Friedrich Wilhelm von Winterfeldt
Friedrich Wilhelm von Winterfeldt (* 23. August 1830 in Dinslaken ; † 16th June 1893 in Dusseldorf ) was a German landscape painter of the Düsseldorf School of the noble family Winterfeld (t) .
Life
Von Winterfeldt was the son of Rittmeister Friedrich von Winterfeld (* June 6, 1801; † June 16, 1841) and Albertine Caroline Wilhelmine Marie Agnes (born von Britzke , * June 18, 1809; † March 31, 1890) from the Briesen family . After the death of her husband, she married the Rittmeister Ernst von Schaumburg .
From 1850 to 1853 von Winterfeldt embarked on a military career in the 8th Uhlan Regiment , where he became a surplus second lieutenant on March 13, 1852 . On June 17, 1853 he was transferred to the 8th Cuirassier Regiment , but released on August 18, 1853 due to his poor health.
He then turned to landscape painting. In 1853 he became a student in the private studio of the Norwegian landscape and marine painter Hans Fredrik Gude in Düsseldorf. He went on study trips to the Bavarian Alps and the Teutoburg Forest.
On September 2, 1862, he married the Oldenburg-born Johanna Freiin von und zu Egloffstein (* December 17, 1843), eldest daughter of the Oldenburg Lieutenant General Julius von Egloffstein († December 23, 1861) and Sophie Johanne von Pretlack († 4. March 1847). In 1863 the couple's only son, Hans-Karl Rudolf von Winterfeldt , was born in Düsseldorf .
Work (selection)
- Sunset in a wooded landscape , 1859
- Landscape in the Teutoburg Forest , 1867
- Mainau island in Lake Constance
- Part of the Chiemsee
- Evening on Lake Constance
- Near Konstanz on Lake Constance
- View of the Fraueninsel , 1869
- Mountain stream between rocks in the alpine valley with storms brewing , 1875
- Am Hintersee , 1871
- Coming thunderstorm at the lake
- Meersburg on Lake Constance
- Cow in the evening sun
- Alpenglow
literature
- Winterfeldt, Friedrich Wilhelm von. In: Hermann Alexander Müller : Biographical Artist Lexicon. Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1882, p. 562 ( retrobibliothek.de ).
- Winterfeldt, Friedrich Wilhelm von. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 2/2, sheets 33–67: Saal – Zwengauer. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1901, p. 1026 ( archive.org ).
- Winterfeldt, Friedrich Wilhelm von . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 36 : Wilhelmy-Zyzywi . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1947, p. 82 .
- Ludwig Gustav von Winterfeld , Erich Wentscher: History of the family of Winterfeld. Part 2, Damerow 1863, p. 1178 ( books.google.de ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich Wilhelm von Winterfeldt , website in the portal Stammreihen.de , accessed on June 17, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Winterfeldt, Friedrich Wilhelm von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landscape painter from the Düsseldorf School |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 23 August 1830 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dinslaken |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 16, 1893 |
| Place of death | Dusseldorf |