Fritz Volkers
Friedrich "Fritz" Volkers (born May 28, 1868 in Düsseldorf ; † February 7, 1944 in Fischenich , Cologne district ) was a German horse painter from the Düsseldorf School .
Life
Fritz Volkers, son of the horse painter Emil Volkers , like his brothers Karl and Max, took lessons from his father and at the Düsseldorf Art Academy , which he attended from 1883 to 1887. There Adolf Schill , Hugo Crola , Heinrich Lauenstein and Peter Janssen the Elder were his teachers. Like his father and twin brother Karl, Volkers became a proven horse painter. He found his motifs in racing stables and on racing fields in Germany, especially in Hoppegarten near Berlin .
literature
- Volkers, Fritz . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 6 , supplements H-Z . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1962, p. 464 .
- Volkers, Fritz . In: Hans Paffrath , Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf (Hrsg.): Lexicon of the Düsseldorfer Malerschule . F. Bruckmann, Munich 1998, volume 3.
Web links
- Fritz Volkers , Auction Results on the Portal artnet .de
Individual evidence
- ^ Museum Kunstpalast : Artists from the Düsseldorf School of Painting (selection, as of November 2016, PDF )
- ↑ Finding aid 212.01.04 Student lists of the Art Academy Düsseldorf , website in the portal archive.nrw.de ( Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Volkers, Fritz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Volkers, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German horse painter from the Düsseldorf School |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 28, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 7, 1944 |
| Place of death | Fischenich , Cologne district |