Hermann Ludwig Seefisch

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On Lake Maggiore in 1848

Hermann Ludwig Seefisch (* 1810 in Potsdam ; † 1879 ) was a German landscape , genre and portrait painter .

Life

Seefisch graduated from the Prussian Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin from 1829 to 1833 and took courses in anatomy and perspective. In 1832 he trained in Wilhelm Wach's studio in Berlin, and from 1834 he regularly participated in the Berlin Academy exhibitions. From 1836 to 1839 he was in Paris, where he studied in Louis Étienne Watelet's studio until around 1838 . After 1839 he worked as a painter in Berlin.

Works (selection)

Paris time
  • View of Paris, from the limestone quarries near Pantin, at sunset, whereabouts unknown (BAA 1838, No. 787)
  • Area near St. Denis, whereabouts unknown (BAA 1838, No. 789)
  • Le repos des moissonneurs, 1838, oil / canvas, 40.7 × 62.2 cm, whereabouts unknown (Mayer: 100,000 œuvres d'art 2001, p. 48)
  • Pilots in the port of Dunkirk, whereabouts unknown (BAA 1838, No. 790)
  • City in Normandy, composition based on motifs from Rouen, whereabouts unknown (BAA 1838, No. 788)

literature

  • Frauke Josenhans: Seefisch, Hermann Ludwig . In: Bénédicte Savoy, France Nerlich (ed.): Paris apprenticeship years. A lexicon for training German painters in the French capital . Volume 1: 1793-1843 . De Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2013, ISBN 978-3-11-029057-8 , pp. 264–266.

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personal data
SURNAME Sea fish, Hermann Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German landscape, genre and portrait painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH Potsdam
DATE OF DEATH 1879