Gustav Adolf Schultze
Gustav Adolf Schultze (born December 18, 1825 in Naumburg , Province of Saxony , † 1897 in Almrich ) was a German portrait painter .
Life
Gustav Adolf Schultze was born in 1825 as the son of a theologian who later gave up the profession of clergyman and worked as a master needle maker in the Saale / Unstrut district .
After his school years in Naumburg, Gustav Adolf went to Berlin in 1843 to study painting with Johann Gottfried Schadow, then director of the academy, and then portrait painting with Eduard Magnus . On Schadow's recommendation, Gustav Adolf Schultze met the art historian Franz Theodor Kugler , who became his father's friend. Gustav Adolf Schultze was also friendly with the poet Emanuel Geibel , whom he also portrayed. This portrait is now in the Paul Schultze-Naumburg Künstlerheim in Weimar. The writer Paul Heyse also belonged to the circle of friends .
On February 12, 1854, Gustav Adolf Schultze married Emma Louise Emilie Lienemann (1833–1895), who was born in Germany. Shortly after the marriage, the couple moved into Lindenring 4 in Naumburg . The young Friedrich Nietzsche was also a frequent guest there.
The marriage entered into in 1854 had six children: a daughter Emma Fanny Emilie in 1854, the eldest son Paul Richard in 1855, Max in 1857 and Arthur in 1861. Johanna Katharina Emmy was born in 1867, but she only lived a month. The youngest child Paul Eduard was born in 1869, who later became known as Paul Schultze-Naumburg .
In addition to portrait painting, Gustav Adolf Schultze also dealt with the photography he had just made at the time . As one of the first artists, he expanded the search for motifs to include sacred buildings in order to e.g. B. to bring the Naumburgers closer to the artistic treasures of their cathedral. Due to the technical imperfection of the photographs from that time, the images from that time have not been preserved.
In the last years of his life Gustav Adolf Schultze suffered from an eye disease that eventually led to complete blindness. He spent this time on his rural estate in Almrich near Naumburg, where he died in 1897.
literature
- Norbert Borrmann: Paul Schultze-Naumburg 1869-1949. Painter, publicist, architect. From the cultural reformer at the turn of the century to the cultural politician in the Third Reich. A life and contemporary document Bacht, Essen 1989 ISBN 3-87034-047-9 , page 15
- Saalecker Werkstätten Foundation: Saalecker Werkstätten series, Issue 1, Mächler, Bad Kösen, 1999, pages 16–26, ISBN 3-9807603-0-8 , see also: series ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
Web links
- The Schultze family ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schultze, Gustav Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German portrait painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 18, 1825 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Naumburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1897 |
| Place of death | Almrich |