Hermann Eichfeld
Hermann Eichfeld (born February 27, 1845 in Karlsruhe , † August 26, 1917 in Mannheim ) was a German landscape painter . He was a professor and director of the Grand Ducal Picture Gallery in Mannheim.
Life
Hermann Eichfeld was born as the son of the businessman Carl Joseph Eichfeld, the first war minister of the Baden revolutionary government . After the crushed revolution, the family lived in Antwerp , where Eichfeld met Anselm Feuerbach , Ludwig Kachel the Younger, Karl Roux and other artists who were at the family home while attending the Antwerp Art Academy, which was then headed by Gustave Wappers Eichfeld frequented. At the age of twelve he already attended the Classical Classical Hall of this academy as an art enthusiast.
His professional career, however, initially developed differently. In 1864 he went to study engineering at the Zurich Polytechnic , where he joined the Corps Rhenania . After Rhenania's suspension in March 1865, he must have left Zurich immediately and entered military service in Baden. He took part in the war against France in 1870/71 as an officer , was wounded and awarded the Iron Cross II. Class and the Order of Frederick .
In 1873 he quit his officer service and studied at the Stuttgart Art Academy and under Joseph Wenglein at the Munich Art Academy . He was a co-founder and later a committee member of the Munich Secession . He was active literary in well-known art magazines of his time. In 1909 Eichfeld received the gold medal of the Munich Secession. In 1912 he was appointed professor and director of the Grand Ducal Picture Gallery in Mannheim. On the occasion of his 70th birthday, the Mannheimer Kunstverein organized an exhibition of studies and sketches by Eichfeld.
Hermann Eichfeld was a member of the German Association of Artists .
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Eichfeld's landscapes are characterized by “an elegant, subdued, intimate, harmonious tone”. They are “simple and plain in their fine mood”. In his natural style, "elements of form and color, together with the mood evoked by considering nature, are the constructive and effective style elements".
Selection of paintings:
- Autumn landscape (around 1890)
- Thunderstorm mood on the country road (1895)
- March Sun (1907)
- At the Oberhof (1910)
literature
- Personal details. in: Art Chronicle. Volume 26, 1914/15, No. 23 (March 5, 1915), pp. 308–309.
- Necrologist. in: Art Chronicle. Volume 28, 1916/17, issue No. 43 (September 21, 1917), p. 519.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b date of birth and death
- ↑ Ludwig Kachel: Kunstmaler at www.karlsruhe.de ( Memento of the original from September 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ 150 years Corps Rhenania Zurich-Aachen-Braunschweig, 1855-2005 , Braunschweig 2005, p. 308
- ↑ Personal details . in: Art Chronicle. 23rd year, 1911/12, issue No. 23 (April 12, 1912), p. 359.
- ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Ordinary members of the German Association of Artists since it was founded in 1903 / Eichfeld, Hermann ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on November 22, 2015)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eichfeld, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landscape painter, professor and director of the Grand Ducal Picture Gallery in Mannheim |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 27, 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karlsruhe |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 26, 1917 |
| Place of death | Mannheim |