Hermann Becker (painter, 1817)
Hermann Heinrich Becker (born September 24, 1817 in Hamburg , † May 3, 1885 in Aachen ) was a German painter and art historian .
Life
Becker was the son of the Hamburg merchant and broker of the same name, Hermann Becker († 1838). His own son also had the first name Hermann.
From 1839 to 1844 he studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy , including from 1840 to 1842 under Karl Ferdinand Sohn , together with Carl Gottfried Eybe and Christoph Wilhelm Wohlien . He then went on study trips to Antwerp , Paris , Brussels and Italy . In 1844 he settled in Düsseldorf as a freelance painter and worked as a history and genre painter . Later (1866) he lived as an art critic in Cologne .
In addition to his work as a painter and art writer, Becker was organizationally active: in 1844 he was one of the founders of the Association of Düsseldorf Artists for Mutual Support and Help and was a founding member of the Düsseldorf artists ' association Malkasten in 1848 and a member of the Hamburg artists' association from 1832 . He was also an initiator of the General German Art Cooperative , which was constituted in Bingen at the end of September 1856 .
In the Historical Archive of the City of Cologne , his unpublished manuscript is a comedy Hermann the Cherusci .
plant
Becker's painting was linked to the style of the Nazarenes . He preferred to devote himself to religious motifs and created mythological and historical themes, he created genre scenes and portraits.
Publications
- German painter. Described critically from Asmus Jakob Carstens up to modern times. Edited and edited by the son Hermann Becker jun. Verlag Reissner, Leipzig 1888, urn : nbn: de: hbz: 061: 1-40748 .
- The Dortmund wall tailor book. Crüwell, Dortmund 1871, ( urn : nbn: de: hbz: 061: 1-85140 ).
literature
- Becker, Hermann. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 1/1, sheets 1–30: Aagaard – Heideck. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1891, pp. 58-59 ( archive.org ).
- Becker, Hermann . In: Hans Wolfgang Singer (Ed.): General Artist Lexicon. Life and works of the most famous visual artists . Prepared by Hermann Alexander Müller . 3rd, revised and updated edition up to the latest time. tape 1 : A-F . Literary Institute, Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt a. M. 1895, p. 89 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Hermann Board : Becker, Hermann . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 3 : Bassano – Bickham . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1909, p. 148 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Emmanuel Bénézit : Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs…. 1976, p. 564.
- Becker, Hermann Heinrich . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 8, Saur, Munich a. a. 1993, ISBN 3-598-22748-5 , p. 164.
- Eleonore Sent: bequests and collections in the city archive of the state capital Düsseldorf, 4–2 Hermann Heinrich Becker. Düsseldorf 2006 ( duesseldorf.de PDF; 248 kB; detailed biography, p. 4).
Web links
- Literature by and about Hermann Becker in the catalog of the German National Library
- “The wonderful chandelier” , fairy tale by Hermann Becker
- Tectonics of the estate collection: Hermann Heinrich Becker (PDF) in the Düsseldorf City Archives, 2006, Finding aid No. 7-2-4-2.0000
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Becker, Hermann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Becker, Hermann Heinrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and art historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 24, 1817 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 3, 1885 |
| Place of death | Aachen |