Heinrich Lang (painter, 1838)
Heinrich Lang (born April 24, 1838 in Regensburg , † July 8, 1891 in Munich ) was a German horse and battle painter, illustrator and writer.
Life
Between 1855 and 1857 Lang received training from Friedrich Voltz and Franz Adam at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. He conducted horse studies in the local veterinary school as well as on stud farms of the Princes of Thurn and Taxis in Regensburg and in Württemberg. He made several trips to Hungary; In 1866, 1867 and 1871 he stayed in Paris. From 1866 to 1868 he took part in the Paris Salon and in 1870/71 in the Franco-German War as a battle painter. He then worked as an illustrator and writer in Munich. In 1883 he married the Austrian landscape painter Tina Blau .
Works
- Un troupeau de chevaux hongrois chassé par un Tsikos , whereabouts unknown (Salon 1866, No. 1098)
- Un chariot hongrois , whereabouts unknown (Salon 1867, No. 857)
- Transport de chevaux en Hongrie , whereabouts unknown (Salon 1868, No. 1425)
- Longchamps racing course , 1867, whereabouts unknown (Müller).
literature
- Hyacinth Holland : Lang, Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 51, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, pp. 547-553.
- Eva Knels: Lang, Heinrich In: Bénédicte Savoy, France Nerlich (ed.): Paris apprenticeship years. A lexicon for training German painters in the French capital. Volume 2: 1844-1870. de Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2015, p.?.
Web links
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lang, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lang, Henri |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, author and illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1838 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | regensburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 8, 1891 |
| Place of death | Munich |