Fritz Sturm (painter)
Fritz Sturm , actually: Friedrich Ludwig Christian Sturm (born May 17, 1834 in Rostock , † April 19, 1906 in Berlin ) was a German landscape and marine painter .
Live and act
Sturm was born the son of a teacher who mainly taught sons of seafarers and who himself went to sea. Sturm initially also went to sea, but had to give up this job for health reasons and then worked as a room painter. He began his artistic training by studying at the Berlin Academy from 1859 to 1861 and then until 1864 in the studio of the marine painter Hermann Eschke . The studies were then continued from 1866 to 1870 under Hans Fredrik Gude at the Karlsruhe Academy . During his student years he made numerous trips: in 1862 to Sweden and Norway, in 1863 to his native Mecklenburg, in 1864 to Holland and Switzerland and in 1869 to Italy. From 1870 to 1876 he lived in Düsseldorf, where he married in 1872. From 1876 he took up residence in Berlin. In 1893 he received the Golden Medal for Art and Science from the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. In 1897 Fritz Sturm was appointed professor at the Berlin Academy.
Works / exhibitions (selection)
Exhibitions at the Royal Academy of Arts in Berlin
- 1864: Beach party near Ahrenshoop / Pomerania. and pilots calling a ship. (Ms. Sturm in Berlin, student of Mr. Eschke.)
- 1868: The crew leaving a sinking ship.
- 1870: Cap Campanella.
- 1872: Frigate “Thetis” at anchor.
- 1874: Sr. Majesty's ironclad "Kronprinz". The same "King Wilhelm".
- 1876: Navy near Cuxhaven. Coastal landscape. Mood picture, Norwegian coast.
- 1877: Navy on the Baltic Sea. The same On the coast of Italy. and North German landscape.
- 1878: Capri. A barge sailing before the wind. and a schooner coming in.
- 1879: pleasure trip on the coast of Capri. and pilot boat in a thunderstorm.
- 1880: Wismar from the seaside. and Warnemünde from the seaside. (Fig. In the catalog).
- 1881: Lifeboat departing near Kuxhafen. Sund near Elsinore. Schooner in stormy weather.
- 1883: Navy near Heligoland. Motif from the suburb of Oldenburg. (Fig. In the catalog)
- 1884: Navy in the great canal. Marine in the North Sea.
- 1888: Pilot boat rowing after a wreck (stormy mood). Pleasure trip near Helgoland.
- 1891: Torpedo boats near Heligoland. Pilot boat in a rough sea.
- 1893: Dutch coast. Near Naples. Marine near a port.
- 1894: Port of Wismar.
- 1895: After the storm / Capri. Retreating thunderstorm on the North Sea.
- 1897: Mecklenburg landscape. Departure of the Copenhagen steamer from Warnemünde.
- 1898: North German landscape. Dutch fisherman calling a barge.
- 1899: "Prince Bismarck" on the ocean.
- 1900: Lloyd steamer "Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse" with evening lighting.
- 1901: Barge in a thunderstorm. (Fig. In the catalog).
- 1902: Northern tip of Heligoland. Dune of Heligoland.
- 1904: Stettin harbor section by moonlight. (Fig. In the catalog).
- 1905: After the thunderstorm.
- 1906: Capri from the seaside. Sea storm. (1866) Navy. (posthumously)
- 1907: Stosch training ship. (posthumously)
In addition to regularly participating in the exhibitions of the Royal Academy of Arts in Berlin and the Great Berlin Art Exhibitions , Fritz Sturm was also represented at the Saxon art exhibitions in Dresden, and also in Bremen, Hanover, Düsseldorf and Vienna. In 1872 he won a silver medal in London's Crystal Palace.
literature
- Sturm 2) Fritz (Friedr. Ludwig Christian). In: Hermann Alex. Müller : Biographical Artist Lexicon. Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1882, p. 511 ( retrobibliothek.de ).
- Richard Wrede , Hans von Reinfels (ed.): The spiritual Berlin. An encyclopedia of the intellectual life of Berlin. Vol. 1, Storm, Berlin 1897 (Fotomechan. Neudruck, Zentralantiquariat der DDR, Leipzig 1975), pp. 524-525.
- Sturm, Ludwig Christian Friedrich. 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, pp. 861-863 ( archive.org ).
- Sturm, Friedrich (Fritz) Ludwig Christian . In: Hans Wolfgang Singer (Ed.): General Artist Lexicon. Life and works of the most famous visual artists . Prepared by Hermann Alexander Müller . 5th unchanged edition. tape 4 : Raab – Vezzo . Literary Institute, Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt a. M. 1921, p. 362–363 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
- Oscar Gehrig : Sturm, Friedrich (Fritz) . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 32 : Stephens – Theodotos . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1938, p. 253 .
- Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 9914 .
Web links
- Literature about Fritz Sturm in the state bibliography MV
- Works by Fritz Sturm on the artnet portal
- Fritz Sturm - chalk lithograph by Franz Th. Würbel (around 1895) at akg-images.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Exhibitions of the Royal Academy of the Arts in Berlin: Catalog 1880, p. 126. Joint Library Association (GBV), accessed on November 13, 2014 .
- ^ Great Berlin Art Exhibition, Catalog 1904, p. 85. Heidelberg University, accessed on November 13, 2014 .
- ↑ Exhibitions of the Royal Academy of Arts in Berlin, catalogs. Common Library Network (GBV), accessed on November 13, 2014 .
- ^ Great Berlin art exhibition, catalogs. (No longer available online.) Common Library Network (GBV), archived from the original on October 22, 2014 ; accessed on November 13, 2014 .
- ^ Great Berlin art exhibition, catalogs. Heidelberg University, accessed on November 13, 2014 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Sturm, Fritz |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sturm, Friedrich Ludwig Christian (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landscape and marine painter |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 17, 1834 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rostock |
DATE OF DEATH | April 19, 1906 |
Place of death | Berlin |