Friedrich Ernst Wolfrom

Friedrich Ernst Wolfrom in his studio, 1908. Photo by Ed. Frankl.

FE Wolfrom: Poseidon and the Nereids

Friedrich Ernst Wolfrom (born April 9, 1857 in Magdeburg , † July 11, 1923 in Berlin ) was a German history painter and etcher .

Live and act

He began his academic studies in 1875 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, where he also met Franz von Lenbach and then continued them at the Dresden Art Academy (with Julius Huebner ). In 1881/1882 he followed Hans Makart to Vienna, but after his death moved via Munich and Dresden to Berlin, where he settled permanently in 1892. His artistic work was extremely productive and varied on a wide range: He painted mythological and allegorical scenes, heroic landscapes, portraits, character heads and nudes, scenes from Berlin social life as well as biblical themes. In 1900 he was commissioned to paint the Bundesrat hall in the Berlin Reichstag building.

He found his final resting place in the south-west cemetery in Stahnsdorf .

Works (selection)

• Female Allegory of Music (1881)
• Figure-rich scenery in a harem (1883)
• Half-portrait of a dark-haired young lady (1885)
• Interior with Two Young Ladies at the Window (1892)
• Elégante a l'éventail [reclining female nude on the couch] (1892)
• Demon (lithographer / 1895)
• Bachanten (1896)
• Mythological scenery with Kentauers and nymphs (1898)
• Summer landscape with trees (1900)
• Venus (1901)
• Stone epitaph with flower vase (1903)
• Bouquet of roses in a vase (1910)
• Lady with a drinking bowl (1910)
• Nude Woman in a Landscape (1910)
• Nudist (1912)
• Still life with flowers, parkland in the background (1912)
• Spring nymph (act / 1913)
• Crouching female nude in a forest clearing (1913)
• The crossing (1913)
• Virgins in the Park (1914)
• Couple in Seascape (1914)
• Flower Still Life of Peonies, Tulips and Roses in Vase (1918)

Also: organ concert, siesta, Christ child, crucified Christ, Madonna, wedding of Thetis, Eve, dance, the education of Heracles, storm, hatred, lion fight, Elysium, kidnapping of Helena, the fairy tale, Heracles at the crossroads, Ixion, dream of Thetis, Rosse des Achilles, Thannhäuser, Medusa, Salome, Spring Dream, May Days, Lute Player, On the Way Home, Procession, Pheasant Enclosure, Head of a Lioness (Sculpture).

literature

• Wolfrom, Friedrich Ernst. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 2/2, sheets 33–67: Saal – Zwengauer. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1901, pp. 1036-1037 ( archive.org ).
• Maximilian rapeseed silver : Friedrich Ernst Wolfrom. A commemorative sheet for the artist's 50th birthday. Berlin 1907.
• Gustav Adolf Müller: Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland scholars, artists and writers in words and pictures. Hanover 1908.
• Dressler's art manual . Volume 2, Berlin 1921.
• Wolfrom, Friedrich Ernst . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 36 : Wilhelmy-Zyzywi . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1947, p. 224 .

Web links

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