Fritz Paulsen
Christian Theodor Friedrich "Fritz" Paulsen (born May 31, 1838 in Schwerin , † February 22, 1898 in Berlin ) was a German genre and portrait painter .
life and work
Paulsen studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy in 1859 and 1860 . There Andreas and Karl Müller , Heinrich Mücke and Karl Ferdinand Sohn were his teachers. In 1868 he became a student under Carl Theodor von Piloty in Munich. After completing his studies, he stayed temporarily in Paris and London, where he mainly made portraits. From 1871 until his death Paulsen lived and worked in Berlin, where he was represented with his pictures in almost all important exhibitions and was very popular. Individual commissioned work took him temporarily to Constantinople, Breslau, Hamburg and Hanover. He was a professor and lived at Dorotheenstrasse 83 in 1886.
Paulsen was friends with the writer Julius Stinde . Stinde describes visits to Paulsen's studio in Dorotheenstrasse No. 28 in the chapter The Portrait in The Buchholz Family Second Part, pp. 46–61. An encounter with Paulsen is also described in Buchholzens in Italy .
Works (selection)
Some of his more than 200 works are preserved in museums in Schwerin. The most famous pictures include:
- The snowballed chimney sweep (1867)
- Visit to the nursery (1872)
- Caraway leaves or Berlin farmers catcher (1874)
- Jour fixe (1876)
- In the employment agency [servants rental office] (1881).
Portraits
- Wilhelm Leibl (1870)
- Lord Mayor Max von Forckenbeck (1879) and "as President of the Reichstag" (1891)
- Royal Bavarian envoy Gideon von Rudhart (around 1880)
- Mrs. von Rudhart (around 1880)
- Friedrich Franz II of Mecklenburg (1884)
- Writer Dr. Julius Stinde (1885)
- Friedrich Franz III. of Mecklenburg (1893)
literature
- Paulsen, Fritz. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 2/1, sheets 1–32: Mayer, Ludwig – Rybkowski. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1898, p. 226 ( archive.org ).
- Adolf Rosenberg : The Berlin School of Painting 1819–1879: Studies and Reviews. Wasmuth, Berlin 1879.
- Friedrich Schlie: Fritz Paulsen . In: Descriptive directory of the works of recent masters in the Grand Ducal Painting Gallery in Schwerin . Printed by the Bärensprungschen Hofbuchdruckerei, Schwerin 1884, p. 54–55 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Franz Vallentin: Paulsen, Fritz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 53, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1907, p. 4.
- A. Holck: Paulsen, Fritz . In: Christian Blangstrup (Ed.): Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon . 2nd Edition. tape 18 : Nordlandsbaad – Perleøerne . JH Schultz Forlag, Copenhagen 1924, p. 994 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
- Paulsen, Fritz . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 26 : Olivier – Pieris . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1932, p. 312 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Finding aid 212.01.04 Student lists of the Art Academy Düsseldorf , website in the portal archive.nrw.de ( Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen )
- ^ Foundation German Historical Museum : Fritz Paulsen - In the job placement.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Paulsen, Fritz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Paulsen, Christian Theodor Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German genre and portrait painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1838 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwerin |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 1898 |
| Place of death | Berlin |