Georg Burmester
Georg Burmester (born December 4, 1864 in Barmen (now part of Wuppertal ), † June 30, 1936 in Möltenort near Kiel) was a German painter.
Georg Burmester was the son of the Realschule director Adolf Burmester and Charlotte Henriette Marie, née Ritter. From 1881 to 1883 he studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy under Heinrich Lauenstein (1835–1910) and Hugo Crola , and from 1883 to 1889 at the Karlsruhe Art Academy under Gustav Schönleber . In 1886 he made a study trip to Italy and did his military service in 1887/88. From 1889 he lived in Kiel , where he met Ernst Eitner . He worked with this in 1989 in Gothmund and was drawn by him there. From 1895 he was based in Möltenort. During this time he made a study trip to Norway and Copenhagen . In 1907/08 he received a scholarship from the Villa Romana in Florence . From 1912 to 1930 he was a teacher at the Art Academy in Kassel , and in the course of this activity he was awarded the title of professor in 1917. His most famous student at this time was Sepp Vees . After 1930 Burmester lived again in Möltenort, a district of Heikendorf near Kiel, and was also active at times in the Heikendorf artist colony .
Burmester was a founding member of the Schleswig-Holstein Art Cooperative in 1894 and later its chairman.
literature
- Burmester, Georg . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 5 : Brewer-Carlingen . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1911, p. 263 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Ulrich Schulte-Wülwer : Painting in Schleswig-Holstein. Catalog of the painting collection of the Städtisches Museum Flensburg . Boyens, Heide 1989, ISBN 3-8042-0467-8 .
- Ulrich Schulte-Wülwer : Kiel artist. Volume 2: Artistic Life in the Imperial Era, 1871–1918. Boyens, Heide 2016, ISBN 978-3-8042-1442-2 , pp. 324–338.
Web links
- Literature by and about Georg Burmester in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by Georg Burmester
- Georg Burmester on kuenstlerkolonie-gothmund.de Heiko Jäckstein
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heiko Jäckstein: Artists' Colony Gothmund, Research - Sources
- ^ Ulrich Schulte-Wülwer, Longing for Arcadia - Schleswig-Holstein Artists in Italy, Heide 2009, pp. 358-360.
- ↑ Website about Sepp Vees (French)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burmester, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th December 1864 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Barmen |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 30, 1936 |
| Place of death | Möltenort near Kiel |