Friedrich Hottenroth
Friedrich Hottenroth (born February 6, 1840 in Johannisberg ; † May 26, 1917 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German researcher, lithographer , painter and author .
Life
After attending grammar school, made possible by a scholarship, Hottenroth began drawing on an autodidactic basis . Between 1873 and 1877 he worked as an illustrator for Wilhelm Zimmermann's illustrated history of the German people . In 1879 he began his work on German national costumes, the richly illustrated handbook of German national costumes was followed by the three volumes on German national costumes after its completion in 1892 and up to 1902 .
Hottenroth illustrated his descriptions of the costumes himself. To do this, he went on long hikes through the villages with his drawing utensils. His last work were the old Frankfurt costumes published in 1912 . He remained unmarried all his life and died impoverished in a home for poor artists.
Publications
- Costumes, household, field and war implements of the ancient and modern peoples. 2 vols. Gustav Weise, Stuttgart 1884 & 1891 ( digitized version )
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Handbook of the German costume. With 1631 complete figures and 1391 partial figures in 271 black textiles, 30 color tables. and a title vignette. Gustav Weise, Stuttgart 1892.
- Reprint: The clothes of the Germans. Vestments and related items from the Teutons up to the end of the 19th century. All illustrations with the captions from the “Handbuch der Deutschen Tracht” (1892–1896) . Th. Schäfer, Hannover 1999, ISBN 3-88746-111-8 .
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German folk costumes, urban and rural, from XVI. Century to the beginning of the XIX. Century . 3 vols. Keller, Frankfurt a. M. 1898ff.
- Vol. 1: Folk costumes from South and Southwest Germany. 1898
- Vol. 2: Folk costumes from West and Northwest Germany. 1900
- Vol. 3: Folk costumes from North and Northeast Germany and from German Bohemia. 1902
- The Nassau national costumes. On the basis of the District Court Council a. D. Dussell collected material edit. by Friedrich Hottenroth. Publication for Nassau antiquity, Wiesbaden 1905.
- Old Frankfurt costumes from the first historical traces up to the 19th century. Keller, Frankfurt a. M. 1912.
Web links
- Biography on weindorf-johannisberg.de
- Literature by and about Friedrich Hottenroth in the catalog of the German National Library
- Friedrich Hottenroth at arthistoricum.net - digitized works in the themed portal "History of Art History"
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hottenroth, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German researcher on costumes and customs, lithographer, painter and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Johannisberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 26, 1917 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |