Georg Bleibtreu

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Georg Bleibtreu
Battle of Königgrätz
Blücher near Waterloo

Georg Bleibtreu (born March 27, 1828 in Xanten , † October 16, 1892 in Berlin ) was a German painter who is mainly known for his depictions of battles . This branch of history painting reached its peak in the 19th century, other important representatives besides Bleibtreu were Emil Hünten , Adolf Menzel and Wilhelm Camphausen .

life and work

In 1842 Bleibtreu, the son of a surgeon from the Lower Rhine who had been passionate about history since his youth, enrolled at the Royal Prussian Art Academy in Düsseldorf , where he attended the classes of Theodor Hildebrandt and Wilhelm von Schadow until the mid-1850s . In 1858 he moved to Berlin . His first works were scenes from the Schleswig-Holstein war . He then created paintings such as the Battle of Großbeeren and the Battle of Waterloo . For the German-Danish War of 1864 he designed, among other things, the painting Transition to Als . He also portrayed the battle of Königgrätz from the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. In the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 he worked as a war correspondent and participated as an eyewitness in several skirmishes, especially during the siege of Paris . The victorious course of the war inspired Bleibtreu to do heroic works such as General Hartmann with the Bavarians before Paris and surrender at Sedan . Georg Bleibtreu erected a monument to General Alexander von Pape , who was revered as a war hero, in the battle of Gravelotte in the mural Sturm auf St. Privat, 1870 , which was on display in the permanent exhibition in the Berlin Hall of Fame .

He was the father of the writer Karl Bleibtreu . His son used his father's notes extensively for his military history magazine articles on the Franco-German War and the book series Illustrierte Schlachtenschilderungen , which was illustrated by Christian Speyer , which had been published since the 1890s .

The Bleibtreustraße in Berlin-Charlottenburg is named after Georg Bleibtreu, the spacious with actor Moritz Bleibtreu is related.

literature

Web links

Commons : Georg Bleibtreu  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Carl Bleibtreu: Paris 1870–1871. (= Carl Bleibtreus illustrated battle descriptions ). Carl Krabbe Verlag, Stuttgart 1898, p. 183.
personal data
SURNAME Stay true, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1828
PLACE OF BIRTH Xanten
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1892
Place of death Berlin