Hans von Faber du Faur
Hans von Faber du Faur (born November 21, 1863 Stuttgart , † December 3, 1940 Munich ) was a German impressionist painter and officer .
Life
The son of the royal Bavarian major of the cavalry and painter Otto von Faber du Faur and the publisher's daughter Maria, b. Benedict, from Stuttgart , attended the Maximiliansgymnasium in Munich from 1872 to 1881 (Abitur; among others with Gustav von Kahr ) and began to draw very early. He began studying at the art school in Stuttgart in 1880, but had to break it off two years later in order to join the 19th Uhlan Regiment as a one-year volunteer in 1882, in line with family tradition. In 1884 he received the officer's license and in 1888 he left as a lieutenant in the cavalry reserve. Faber du Faur then resumed his artistic training and studied in 1888/89 at the Academy in Brussels with the orientalist Jean Francois Portaels (1818–1895). From 1889 to 1893 he continued his studies in Munich with Wilhelm von Diez and Franz von Lenbach . Study trips took him to Spain, Italy, Holland and England. From 1894 he took part in the exhibitions of the Paris Salon and the Société nationale des beaux-arts in Paris; In 1895 he stayed in Madrid for a month to copy in the Prado . From 1897 he participated in the Munich annual exhibitions in the Glaspalast and in the Kunstverein. From 1898 to 1905 he worked in Paris and was there a. a. Student of the Académie Julian (1898) and James Whistler (until January 1900). Here he came into contact with the artist group Société des Artistes Indépendants , which designed exhibitions without a jury.
Faber du Faur maintained contact with numerous painters such as Arnold Böcklin , Ferdinand Hodler , Henri Matisse , Henri Rousseau and Pablo Picasso and recorded these experiences in short notes under the title My Encounters with Painters . His first wife, Sophie von Ranke (born May 23, 1864), was the daughter of Professor Heinrich Ranke ; she died on March 2, 1917 in Geneva.
In 1905 he settled in Munich and maintained contacts with the Luitpold Group and the Scholle artists' association . In 1909 he became a member of the Salon d'Automne in Paris and in the same year founded the jury-free association of German artists . He became its chairman, organized the exhibitions in 1909 and 1910, in which he participated himself, but resigned in 1910. In 1913 he went to Orsera (today: Vrsar ) in Istria for three summer months and then took up residence in Switzerland . In 1913 he showed around 80 works in the Heinemann gallery in Munich and also exhibited in Zurich.
In 1914 he volunteered for military service and served as a lieutenant, and from 1915 as a first lieutenant, in Belgium and the Netherlands. He received the Iron Cross First Class, fell ill and was transferred to Cannstatt near Stuttgart. In 1917 he was released from active service.
In 1919 he exhibited with Max Liebermann , Max Slevogt , Hans Thoma and Edvard Munch in Paris and Zurich . From 1922 he lived with his (second) wife and three daughters Armgard, Irmgard and Maria in Munich. From 1929 to 1933 he took over the management of the jury-free exhibitions of the artists' association The Independent. His daughter Armgard von Faber du Faur, born in 1894, carried on the family tradition. She studied in Geneva, especially with Hodler, and lived and painted from 1922 in her studio in the Nymphenburg palace rondel in Munich until her death on August 17, 1977.
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Hans von Faber du Faur was a good observer and a sure draftsman. He made the capture of moving, changing phenomena in the play of light his task, which are particularly evident in his brightly colored watercolors. In his extensive work, which can be seen as an important contribution to German Impressionism , drawings and paintings of horses and riders predominate. But he also painted portraits, group pictures, beach and street scenes as well as depictions of sports. Works by him can be found, for example, in the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus Munich, the State Collection of Graphics in Munich , the State Gallery in Stuttgart , the Kunstverein Würzburg and the Kunsthaus Zürich .
Exhibitions (selection)
- Since 1897: Glaspalast Munich
- Since 1897: Art Association Munich
- 1898, 1899 and 1903: Salon des Champs-Élysées, Paris
- Since 1901: Salon des Indépendents, Paris
- 1904–1913: Salon d'Automne , Paris
- 1905: Galerie Wertheim, Berlin
- 1919: Kunsthalle Basel
- 1904 and 1913: Galerie Heinemann , Munich
- 1906: Barmen Art Association
- 1907: Kunstverein Würzburg
- 1909: 1st jury-free exhibition of the German Artists' Association
- 1913–1919: Kunsthaus Zürich
- 1930–1932: The Independents, Munich
- 1932–1938: Autumn Salon, Paris
- 1950: Municipal Gallery, Munich. Memorial exhibition
- 1959: Gurlitt Gallery, Munich
- 1968: State Collection of Graphics, Munich
- 1974: Galerie Reinhardt & Doehn, Munich
Fonts
- Hans von Faber du Faur: Memories of Adolf Schreyer , in: Art and Artists 24, 1926, pp. 240–244
literature
- Hans von Faber du Faur . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 36, Saur, Munich a. a. 2003, ISBN 3-598-22776-0 , p. 51.
- Bruckmann Lexicon. Volume 1. p. 313.
- Hyacinth Holland : Faber du Faur, Hans von . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 11 : Erman-Fiorenzo . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1915, p. 157–158 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
- Hans von Faber du Faur. His pictures. His memories. Verlag Karl Thiemig, Munich 1976, ISBN 3-521-04074-7 .
- Hans von Faber du Faur . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 2 : E-J . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1955, p. 65 .
- Hans von Faber du Faur . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 5 : V-Z. Supplements: A-G . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1961, p. 465 .
- Brigitte Pluckbaum: Studies on the life and work of the painter Hans von Faber du Faur (1863-1940). Inaugural dissertation, Bonn 1988.
- Siegfried Weiß : Art career aspiration. Painter, graphic artist, sculptor. Former students of the Munich Maximiliansgymnasium from 1849 to 1918. Allitera Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-86906-475-8 , pp. 437–446 (Fig.).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Annual report 1880/81, Maximiliansgymnasium Munich, archive
- ↑ matrikel.adbk.de
- ↑ Hans von Faber du Faur. His pictures. His memories. Verlag Karl Thiemig, Munich 1976, ISBN 3-521-04074-7 , pp. 14-44.
- ^ Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses, 1913, p.644
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Faber du Faur, Hans von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 3, 1940 |
| Place of death | Munich |