Heinrich Lauenstein

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Heinrich Lauenstein in front of his painting "Be true to death"

Heinrich Lauenstein (* 26. September 1835 in Hüddessum in Hildesheim ; † 16th May 1910 in Dusseldorf ) was a German painter of the Düsseldorf School and professor of religious history painting at the Art Academy in Dusseldorf .

Life

Portrait of Marie Vorster , 1885

Heinrich Lauenstein, son of the Hüddessumer mill owner Christoph Lauenstein, was a decorative painter in Hildesheim before he came to the Düsseldorf Art Academy in 1859 - supported by a grant from King George V of Hanover . First he studied there with Heinrich Mücke , Andreas and Karl Müller , Karl Ferdinand Sohn and Rudolf Wiegmann . In June 1863 he entered the class of history and genre painting, where he became a student of Eduard Bendemann and, from autumn 1867, of Ernst Deger . During his training, Lauenstein became an assistant teacher in the elementary class in autumn 1864, which he led from 1881. Later on, well-known painters such as Heinrich Nauen and Max Clarenbach were among his numerous students . From 1897 until his death, Lauenstein was professor of religious history painting at the Düsseldorf Art Academy. In 1893 his wife Emilie, née Peters, who married Lauenstein in 1874, died. The couple had several children. The husband of the daughter Ottilie was the insurance manager Johannes Nordhoff , father of the later CEO of Volkswagen AG Heinrich Nordhoff .

Heinrich Lauenstein had been a member of the Malkasten artists' association since 1873/74 .

Artistic activity

1873, Düsseldorf-Heerdt, St. Benediktus "Maria and Johannes under the cross"
Wall painting in St. Lambertus after the restoration.
Mural today

Lauenstein was decisively shaped by the Düsseldorf Nazarenes . Under the influence of his teacher Ernst Deger, he continued religious history painting, which had already survived in the 1860s, in the next generation. He assisted the Düsseldorf Nazarene Andreas Müller with the wall paintings for the Art Museum in Sigmaringen Castle , which opened in 1867 , the ancestral seat of the Princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. In the upper wall zone, 26 portraits of painters and sculptors from the Middle Ages were attached. Lauenstein also made several altarpieces, especially for churches in Düsseldorf and the Rhineland. His strictly composed biblical motifs, some with a neo-Gothic inspired gold background, are part of the Nazarene tradition of the Schadow School transmitted by Deger. Lauenstein became popular through idyllic, genre-like religious scenes that reveal Bendemann's influence. Pictures he painted for the German-American businessman John D. Lankenau (1817–1901) from Philadelphia are counted among his most important creations.

In addition to the sacred works, von Lauenstein portraits and portraits of children are known.

Works (selection)

Illustrations (selection)

Student (selection)

literature

Web links

Commons : Heinrich Lauenstein  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The biographical data and information on Heinrich Lauenstein are mainly based on: Guido Krey : Lauenstein, Heinrich. In: Lexicon of the Düsseldorf School of Painting 1819–1918. Volume 2, Munich 1998, pp. 316-317; there sources and literature until 1992.
  2. ^ Ekkehard Mai : Deger, Ernst. In: Lexicon of the Düsseldorf School of Painting 1819–1918. Volume 1, Munich 1997, p. 265.
  3. ^ Doris Hansmann: Müller, Andreas. In: Lexicon of the Düsseldorf School of Painting 1819–1918. Volume 2, Munich 1998, p. 421; Official website of the House of Hohenzollern.
  4. ↑ Guido Krey 1998, p. 317.
personal data
SURNAME Lauenstein, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH September 26, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Hüddessum near Hildesheim
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1910
Place of death Dusseldorf