Henry Vianden

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Henry Vianden , born Heinrich Vianden (born July 9, 1814 in Poppelsdorf , † February 5, 1899 near Milwaukee ) was a German-American painter , lithographer and engraver . Among friends he was nicknamed "The Bear" ( dt. : "The Bear" ) and is often called "the father of Wisconsiner called art."

Life

Vianden, the only child of the ceramic painter Wilhelm Joseph Vianden (1788–1818) and his wife Anna Maria, née Weyh (1788–1866), was five years old when his father died. At the age of 14 he trained as a goldsmith and studied from 1838 to 1841 at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. From 1844 he exhibited his pictures for the first time in Cologne and in the same year continued his artistic training for a year and a half in Antwerp . In Belgium he also worked with Frans-Andries Durlet . In 1845 he returned to Germany and lived there in Cologne ( Große Brinkgasse 11 ). In November 1848 he married his first wife Magdalena Krüppel (* 1811), the daughter of a Zülpich village doctor. She later gave birth to four children, all of whom died in their childhood.

With her he left Germany in May 1849 and reached the United States on July 4th in New York City , where the two stayed for a few weeks before moving to Wisconsin , initially in the Burlington area and in October 1849 then applied for US citizenship in Milwaukee. In December he exhibited in Milwaukee for the first time and in May 1850 he moved with his wife to a suburb that has now been incorporated. He taught outdoor painting near his home. In the city itself he had a studio in a small shop building at 111 Mason Street , where he also taught. He also taught at the two non-denominational private academies, the German-English Academy run by Peter Engelmann (today: University School of Milwaukee ) and the German, French, and English Academy run by Mathilde Franziska Anneke . Some of his students became well-known artists, including Carl von Marr , Robert Koehler , Frank Enders , Robert Schade and Susan Stuart Frackelton .

On June 5, 1860, his first wife left him and went back to Germany. On November 1, 1861, he applied to the Milwauke District Court for divorce, which was granted on February 15, 1862. In 1867 he married his second wife, the German Fredericka Wollenzien (1837-1897). The marriage remained childless.

Vianden died of pleurisy disease at the age of 85 . During his lifetime he sold part of his land to the Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee, where his body was buried. His house, which was in the southwest corner of the cemetery, was demolished in 1922.

literature

  • Horst Heidermann : Heinrich Vianden (1814–1899). Poppelsdorf's Pioneer Painter . In: Bonner Heimat- und Geschichtsverein , Stadtarchiv Bonn (ed.): Bonner Geschichtsblätter: Yearbook of the Bonner Heimat- und Geschichtsverein , ISSN  0068-0052 , Volume 49/50 (1999/2000), Bonn 2001, pp. 305–347. [not yet evaluated for this article]

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lifetime Achievement Awards honor first group of visual artists: Henry Vianden (1814-1899) ( Memento from October 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (English), at www.portalwisconsin.org
  2. ^ Peter C. Merrill: Henry Vianden: Pioneer Artist in Milwaukee (English).
personal data
SURNAME Vianden, Henry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vianden, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American painter, lithographer and engraver
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH Poppelsdorf
DATE OF DEATH February 5, 1899
Place of death at Milwaukee