Georg Knorr (painter)
Georg David Salomon Knorr (born February 4, 1844 in Löbau , West Prussia , † June 10, 1916 in Königsberg i. Pr. ) Was a German painter and illustrator. From 1885 to 1902 he taught at the Königsberg Art Academy.
Life
In 1862 Knorr was a student at the Königsberg Art Academy under Ludwig Rosenfelder . Further studies took him to Berlin and Düsseldorf , and trips to Italy . In 1885 he became a teacher and in 1887 a professor at the Königsberg Art Academy. From October 1, 1900 to April 9, 1901, he was deputy director of the Königsberg Academy. In 1902 he resigned from teaching. His students include Ernst Bischoff-Culm , Otto Ewel and Arwed Seitz (1874–1933). He was a member of the Königsberg Freemason Lodge Immanuel .
Knorr mainly painted history and genre pictures, later East Prussian landscapes. Occasionally he created illustrations. Together with Maksymilian Antoni Piotrowski and Gustav Graef , he created wall paintings for the Auditorium Maximum at the Albertus University in Königsberg . He designed other wall paintings for the auditorium of the Royal Wilhelms-Gymnasium and for the stairwell of the upper presidential building in Königsberg.
On October 1, 2017, an episode of the NDR's Lieb & Teuer program was broadcast, moderated by Janin Ullmann and filmed in Reinbek Castle . An oil print of the painting Invitation to Tea by Georg Knorr was discussed with the art historian and exhibition curator of the Hamburger Kunsthalle Daniel Koep .
See also
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literature
- Knorr, Georg . In: Friedrich von Boetticher : painter works of the nineteenth century. Contribution to art history . Volume I, Dresden 1895, p. 713.
- Knorr, Georg David Salomon . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 21 : Knip – Kruger . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1927, p. 30 .
- Ingeborg Kelch-Nolde : Königsberg Art Academy 1845–1945. Biographies of the directors, teachers and students . P. 82 ( PDF ).
Web links
- Georg David Salomon Knorr , data sheet in the portal rkd.nl ( Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie )
- Georg David Salomon Knorr , Auction Results on the Portal artnet .de
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Knorr, Georg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Knorr, Georg David Salomon (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German history, genre and landscape painter and illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 4, 1844 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Löbau , West Prussia |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 10, 1916 |
| Place of death | Koenigsberg i. Pr. |