Friedrich Remde

Friedrich Remde (born December 26, 1801 in Aschersleben , † November 19, 1878 in Weimar ) was a German portrait , genre and landscape painter .

Life

Remde initially worked in Dresden , where his famous studio picture was taken in 1834, depicting his Dresden circle of friends, including Georg Heinrich Crola , a student of Caspar David Friedrich . In the same year Remde moved to Hamburg , temporarily also working in Vienna and London .

From 1847 he lived again in Weimar, where he was appointed court painter around 1850 . In 1851 he lived there at Gerbergasse C 27. His last verifiable apartment was at Graben 39.

Pictures (selection)

The painter's studio in Dresden , oil on canvas, 1834; National Gallery Berlin
Portrait of the Hereditary Duke Carl Alexander , 1836
The embroiderer ; State Art Collections Weimar
Portrait of Grand Duke Carl Friedrich of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1783–1853) ; Weimar, City Museum in the Bertuch House

family

Friedrich Remde married Mathilde Adelheid Böhme from Dresden around 1826 (born September 15, 1810 in Dresden, † August 13, 1859 in Weimar). The couple had a son, Georg Ferdinand Joseph Remde (born March 29, 1827 in Weimar), and a daughter whose name was unknown, who was still alive in 1877.

literature

Georg Kaspar Nagler , New General Artist Lexicon , Volume 12, Munich 1842, p. 543 ( digitized version )
Constant von Wurzbach , Biographical Lexicon of the Austrian Empire , Volume 25, Vienna 1873, p. 274 ( online )
Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker, General Lexicon of Visual Artists , Volume 28, Leipzig 1934, p. 147

Individual evidence

↑ Reported by Eva Beck, Evangelical Lutheran parish Weimar
^ Address book of the residential city of Weimar 1851 , p. 22 ( digitized version )
↑ Address book for the grand ducal capital and residence city of Weimar 1876 , p. 41 ( digitized version )
↑ Illustration and description on the website of the Nationalgalerie
↑ See Lothar Ehrlich and Justus Ulbricht, Carl Alexander von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach. Erbe, Patron and Politician , Weimar 2004, pp. 129–163, Fig. 1 ( digitized version )

personal data
SURNAME	Remde, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German portrait, genre and landscape painter
DATE OF BIRTH	December 26, 1801
PLACE OF BIRTH	Aschersleben
DATE OF DEATH	November 19, 1878
Place of death	Weimar

[1] Reported by Eva Beck, Evangelical Lutheran parish Weimar

[2] Address book of the residential city of Weimar 1851 , p. 22 ( digitized version )

[3] Address book for the grand ducal capital and residence city of Weimar 1876 , p. 41 ( digitized version )

[4] Illustration and description on the website of the Nationalgalerie

[5] See Lothar Ehrlich and Justus Ulbricht, Carl Alexander von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach. Erbe, Patron and Politician , Weimar 2004, pp. 129–163, Fig. 1 ( digitized version )