Gustav Adolf Barthel
Gustav Adolf Barthel (born March 11, 1819 in Braunschweig ; † July 18, 1898 there ) was a German portrait painter. From 1852 he was the court painter of Brunswick and from 1857 to 1880 inspector of the ducal picture gallery in Brunswick.
Life
Barthel received his first training from his father, the painter, draftsman and engraver Friedrich Barthel († 1846). His older brother was the literary historian Karl Barthel . At the age of 15 he gained attention and encouragement from the ruling Duke Wilhelm through a portrait of the actor Eduard Schütz . From 1836 Barthel attended the Collegium Carolinum in his hometown. In 1838 a ducal scholarship enabled him to study at the Munich Academy , where Joseph Karl Stieler and Wilhelm von Kaulbach were among his teachers. He continued his studies with Carl Friedrich Lessing at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . From 1842 Barthel worked as a portrait painter in Braunschweig. Duke Wilhelm appointed him court painter in 1852 and inspector of the ducal picture gallery in 1857. In 1864 he was made a Knight of the Guelph Order .
His son was the stage actor Alexander Barthel .
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In addition to some genre and landscape paintings, Barthel mainly created portraits, including images of the Brunswick dukes Ferdinand, Friedrich Wilhelm , Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand and Wilhelm. He portrayed members of the Braunschweig court theater, including Eduard Schütz , Wilhelm Schwerin, Marie Heese , Caroline Fischer-Eighth , Johanna Großer and Amalie Dub. He also created portraits of pastors from the Katharinenkirche . His works are shown in the Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum and the Städtisches Museum Braunschweig . A large-format portrait of the Duke Wilhelm is in since 2011 the White Hall of the Castle Museum issued.
- Works by Gustav Adolf Barthel
Amalie Dub as Ännchen in Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber ,
oil on canvas,
Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum
Caroline Fischer-Eighth as Konstanze in The Abduction from the Seraglio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ,
oil on canvas,
Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum
Friedrich Möller as a shoemaker Knierrim in The Evil Spirit Lumpazivagabundus by Johann Nepomuk Nestroy ,
oil on canvas,
Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum
Fonts
- Directory of the painting collection of the Ducal Museum in Braunschweig. Meher, Braunschweig 1859, OCLC 313615725 .
literature
- Paul Jonas Meier : Barthel, Gustav Adolf . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 2 : Antonio da Monza-Bassan . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1908, p. 546 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- City of Braunschweig (ed.): 300 years of theater in Braunschweig 1690–1990. Braunschweig 1990, ISBN 3-926701-11-0 , pp. 359-368.
- Bernd Jericho: Barthel, Gustav Adolf . In: Luitgard Camerer , Manfred Garzmann , Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf (eds.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon . Joh. Heinr. Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig 1992, ISBN 3-926701-14-5 , p. 29 .
- Regine Nahrwold: Barthel, Gustav Adolf. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 40 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ It is served in the White Hall. in the Braunschweiger Zeitung from April 15, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Barthel, Gustav Adolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Barthel, Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German portrait painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 11, 1819 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunschweig |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 18, 1898 |
| Place of death | Braunschweig |