Friedrich Martersteig

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Family in parental dining room
Luther's entry into Worms
Family burial site in the Weimar main cemetery

Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Martersteig , also Mardersteig (born March 11, 1814 in Weimar ; † September 6, 1899 there ), was a German history and genre painter and drawing teacher. He himself changed his name to Mardersteig in 1874.

Life

Friedrich Martersteig received art lessons at the free drawing school in Weimar from 1822 . A training grant from Weimar Grand Duke Carl Friedrich then enabled him to study at the Dresden Art Academy (1829-1834), where he was taught by Ludwig Richter . Martersteig made copies of Old Masters in the Dresden Picture Gallery as part of his studies. His studies at the Düsseldorf Art Academy between 1834 and 1838 were also financed by a training grant . There he was a student of Carl Ferdinand Sohn , Theodor Hildebrandt and Friedrich Wilhelm von Schadow .

From 1838 to 1848 Martersteig stayed in Paris to continue his artistic studies. There he was a student in Paul Delaroche's studio and in Ary Scheffer 's studio . This was followed by multiple participation in the Paris Salon and the Berlin Academy Exhibition (1844–1850).

In 1848 Martersteig finally returned to Weimar. During this time he was in contact with the emigrated Duchess of Orléans . He also made an oil painting for the Wartburg on behalf of the Weimar Grand Duke . In 1849 he was made a full member of the Prussian Academy of the Arts and finally appointed professor by the Weimar Grand Duke. From 1853 to 1884 Martersteig was a drawing teacher at the grand ducal Sophienstift in Weimar. In 1862 he was appointed President of the German Art Cooperative .

Works (selection)

  • The birth of Bernhard von Weimar , 1840, whereabouts unknown
  • Arnold, de Melchtal (Histoire de la Suisse par Muller, et de Guillaume Tell) , 170 × 220 cm, whereabouts unknown
  • Portrait of Paul Delaroche , drawing, 1843, family property?
  • La rencontre à la Fontaine (Tiré du poème d'Hermann et Dorthée de Goethe) , 96 × 76 cm, whereabouts unknown
  • Adieux de Dorothée aux fugitifs , 90 × 100, whereabouts unknown
  • Entry of Duke Bernhard of Saxony into Breisach , whereabouts unknown
  • Protestation des Etats évangéliques à la diète d'Augsbourg, le May 1, 1530 , whereabouts unknown
  • The transfer of the Augsburg Confession in 1530 , 1845, whereabouts unknown
  • Handover of Breisach to Duke Bernhard von Weimar , 1845, whereabouts unknown
  • Luther, as he said on Oct. zu Wittenberg posts 95 sentences against indulgences , whereabouts unknown
  • Bernhard's prayer after the battle of Rheinfelden , 1847, whereabouts unknown
  • Luther at the Reichstag in Worms , 1847, oil / canvas, 156 × 274 cm, private collection, most recently: Kunsthandel, Sotheby's London, L10101, June 2, 2010
  • Huss in front of the Concilium in Constanz , whereabouts unknown
  • Luther, as he did on December 10th. 1520 the bull burned , whereabouts unknown
  • Paris Barricades , 1848, oil / canvas, 103 × 169 cm, Weimar, Weimar Art Collections, G 1132
  • Luther addressed by the knight Frundsberg before entering the Reichstag in Worms: “Little monk, you walk a difficult walk” , 1849, oil / canvas, 58 × 92 cm, whereabouts unknown
  • Marguerite, two copies after Ary Scheffer , whereabouts unknown

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kathrin DuBois: Friedrich Wilhelm Martersteig: Paris Barricades, 1848 . In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Ed.) 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. 308 (Catalog No. 258).
personal data
SURNAME Martersteig, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Martersteig, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German history and genre painter and drawing teacher
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH Weimar
DATE OF DEATH September 6, 1899
Place of death Weimar