Friedrich Perlberg

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Johann Friedrich Perlberg (born April 24, 1848 in Nuremberg , † February 14, 1921 in Munich ) was a German architecture and landscape painter .

Life

Church of Our Lady and Beautiful Fountain in Nuremberg , painting by Friedrich Perlberg, before 1921

Friedrich Perlberg was the son of the painter Georg Christian Perlberg (1806–1884). His brother was the painter Georg Christoph Perlberg (1841–1871).

From 1868 to 1875 he studied architecture and landscape painting at the Nuremberg School of Applied Arts and in Paris. His main place of work was in Munich, but he also painted in Italy and Spain, and above all in the Orient.

In 1896 he made a trip to Egypt , Nubia and Sudan . In 1898 he was part of the train of Kaiser Wilhelm II's trip to the Holy Land . His watercolors were often reproduced as postcards .

He also painted landscapes in the United States that were created on his trip through North America, for example two watercolors showing views of the Grand Canyon or the Colorado River and with English The grand Canon of the Colorado, showing amphitheater and sculptured buttes and English Water basin are designated in Gypsu Colorado .

Grave of Friedrich Perlberg in Munich, forest cemetery , old part.

Works (selection)

Books

  • My journey through Egypt, Nubia and Sudan. In: The Art of Our Time. 8, 1897, pp. 33-56 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • Pictures from the Holy Land (approx. 1900 with 30 watercolors).
  • The Holy Land in words and pictures. Explanatory text by Joseph Schmitzberger, Munich 1924 (48 watercolors).
  • My trip through North America. (Publication date unknown)

literature

  • Perlberg, Friedrich (Fredy). In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 2/1, sheets 1–32: Mayer, Ludwig – Rybkowski. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1898, p. 237 ( archive.org ).
  • America 49 original watercolors from nature painted by Friedrich Perlberg . Rudolf Bangel, Munich 1894, OCLC 920715186 .
  • Perlberg, Friedrich . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 26 : Olivier – Pieris . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1932, p. 419 .
  • Horst Ludwig: Munich painter in the 19th century Volume 3: Lacher-Ruprecht. Bruckmann, Munich 1982, p. 262.
  • Erika Günther: The fascination of the foreign: the picturesque orientalism in Germany. Lit, Münster 1990, p. 169.
  • Martina Haja, Günther Wimmer: Les orientalistes des écoles allemande et autrichienne. ACR Edition, 2000, p. 120 ff.
  • Manfred H. Grieb (Hrsg.): Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon. Visual artists, artisans, scholars, collectors, cultural workers and patrons from the 12th to the middle of the 20th century. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-091296-8 , p. 1125.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Manfred H. Grieb (Ed.): Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon. Visual artists, artisans, scholars, collectors, cultural workers and patrons from the 12th to the middle of the 20th century. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-091296-8 , p. 1126 ( books.google.de ).
  2. ^ Friedrich Perlberg - Large landscape from the Colorado valley . In: paintings by recent masters, sculptures, furniture, porcelain, faience. Contributions from other private collections - old and new paintings, furniture, European and Chinese porcelain from the 18th century, applied arts . Rudolf Lepke, Berlin 1937, p. 39–40 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive - In the 1937 auction catalog).
personal data
SURNAME Perlberg, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Perlberg, Johann Friedrich (full name); Perlberg, Fredy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architecture and landscape painter
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH February 14, 1921
Place of death Munich