Friedrich Sigismund Stern

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Friedrich Sigismund Stern (born August 22 . Jul / 3. September  1812 greg. In Kuigatsi , Livonia , † May 10 jul. / 22. May  1889 greg. In Riga ) was a Baltic German painter and graphic artist.

Life

Friedrich Sigismund Stern was born on the Livonian Gut Kuigatsi (German Kuikatz ) north of Valga ( Walk ). He attended high school in Tartu ( Dorpat ). In Tartu he then studied art with Karl August Senff (1770–1838).

In 1838 the Academy of Arts in the Russian capital Saint Petersburg appointed him a freelance artist. In Tartu he was also employed as a lithographer in Georg Friedrich Schlater's (1804–1870) printing works.

From 1841 until his death, Stern taught drawing and calligraphy at the aristocratic district school in Kuressaare ( Arensburg ), and from 1865 also at the local Progymnasium . In 1845 he made trips to Italy and Switzerland .

Stern is buried today in the cemetery of Kudjape ( Kudjapäh ) on the island of Saaremaa ( Ösel ).

plant

Friedrich Sigismund Stern was best known for his album Oeselscher Bauerntrachten . It was published between 1856 and 1871 (reprinted in 1914). In his lithographs, Stern depicts the folkloric clothing of the parishes on the island with great detail . In addition, he stood out with paintings and drawings of the Baltic landscape. Stern's series of pictures about Livonia (1833 and 1838) and the architectural monuments of Saaremaa achieved a high level of awareness. He was influenced by classicism .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ also Friedrich Si (e) gmund Stern
  2. ↑ http://www.utlib.ee/ekollekt/bskunst/de/stern.htm
  3. ↑ Eesti elulood. Tallinn: Eesti entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti entsüklopeedia 14), ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 489
personal data
SURNAME Stern, Friedrich Sigismund
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stern, Friedrich Sigmund; Stern, Friedrich Siegmund
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Baltic German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH September 3, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Kuigatsi , Livonia
DATE OF DEATH May 22, 1889
Place of death Riga , Livonia