Friedrich Wilhelm Kohl

Friedrich Wilhelm Kohl , often short F. W. Kohl , (born October 16, 1811 in Bremen , † September 18, 1864 in Norderney ) was a German painter.

biography

Kohl was born in Bremen in 1811. As a result of an accident at the age of three, he was handicapped for life. His artistic talent was shown early on, which he first expressed in portraits and porcelain painting . With financial help from some Bremen art lovers, he studied at the Düsseldorf Academy from 1847 to 1841 . Between 1843 and 1844 Kohl created pictures of the apostles as well as of Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon for the Bremen Cathedral . He painted another Luther portrait for the church in Blexen .

His series of views of Bremen with twelve lithographs from 1845 to 1846 is best known . From 1848 to 1851 he was in Berlin for further studies . After returning to Bremen, he created more cityscapes and portraits. In 1843, 1860 and 1864 he exhibited works in the Bremen Kunsthalle .

Works (selection)

View of Bremer Obernstrasse by F. W. Kohl from 1844

• View from the Schlachte  - lithography , 1844. In: Werner Kloos: Das alten Bremen . Schünemann, Bremen 1978, ISBN 3-7961-1699-X .
• View from the banks of the Weser from the Fangelturm down the Weser with Schlachte, to the Great Bridge  - lithograph, 1844. In: Werner Kloos: Das alten Bremen . Schünemann, Bremen 1978, ISBN 3-7961-1699-X .
• View of Altenwall and the Weser and the landing stage at the Tiefer  - lithography, 1844. In: Werner Kloos: Das alten Bremen . Schünemann, Bremen 1978, ISBN 3-7961-1699-X .
• The old harbor in Bremerhaven - lithography, 1844. In: Werner Kloos: Das alten Bremen . Schünemann, Bremen 1978, ISBN 3-7961-1699-X .

literature

• Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .
• Johann Focke : Friedrich Wilhelm Kohl . In: Bremische Biographie of the nineteenth century . Historical Society Bremen (ed.), Gustav Winter Verlag, Bremen 1912, pp. 257/258.
• Jörn Christiansen (Hrsg.): Art and citizenship in Bremen . Hauschild Verlag , Bremen 2000, ISBN 3-89757-063-7 .

Web links

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