Georg Schmitgen
Georg Schmitgen (* 1856 in Bernkastel on the Moselle ; † June 8, 1903 in Potsdam ) was a German landscape painter.
Georg Schmitgen worked as a businessman in his father's business in his youth. He then studied from April 28, 1879 at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich with Gabriel von Hackl and Alois Gabl and from 1883 to 1891 at the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin with Eugen Bracht . After graduating, he stayed in Berlin and mainly painted Central German landscapes. In the later years he painted the German Baltic coast as well as the southern coasts of Sweden and Norway. He spent the last years of his life in Potsdam. He died at the age of 47.
literature
- Schmitgen, Georg . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936.
- Emmanuel Benezit [ed.]; Jacques Busse [arr.]: Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays. Nouv. éd., entièrement réfondue = [4. éd.]. Paris: Gründ, 1999 ISBN 2-7000-3020-6
Web links
Commons : Georg Schmitgen - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Matriculation Book Academy Munich (Online)
- Biography (online)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmitgen, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landscape painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1856 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bernkastel-Kues |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 8, 1903 |
| Place of death | Potsdam |