Fritz Grebe
Fritz Grebe (born October 11, 1850 in Heisebeck , today part of Wesertal , † March 22, 1924 in Düsseldorf ) was a German painter.
Life
Grebe studied at the art academy in Kassel . Grebe then worked as a freelance artist in Kassel, Düsseldorf , Willingshausen and Berlin and as such he preferred the genre of animal and landscape painting . He belonged to the circle of the Düsseldorf painting school .
From 1880 Grebe was regularly represented with his landscapes in all major exhibitions. In 1892 his first visit was in Ahrenshoop on the Baltic Sea, and he was a co-founder of the nascent artist colony. In 1895 he built his "Villa Grebe" at Grenzweg 8, which he sold again in 1923.
From 1916 alternating stays in Ahrenshoop and Düsseldorf followed. Several trips to Norway followed. Grebe became known for his landscapes, especially the fjord motifs in Norway and the landscapes from Hesse, the Harz, Westphalia and Rügen. Fritz Grebe was a member of the Düsseldorf artists' association Malkasten , the Association of Berlin Artists and the General German Art Cooperative ,
Grebe died in Düsseldorf in 1924 at the age of 74.
His work can be found in many public collections, including the Rostock Cultural History Museum .
Works
This directory is representative because there is no catalog of works. Given the distribution of Grebe works in private ownership and museums, completeness cannot be expected.
- Hardanger Fjord , in summer.
- Sheep on the dike in the sunset.
- Sheep in a heathland with a storm backdrop.
- Shepherd with grazing flock of sheep , heathland.
- Cows in front of the dike , Ahrenshoop in summer.
- Cowherd with cows , in the forest.
- Moon over the water
- Farmer with ox wagon in the sunlit forest
museum
- City Museum Kassel
- Ahrenshoop Art Museum
- Rostock Cultural History Museum
literature
- Carsten Roth: Fritz Grebe . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 56, Saur, Munich a. a. 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-22796-7 , p. 144.
- Grebe, Fritz . In: Ulrich Thieme , Fred. C. Willis (Ed.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 14 : Giddens-Gress . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1921, p. 560-561 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
- Dressler's Art Handbook , Volume II, Curtius, Berlin 1930
- Fritz Grebe In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century, contribution to art history. Dresden 1898, Volume 1, p. 407 f.
- Paul Schmaling: Artist Lexicon Hessen-Kassel 1777–2000. Jenior, Kassel 2001, ISBN 3-934377-96-3 .
- Yearbook of the district of Kassel.
- Hans Paffrath (Ed.): Lexicon of the Düsseldorf School of Painting 1819–1918. Volume 1: Abbema – Gurlitt. Published by the Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf in the Ehrenhof and by the Paffrath Gallery. Bruckmann, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-7654-3009-9 . P. 420 f.
- Thorsten Marquardt MA: The painter Fritz Grebe (1850–1924). Biography and catalog raisonné. Master's thesis in the Art History Faculty of the Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum 2001
- Ruth Negendanck : Ahrenshoop artists' colony. A landscape for artists. Verlag Atelier im Bauernhaus, Fischerhude 2011, ISBN 978-3-88132-294-2 .
- "Around us is a day of creation" From the artist colony to today. Ed. Kunstmuseum Ahrenshoop , Ahrenshoop 2013, ISBN 978-3-9816136-1-2 , p. 86 f.
- Alfried Nehring: Oskar Frenzel and Fritz Grebe - Symbols of rural peace in landscape painting around 1900. Klatschmohnverlag, Rostock / Bentwisch 2016, ISBN 978-3-941064-59-1 , book accompanying the exhibition The Ahrenshoop cow painters in the Ahrenshoop art gallery on May 15 - July 10, 2016.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Lexicon of the Düsseldorf School of Painting . Volume 1, p. 420 f., See literature.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grebe, Fritz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grebe, Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig (full name); Grebe, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 11, 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heisebeck , today part of the Wesertal |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 22, 1924 |
| Place of death | Dusseldorf |