Friedrich Wasmann
Rudolph Friedrich Wasmann (* 8. August 1805 in Hamburg , † 10. May 1886 in Merano ) was a German painter of the Biedermeier .
Life
At the age of 17, Friedrich Wasmann began training with the Hamburg painter Christoph Suhr. After years of training at the Dresden Academy of the Arts and the Munich Academy , he stayed in Merano for the first time for two years .
From 1832 to 1835 he stayed in Rome , where he met famous colleagues like Friedrich Overbeck , Joseph Anton Koch , Bertel Thorvaldsen and others and finally converted to the Catholic faith.
After six more years in Merano and Bozen , where he was in great demand as a portrait painter , he returned to Hamburg. There he met his future wife Emilie Kramer. After getting married in 1846, the young couple settled in Merano with Emilie's stepmother. In addition to portraits and landscape sketches, he also painted various religious commissioned works in the style of the Nazarenes . Some of his works hangs in the Hamburger Kunsthalle .
A street (Wasmannstraße) is named after him in the Hamburg district of Barmbek-Nord. This is right next to Emil-Janßen-Straße. Wasmann and Victor Emil Janssen met in Munich at the Academy of Fine Arts, where Janßen joined a small group of Hamburg painters. He was also a member of the Hamburg Artists' Association from 1832 .
Wasmann had written an autobiography that was edited by Bernt Grönvold from his estate. His son was the Jesuit priest and entomologist Erich Wasmann .
His tombstone is on the wall north of the Church of St. Nicholas in Meran.
Autobiography
- Friedrich Wasmann. A German artist life, described by himself . Leipzig 1915
Exhibitions (selection)
- 2019: Hamburg School - The 19th Century Rediscovered (April 12 to July 14), Hamburger Kunsthalle
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Wasmann, Rudolf Friedrich . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 53rd part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1886, pp. 133–135 ( digitized version ).
- Max Osborn , German painting of the 19th century , booklet 8, Leipzig: Seemann 1908.
- Friedrich Wasmann, a German artist's life, described by himself . published by Bernt Grönvold, Insel-Verlag, Leipzig 1915.
- Friedrich Wasmann and four other German masters of his time . Exhibition catalog 1922. With an introduction by Hans Wolff, Hegner u. Päßler, Dresden 1922.
- Gustav Pauli : The Hamburg masters of the good old days , Hyperion Verlag, Munich, 1925.
- Hans Eckstein : Exhibition review of the Bernt Grönvold Collection in the Ludwigsgalerie Munich 1931 in: Art and Artists; Illustrated monthly for fine arts and crafts, Volume 30, 1931.
- Friedrich Wasmann, His Life and Work . A contribution to the history of painting in the nineteenth century by Peter Nathan, F. Bruckmann Verlag, Munich 1954.
- Helmut R. Leppien : Light, color and moving life. In: In the light of Caspar David Friedrichs - Early open-air painting in Denmark and Northern Germany. / Baltic Light / Lumière du Nord. Catalog for the 1999/2000 exhibition in the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, the Hamburger Kunsthalle and the Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen.
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wasmann, Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wasmann, Rudolf Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Biedermeier painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1805 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 10, 1886 |
| Place of death | Meran |