Heinrich Sperling
Maltese , 1884
Heinrich Sperling (born March 23, 1844 in Warnkenhagen ; † June 20, 1924 in Berlin ) was a German figure and especially animal painter .
He was a student of Carl Steffeck and Paul Friedrich Meyerheim . In 1893 he became a professor. His final resting place is in the south-west cemetery Stahnsdorf . His son Claus Sperling also became a painter.
“Hardly any hunting magazine of that time, probably also of our century, did not contain one or the other hunting dog picture by Sperling. However, his artistic work was not limited to hunting dogs; he also painted, for example, the dogs of the imperial family. "
- Heinrich UHDE: The hunting dog system. 100 years of the Jagdgebrauchshundverband eV (JGHV). Landbuch-Verlag Hannover, 1999, pp. 518/519
literature
- Sperling, Heinrich. Entry in the Allgemeine Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler , Vol. 31, p. 363
Web links
Commons : Heinrich Sperling - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Video bulldog and dachshund in: Lieb & Teuer , NDR , May 27, 2018, Reinbek Castle . With Janin Ullmann and painting expert Barbara Guarnieri
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sperling, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German figure and especially animal painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 23, 1844 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warnkenhagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 20, 1924 |
| Place of death | Berlin |