Friedrich Schaarschmidt (painter)

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Friedrich Schaarschmidt (born February 4, 1863 in Bonn , † June 12, 1902 in Böblingen ) was a German landscape and figure painter of the Düsseldorf School , curator and art writer.

Life

Schaarschmidt was born in Bonn as the son of the historian of philosophy and head of the Bonn University Library, Professor Carl Schaarschmidt (1822–1908). From 1880 to 1889 he studied painting at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . There were Hugo Crola , Peter Janssen d. Ä. and Wilhelm Sohn , temporarily also Eduard Gebhardt and Carl Ernst Forberg , his teachers. As a practicing artist, Schaarschmidt turned to open-air painting . He often decorated his landscape paintings with figures in antique robes.

At the request of Peter Janssen the Elder Ä. Schaarschmidt was appointed curator of the art collection of the Düsseldorf Academy in 1893 as the successor to Theodor Levin . As such, he also taught. He also began to make a name for himself as an art writer and as a contributor to the art magazine Die Kunst für alle . The work on the history of Düsseldorf art , which was published in 1902 by the art association for the Rhineland and Westphalia , is considered to be his most important work . He was also a member of the Düsseldorf Masonic Lodge Rose and Acacia .

Serious ailment caused him to go to Böblingen near Stuttgart in 1901 to recover. There he died at the age of 39. Hermann Board was appointed as his successor as curator of the art collections, as librarian and secretary of the art academy .

Works (selection)

painting

  • Reich Chancellor Prince Bismarck , Bremen General Art Exhibition 1890
  • Faun and Nymphs , Berlin International Art Exhibition 1891
  • Summer , Great Berlin Art Exhibition 1895
  • On the Posilipp , Berlin international art exhibition 1896
  • Capri , Great Berlin Art Exhibition 1897
  • Friedrich Schaarschmidt, self-portrait in 17th century garb, emptying a glass , etching, around 1900
  • Vieni , figure painting
  • Capri , landscape painting
  • Motif of a chapel with windows , watercolor

Writings, magazine articles

  • Gabriel Ritter von Grupello and his bronze statuette of Elector Johann Wilhelm in the Jägerhof in Düsseldorf . Düsseldorf 1896
  • Princely portraits in the painting collection of the Kgl. Art Academy in Düsseldorf . In: Contributions to the history of the Lower Rhine. Yearbook of the Düsseldorf History Association. Eleventh volume, Düsseldorf 1897, pp. 28–63 ( digitized version )
  • In memory of Jakobe von Baden , Duchess of Jülich-Cleve-Berg, died on September 3, 1597 . Düsseldorf 1897
  • Eduard von Gebhardt (On the artist's sixtieth birthday, June 13, 1898) . In: Art for everyone. Issue 17, June 1, 1898, p. 257 ( digitized version )
  • The Düsseldorf Artists' Association in 1899 . In: Art for everyone . Issue 16, May 15, 1899, p. 246 f. ( Digitized version )
  • Fritz Roeber . In: Art for everyone. Issue 9, February 1, 1901, pp. 201–207 ( digitized version)
  • Directory of the paintings of the Kgl. Art Academy in Düsseldorf . Dusseldorf 1901
  • From art and life. Studies and travel pictures . Munich 1901 ( digitized version )
  • On the history of Düsseldorf art, especially in the XIX. Century . Art Association for the Rhineland and Westphalia, Düsseldorf 1902 ( digitized 1 , digitized 2 , digitized 3 )

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wolfgang Hütt : Die Düsseldorfer Malerschule 1819–1869 . Verlag EA Seemann, Leipzig 1995, p. 267
personal data
SURNAME Schaarschmidt, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German landscape and figure painter from the Düsseldorf School, conservator and art writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 4, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn
DATE OF DEATH June 12, 1902
Place of death Boeblingen