Friedrich Schaper
Friedrich Schaper (born November 13, 1869 in Braunschweig , † February 21, 1956 in Hamburg ) was a German painter and graphic artist .
Life
Friedrich Schaper came to Hamburg with his parents when he was four . From 1886 he trained as a decorative painter there. From 1889 he studied at the arts and crafts school in Hamburg, but in 1890 he switched to the art academy in Berlin .
At the urging of his mentor Alfred Lichtwark , he returned to Hamburg in 1894. Together with seven other young painters, he founded the Hamburg Art Club in the spring of 1897 . After a few years as a freelance painter, he worked as a drawing teacher from 1902. In 1903 he married Camilla Lobenstein and settled in Groß-Borstel. Friedrich Schaper was a member of the German Association of Artists . He was also a member of the Hamburg Artists' Association from 1832 .
From 1925 on, Schaper worked as a teacher at the state art school . After the end of the war he was appointed professor in 1949.
The Professional Association of Visual Artists Hamburg awarded Schaper honorary membership in 1949. A year later he could no longer pursue painting due to an eye problem. In 1951 he became an honorary member of the Hamburg Art Association . He died in 1956 in the Hamburg district of Groß Borstel . In the same year the Hamburger Kunsthalle acquired two self-portraits by Schaper from 1894 and 1949.
Friedrich Schaper was buried in the Ohlsdorf cemetery, but his tombstone can no longer be found.
Exhibitions (selection)
- 2019: Hamburg School - The 19th Century Rediscovered (April 12 to July 14), Hamburger Kunsthalle
literature
- Ernst Eitner : On Friedrich Schaper's 50th birthday . In: Hamburgische Zeitschrift für Heimatkultur , Issue 3/4, 1919, pp. 17-18 ( digitized version ).
- Schaper, Friedrich . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 4 : Q-U . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1958, p. 173 .
- Hamburg views - painters see the city , Hamburger Kunsthalle, Wienand Verlag, Cologne 2009, ISBN 978-3-86832-018-3 , p. 193.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Full members from 1903 on kuenstlerbund.de .
- ↑ Celebrity Graves .
Web links
- Works and short biography of Friedrich Schaper on galerie-herold.de (accessed on January 13, 2016)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schaper, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunschweig |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 21, 1956 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |