Friedrich Wilhelm Heine
Friedrich Wilhelm Heine (born March 25, 1845 in Leipzig , † August 27, 1921 in Milwaukee , Wisconsin , USA ) was a German artist, copper and steel engraver , book illustrator and designer , war correspondent and painter, and an American entrepreneur and teacher. He was one of the founders of the Society of Milwaukee Artists, better known as "Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors".
Among other things, Heine created large-format battles - paintings from various wars of the 19th century in Europe and the United States. While his early works exemplarily show a fine brushstroke with neatly formulated details , his more recent works merge into more general and tonal painting .
Live and act
At the age of 14, Friedrich Wilhelm Heine began his apprenticeship as a copper and steel engraver. He later attended the University of Leipzig and the Weimar Academy . From 1861 to 1866 he worked as a book illustrator and designer.
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During the German war between the Kingdom of Prussia and the Austrian monarchy was he a war correspondent and elevation draftsman in the service of the Prussian army . In the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/1871 he worked as a field painter; a number of the drawings were converted into woodcuts and published in the illustrated journal Die Gartenlaube in 1871 .
In the mid-1870s, Heine visited Hanover and observed what was happening around the military riding institute there . The woodcut drawings were published in Eduard Hallberger's illustrated weekly newspaper Über Land und Meer in 1877 .
In 1885, due to his reputation as a war painter, Heine was invited to Milwaukee and asked to oversee the design of the paintings that were created at the American Panorama Company , 628 Wells Street. At the same time he was one of about 20 German artists who were commissioned to paint the Battle of Chattanooga and the Battle of Atlanta .
In 1887, Heine and August Löhr (1843–1919) acquired the American Panorama Company's studio on Wells Street. The two founded the Lohr and Heine Panorama Company and created the panorama painting Jerusalem on the Day of the Crucifixion , in German " Jerusalem on the day of the crucifixion " or " Good Friday ". In the following year, 1888, two more artists joined with Imre Boos and Paul Zabel, and the company was renamed the Milwaukee Panorama Company. Now the major work Christ's Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem was created , in German " Jesus Christ 's triumphal entry into Jerusalem". In total, Wells Street Studio produced at least eight panoramic paintings.
Also in 1888, Friedrich Wilhelm Heine founded the Heine School of Art , a studio in which watercolors and engravings were made, and in which costumed models were available. The location of the teaching studio was the Iron Block Building, a preferred meeting place for local artists.
In 1895 Heine "Sasse" (member) of the Schlaraffia of Milwaukee; as a “knight Wippchen” he adorned the Schlaraffen- “Reych” Badger Castle with works of art that have been preserved. In the entrance hall there is a mural with a self-portrait and the artist's coat of arms . A large oil painting of Charles Bridge in Prague hangs in the ceremonial hall , various allegories can be seen on wall paintings , and ten watercolors show the path from the old pilgrim fathers to the knights of the Schlaraffen.
In 1898, after the end of the Spanish-American War 1895–1898, Heine traveled to San Francisco with Löhr, Peter, Rohrbeck and Biberstein to paint the battle in the Bay of Manila .
In 1900, Heine and the artist George Peter visited Jerusalem and sketched the interior of churches there . The murals made from these designs were exhibited at the 1904 World Exhibition in Louisiana .
In 1908 Heine traveled to Door County in Wisconsin and Muir Woods in California and recorded his impressions in numerous watercolors.
Fonts (selection)
- Nine different writings from the period from 1870 to 1874 by the “field painter” Heine from the time around the Franco-German War are printed in the journal Die Gartenlaube .
Awards
- In 2010 Friedrich Wilhelm Heine was posthumously honored with the Wisconsin Visual Art Lifetime Achievement Award .
Exhibitions (selection)
Solo exhibitions
- 1921: Watercolors of American landscape sceneries in the Historical Museum in Leipzig
Group exhibitions
- 1900: Early annuals of Society of Milwaukee Artists
- 1918: Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors Exhibition
- 1921: Milwaukee Art Institute, Wisconsin: The Works of Wisconsin Artists and Crafters
- 1981: University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee : Society of Milwaukee Artists 1900–1913
- 1989: West Bend Gallery of Fine Arts (now known as Museum of Wisconsin Art, (MoWA)), West Bend, Wisconsin: German Academic Painters in Wisconsin
- 1992: MoWA: Early Wisconsin Ambiance: Environments & Landscapes by Wisconsin's Early Artists 1880–1940
- 1996: Bergstrom-Mahler Museum , Neenah, Wisconsin: Collecting the Art of Wisconsin: The Early Years
Web links
- NN : Friedrich Wilhelm Heine (3/25/1845 - 8/27/1921) (in English) on the wisconsinart.org website of the Museum of Wisconsin Art (MoWA)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u N.N .: Friedrich Wilhelm Heine ... (see under the section Web Links )
- ↑ Compare the documentation at Commons (see under the section Weblinks )
- ↑ Compare the documentation at Wikisource (see under the section Weblinks )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heine, Friedrich Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heine, FW |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, illustrator and war correspondent and draftsman, American entrepreneur and teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 27, 1921 |
| Place of death | Milwaukee , Wisconsin , USA |