Georg Maria Eckert
Georg Maria Eckert (born September 17, 1828 in Heidelberg , † January 2, 1901 in Karlsruhe ) was a German landscape painter from the Düsseldorf School as well as an art teacher , photographer , model maker and collector of traditional Baden costumes .
Life
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Thanks to his early recognized artistic talent, Eckert was awarded a scholarship to study painting at the Düsseldorf Art Academy when he was 18 . When he was twenty he moved to Munich . From there he went on study trips to the Upper Bavarian region, Italy and Switzerland . Then he returned to Düsseldorf , where he attended Johann Wilhelm Schirmer's landscape class from 1850 to 1852 . He then worked as an art teacher and landscape painter in Heidelberg, where he married in 1858. From 1867 he dealt with photography . For landscape painters and architects in particular , he gave photo folders with landscape and architectural photos from Alsace-Lorraine (1871), from the Rhine from Mainz to Cologne, from the Black Forest and the Odenwald , from the palaces of Heidelberg , Bruchsal and Karlsruhe , and from the tombs of the Pforzheim Court Church and - on behalf of the Grand Duke of Baden - from the island of Mainau and from other Baden castles. In 1877 Eckert suffered great financial losses "through adverse circumstances" which forced him to give up photography. He moved to Karlsruhe and worked again as a landscape painter. His interest in folklore made him paint and collect traditional costumes. He also began to produce large models of houses and house complexes for the Grand Ducal Collection in Karlsruhe , including large Black Forest houses with their room furnishings, Black Forest sawmills with their rural surroundings, and a courtyard from the Odenwald. In 1890, by decree of the Grand Ducal Baden Ministry of Justice, Culture and Education, the directorate of the Grand Ducal Ancient Collections gave him the job of collecting Baden folk costumes. This assignment allowed him to undertake nine years of research trips through all parts of the Grand Duchy and preparatory work for the exhibition of traditional Baden costumes and rural household appliances. Eckert died of a stroke in 1901 without an exhibition being organized.
Works (selection)
painting
- Heidelberg in January 1850 , 1850
- Schrozberg Castle , 1858
- Alpine mountain lake , 1863
- Ibbach sawmill near Petersthal, Black Forest , 1887
photography
- The Bruchsal Castle in photographs , photo portfolio, Heidelberg 1871
- That destroyed Strasbourg. Studies according to nature in photography , photo portfolio, Heidelberg 1871
- with Julius Euting (text): Pictures from Alsace after nature , photo portfolio, Strasbourg 1875
Individual evidence
- ^ Rudolf Theilmann : The student lists of the landscape classes from Schirmer to Dücker . In: Wend von Kalnein (Ed.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting . Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1979, ISBN 3-8053-0409-9 , p. 144
literature
- Friedrich von Weech , Albert Krieger (Ed.): Badische Biographien , Part V, Volume 1, Heidelberg 1906, pp. 128–130 ( digitized version )
- Joseph August Beringer : Eckert, Georg Maria . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 10 : Dubolon – Erlwein . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1914, p. 323 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Sandra Eberle: Georg Maria Eckert. A photographer from Baden in the service of art . In: State castles and gardens of Baden-Württemberg (Hrsg.): Historical views, glamorous prospects. The Bruchsal state rooms before the destruction . Bruchsal 2006, ISBN 3-88462-232-3 , p. 53 ff.
- Ludwig Vögely : From the diary of the landscape painter and costume collector Georg Maria Eckert (1828–1901) . In: Badische Heimat , Heft 70 (1990), pp. 493–509 ( PDF )
Web links
- Georg Maria Eckert , biography in the portal ka.stadtwiki.net ( Stadtwiki Karlsruhe )
- Georg Maria Eckert , data sheet in the portal rkd.nl ( Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie )
- Eckert, Georg Maria, painter and court photographer in Heidelberg , data sheet in the portal deutsche-digital-bibliothek .de
- Photos of the MKG Hamburg
- Georg Maria Eckert , Auction Results on the Portal artnet .de
- Georg Maria Eckert in the Deutsche Fotothek
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Eckert, Georg Maria |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landscape painter, photographer and collector of traditional Baden costumes |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 17, 1828 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Heidelberg |
DATE OF DEATH | January 2, 1901 |
Place of death | Karlsruhe |