
- Exit to the town hall in Görlitz
- Halberstadt Cathedral
- Inside of the Frauenkirche in Munich .
Mayer also supplied designs for handicrafts.
literature
- Hyacinth Holland : Mayer, Friedrich Carl . In: Anton Bettelheim (Ed.): Biographisches Jahrbuch und deutscher Nekrolog , Volume 8 (1903), Berlin: Reimer 1905, pp. 97-99 in the Google Book Search USA
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mayer, Friedrich Carl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mayer, Friedrich Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1824 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toelz |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 24, 1903 |
| Place of death | Munich |