Hermann Eschke

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Hermann Eschke, photo by Wilhelm Fechner around 1890/1900
View from Svolvaer, August 10, 1887
Polyphemus on Capri

Hermann Wilhelm Benjamin Eschke (born May 6, 1823 in Berlin ; † January 15, 1900 there ) was a German painter .

Life

At the age of 17, Eschke came to Professor Wilhelm Herbig's studio in 1840 as a student and, on his recommendation, attended the Berlin Academy in 1841 and 1845 . Immediately afterwards he got a job as an assistant to the marine painter Wilhelm Krause , where he stayed until 1848. Through Krause's recommendation, Eschke got a job from 1849 to 1850 in the studio of the marine painter Eugène Lepoittevin in Paris .

In 1850, Eschke made extensive study trips to southern France and the Pyrenees and then returned to Berlin to settle there as a freelance artist. In the following years further study trips to the German North and Baltic Sea coast followed , Capri approx. 1871, South Norway approx. 1877, South Wales (approx. 1883), Isle of Wight approx. 1885, the Channel Island of Jersey approx. 1868 and 1886, the Brittany , the Scottish and Norwegian coasts (Lofoten, North Cape 1887). From all of his travels Eschke brought back sketches and drawings that formed the basis of his seascapes . But he also created oil paintings “ en pleine air ”.

Hermann Eschke's reputation was due, among other things, to the frescoes Kaiserpanorama zu Berlin created together with his son Richard Eschke : The German fleet demonstration in front of Zanzibar , and the diorama taking possession of New Guinea .

Eschke was later honored with the title of royal professor and awarded a small gold medal at the Berlin art exhibition . In 1892 he was one of the spokesmen in the " Munch case "; his application ensured that the Berlin exhibition of Edvard Munch's works was closed prematurely.

Eschke had many students in the course of his life: Louis Douzette , Moritz Erdmann , Ernst Koerner , Walter Moras , Carl Saltzmann , Alexander Kircher and Fritz Sturm were among the most important. Among the successful students are his sons Richard and Oskar Eschke, with whom he also carried out commissions for the court (see above).

With his motifs, Eschke continued this genre of his teacher Wilhelm Krause and created it through the happy choice of the reproduced moods in a remarkable interplay between light, air and water.

Hermann Eschke was married to Anna Louise Minna Vogeler (* July 1, 1832; † April 6, 1913), had ten children and had lived at 11 Apostelkirche in Berlin since 1878. Her sons included the painters Oscar Eschke (1851–1892) and Richard Eschke (1859–1944).

Hermann Eschke died in Berlin in 1900 at the age of 76 and was buried in the Old Twelve Apostles Cemetery in Schöneberg . The grave has not been preserved.

Works (selection)

  • Elsinore and the Sound, moonlight, 1855
  • The island of Neuwerk at the mouth of the Elbe, 1863
  • West coast of Heligoland 1866
  • The Jordan at the site of Christ's baptism, 1867
  • Leuchhtum bei Dieppe, Mondschein, 1869
  • Watchtower at l'Etaq, Jersey, 1869
  • Storm on the high seas
  • The Blue Grotto of Capri, 1872
  • The Polyphemus (on Capri), 1872
  • Lifeboat coming to the aid of a stranded schooner at the mouth of the Dievenow, 1872
  • Balholm and Balestrand in the Sognefjord, 1876
  • Freshwaterbai on the Isle of Wight, 1877
  • Foothills on Ruegen, 1878
  • In the port of Livorno, 1878
  • The east pier at Swinoujscie, 1879
  • Lighthouse on the cliff by moonlight, 1879
  • Worm's Head on the South Wales coast, 1881
  • Szczecin seen from Danzig, 1883
  • High seas at Worm's Head, 1884
  • Hammerfest Harbor, 1887
  • Midnight Sun in Lofoten, 1888

literature

  • Frauke Josenhans: Eschke, (Wilhelm Benjamin) Hermann In: Savoy, Bénédicte and Nerlich, France (ed.): Paris apprenticeship years. A lexicon for training German painters in the French capital. Volume 2: 1844-1870. Berlin / Boston 2015.
  • Alfried Nehring: Hermann Eschke - cliffs and coasts - a veteran of Berlin painting in the 19th century . Made by Klatschmohnverlag, Rostock / Bentwisch 2012, ISBN 978-3-941064-32-4 ; Book accompanying the special exhibition “Painting trips to the sea, Hermann Eschke and his students Louis Douzette, Carl Saltzmann, Walter Moras and Walter Leistikow” in the Kunstkaten Ahrenshoop from May 13th to July 9th, 2012
  • Bötticher: 19th Century Painters, pp. 294/295
  • Eschke, Hermann . In: Brockhaus Konversations-Lexikon 1894-1896, 6th volume, p. 347 (also 1908, 6th volume, p. 228/229).
  • German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE), 1996, Vol. 3, p. 176
  • Hans-Jürgen Hansen: German marine painting . Stalling, Oldenburg 1977
  • Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon , 6th edition 1904, pp. 101/102
  • Eschke, Wilhelm Benjamin Hermann . In: Hermann Alex. Müller: Biographical Artist Lexicon . Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1882, p. 162

Web links

Commons : Hermann Eschke  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 751.
personal data
SURNAME Eschke, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eschke, Hermann Wilhelm Benjamin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 1900
Place of death Berlin