Heinrich Hasselhorst
Johann Heinrich Hasselhorst (born April 4, 1825 in Frankfurt am Main ; † August 7, 1904 there ) was a German painter and draftsman .
Life
As a student of Jakob Becker and Moritz von Schwind , he studied at the Städelsche Kunstinstitut ( Städelschule ) from 1842 . Study stays in Paris in 1852 and in Rome in 1855 . In 1861 he accompanied Georg Berna and Carl Vogt's expedition to the north as an expedition painter . The oil paintings of the coasts of Jan Mayen and Iceland created here are in the Historisches Museum Frankfurt , as is his most famous painting, Wäldchestag . He illustrated the travelogue of the polar journey published in 1863. Heinrich Hasselhorst had been a drawing teacher at the Städelschule since 1860. In his teaching activities he influenced a whole generation of Frankfurt painters. His students included u. a. Joseph Kaspar Correggio and the alpine and polar explorer Julius von Payer . He himself painted genre and folk scenes as well as portraits and history pictures. Hasselhorst is buried in Frankfurt's main cemetery.
Works
- Oil sketch three polar bears , private property, magic of the moment; Sketches and studies in oils; Exhibition at the Museum Giersch , Frankfurt am Main, 2009/2010
- Thingvalla Valley , private property. Fascination Strangers, exhibition at Museum Giersch , Frankfurt am Main 2013.
student
- Emil Beithan (1878–1955)
- Hermann Treusch (1876–1962)
literature
- Exhibition catalog: Fascination of Strangers. Pictures from Europe, the Orient and the New World , Museum Giersch, Frankfurt am Main 2013.
- Exhibition catalog: Magic of the Moment - Sketches and Studies in Oil , Museum Giersch, Frankfurt am Main 2009.
- Exhibition catalog: Frankfurt and the North Pole , Historisches Museum Frankfurt , Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-86568-285-7 .
- Exhibition catalog: Johann Heinrich Hasselhorst and his students. Two generations at the Städel , exhibition on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the artist's death, 1904–2004. Society for the Promotion of Frankfurt Painting. Published by Eugenie Börner, Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 3-932220-24-2 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Heinrich Hasselhorst in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hasselhorst, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hasselhorst, Johann Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and draftsman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4, 1825 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 7, 1904 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |