Friedrich Fehr
Friedrich Fehr (born May 24, 1862 in Werneck , † September 29, 1927 in Polling ) was a German painter . He is considered a representative of historicism .
Life
Friedrich Fehr was born in 1862 as the son of the notary Kaspar Fehr and his wife Anna in Werneck , Lower Franconia . In Würzburg he attended the Realgymnasium and from 1878 to 1884 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich . A scholarship from the Martin von Wagner Foundation enabled him to study in Italy between 1885 and 1890 .
After 1890 Friedrich Fehr settled in Munich and founded a private painting school together with Ludwig Schmid-Reutte and Paul Nauen , from which well-known artists such as Emil Nolde , Clara Rilke-Westhoff , Hans Meyer-Kassel and Erich Kuithan emerged . (In 1897, Friedrich Fehr, the then 29-year-old Berta Roloff marries 1868 - 1957 ). In 1897, Fehr received a call to the Karlsruhe Academy . From April to July 1899, Friedrich Fehr taught the drawing and painting class based on a living model at the women's academy of the Munich Artists' Association and in the same year followed the call of professor at the Karlsruhe Academy, where he headed the painting class until it was dissolved in 1923. Wladimir Lukianowitsch von Zabotin , Wilhelm Hempfing , Margarethe von Reinken and Alexander Kanoldt were among his students during his time in Karlsruhe. From 1904 to 1919 he was also the head of the figurative painting class at the Karlsruhe School of Female Artists .
After his retirement in 1924, Fehr and his family moved to Polling , where he lived until his death on September 29, 1927. Friedrich Fehr is buried in the cemetery of the collegiate church Heilig Kreuz in Polling .
Friedrich Fehr was immortalized by Hermann Billing and Hermann Binz in the fountain on Stephanplatz in Karlsruhe .
Web links
- Literature by and about Friedrich Fehr in the catalog of the German National Library
- 03554 Friedrich Fehr, register book 1841-1884 of the Academy of Fine Arts
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Fehr, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 24, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Werneck |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 29, 1927 |
| Place of death | Polling near Weilheim |