Hermann Winterhalter

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Hermann Fidel Winterhalter

Hermann Fidel Winterhalter (born September 23, 1808 in Menzenschwand in the Black Forest , † February 24, 1891 in Karlsruhe ) was a German painter and the younger brother of the portrait painter Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805–1873).

The brothers Franz-Xaver u. Hermann Winterhalter (from left)

Life

Winterhalter grew up in Menzenschwand with his eight siblings, only four of whom reached adulthood. His father Fidel Winterhalter (1773–1863) advised him from an early age to follow in the footsteps of his older brother Franz Xaver. Like his older brother, Winterhalter completed a four-year apprenticeship as a lithographer at the Herderschen Kunstinstitut in Freiburg . He later went to Munich and Rome to study there. In 1840 he finally settled in Paris , supported by his well-known brother, who also worked there. Although the brothers were similar in their work as well as in their personalities, there was no rivalry between them. Hermann Winterhalter even represented his brother in his Paris studio when he was on trips abroad. He was a great support to his brother's career. After the fall of the Second Empire , the brothers decided to retire in Karlsruhe. Franz Xaver died in 1873, Hermann not until almost twenty years later in 1891.

Works

literature

  • Winterhalter, Hermann. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 2/2, sheets 33–67: Saal – Zwengauer. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1901, p. 1027 ( archive.org ).
  • Otto Ernst Sutter: Franz Xaver Winterhalter. With seven photographs after paintings and engravings by the artist. In: Reclam's universe. 25.1, 1909, pp. 369-374.
  • Winterhalter, Hermann . In: Hans Wolfgang Singer (Ed.): General Artist Lexicon. Life and works of the most famous visual artists . Prepared by Hermann Alexander Müller . 5th unchanged edition. tape 5 : Vialle-Zyrlein. Supplements and corrections . Literary Institute, Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt a. M. 1921, p. 109 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive - here 1810 as year and place of birth St. Blasien in Baden, in the addendum [p. 286] the information was corrected to September 23, 1808).
  • Winterhalter, Hermann . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 36 : Wilhelmy-Zyzywi . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1947, p. 89 .
  • Hubert Mayer (ed.): The artist family Winterhalter. An exchange of letters. Braun, Karlsruhe 1998, ISBN 3-7650-8215-5 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Eugene Barilo from Reisberg: Some notes on the Winterhalter Family. In: The Winterhalter Catalog. July 13, 2012, accessed March 19, 2016 .
  2. ^ Tilmann von Stockhausen: Franz Xaver Winterhalter and the Black Forest. In: Franz Xaver Winterhalter: Painter on behalf of Her Majesty. Stuttgart, Arnoldsche 2015, ISBN 978-3-89790-449-1 , pp. 25-26.
personal data
SURNAME Winterhalter, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Winterhalter, Hermann Fidel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1808
PLACE OF BIRTH Menzenschwand
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 1891
Place of death Karlsruhe