Friedrich Otto Georgi
Friedrich Otto Georgi (mostly Otto Georgi ; born February 2, 1819 in Leipzig , † December 7, 1874 in Dresden ) was a German painter.
Life
He received his artistic training from his father Friedrich Traugott Georgi (1783–1838) and at the Leipzig and Dresden art academies . In 1834 he exhibited for the first time in Dresden. As a replacement for the sick Johann Jakob Frey , he took part as a draftsman in the Prussian expedition to Egypt under Richard Lepsius from 1844 to 1845 . From 1853 to 1855 he lived in Rome , then in Vorbrücke near Meißen , and from 1859 in Dresden. In 1868/69 he went on a study trip through Bavaria and Tyrol to Italy.
Inspired by his participation in the Egypt expedition, Georgi mainly painted pictures with motifs from the Orient (Egypt and Palestine), which earned him the nickname "Orient-George". He is one of the earliest German orientalists . His other oeuvre mainly includes landscapes from Saxony and the Alpine region.
On February 3, 2019, an episode of the NDR's Lieb & Teuer program was broadcast, moderated by Janin Ullmann and filmed in Reinbek Castle . A watercolor of the Colosseum in Rome by Georgie was discussed with painting expert Beate Rhenisch .
Publications
- The holy places according to original drawings from nature. Romberg, Leipzig 1854.
- Literary-artistic department of the Austrian Lloyd (Ed.): The holy places of Christianity. Taken after nature. In addition to descriptive texts. New edition. Trieste 1857.
literature
- Ernst Sigismund : Georgi, Otto (Friedrich O.) . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 13 : Gaab-Gibus . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1920, p. 427 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Karin Rhein: German oriental painting in the second half of the 19th century. Tenea, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-86504-035-7 , pp. 226-227.
- Volker Frank: Georgi, Otto . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 51, Saur, Munich a. a. 2006, ISBN 3-598-22791-4 , p. 494.
- Sabrina Bernhardt, Sören Franke: The participants of the Lepsius expedition. In: Elke Freier, Franziska Naether, Siegfried Wagner (eds.): From Naumburg to the Blue Nile. The Lepsius expedition to Egypt and Nubia. Stadtmuseum Naumburg, Naumburg 2012, pp. 36–41 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Entry on Friedrich Otto Georgi on the page of the Ancient Egyptian Dictionary
Individual evidence
- ↑ Video watercolor of the Colloseum in Rome on ndr.de
- ↑ Information about the episode on ndr.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Georgi, Friedrich Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Georgi, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1819 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 7, 1874 |
| Place of death | Dresden |