Hermann Mevius

Hermann Mevius (* 1820 in Breslau ; † May 20, 1864 in Düsseldorf ) was a German landscape and marine painter from the Düsseldorf School .

Life

From 1836 Mevius studied painting at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . From 1838 to 1840 he was a student in Johann Wilhelm Schirmer's landscape class there . After completing his studies, he stayed in Düsseldorf, from where he undertook study trips to the coasts of the Netherlands, France and Germany and where he was a member of the Malkasten artists' association from 1848 to 1854 . Like the slightly older Andreas Achenbach , Mevius tended to narrative and dramatic depictions of stormy scenes at sea. His painting Shipwreck on the Island of Capraja in the Ligurian Sea or Shipwreck on the Ligurian Coast was purchased on August 20, 1855 as the first work for the Upper Austrian State Gallery in Linz and in 1858 was given to the general exhibition in Munich.

Works (selection)

Fishermen unloading the catch

West coast of Heligoland , around 1850

In the canal off Dordrecht , 1846
West coast of Heligoland , around 1850
Shipwreck on the coast , 1851
English steamer and four-country ewer off Hamburg , 1856

literature

Mevius, Hermann. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 2/1, sheets 1–32: Mayer, Ludwig – Rybkowski. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1898, p. 31 ( archive.org ).
Mevius, Hermann . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 24 : Mandere – Möhl . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1930, p. 459 .

Web links

Hermann Mevius , data sheet in the portal rkd.nl ( Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie )
Hermann Mevius , artnet .de

Individual evidence

^ Gustav Wilhelm (ed.): Adalbert Stifter's complete works (= library of German writers from Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia . Volume 47 ). Stiasny, Graz 1958, p. 364 and 376 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
^ Rudolf Theilmann : The student lists of the landscape classes from Schirmer to Dücker. In: Wend von Kalnein (Ed.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1979, ISBN 3-8053-0409-9 , p. 145.

↑ Bettina Baumgärtel , Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: Directory of foreign artists. Nationality, residence and studies in Düsseldorf. In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Hrsg.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international impact 1819–1918. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , Volume 1, p. 436.

^ Adalbert Stifter and the establishment of the Landesgalerie. adalbertstifter.at, accessed on August 26, 2020 .

^ Gustav Wilhelm (ed.): Adalbert Stifter's complete works . Stiasny, Graz 1958, p. 383–384 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).

personal data
SURNAME	Mevius, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German landscape painter and marine painter from the Düsseldorf School
DATE OF BIRTH	1820
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH	May 20, 1864
Place of death	Dusseldorf

[1] Gustav Wilhelm (ed.): Adalbert Stifter's complete works (= library of German writers from Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia . Volume 47 ). Stiasny, Graz 1958, p. 364 and 376 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[2] Rudolf Theilmann : The student lists of the landscape classes from Schirmer to Dücker. In: Wend von Kalnein (Ed.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1979, ISBN 3-8053-0409-9 , p. 145.

[3] Bettina Baumgärtel , Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: Directory of foreign artists. Nationality, residence and studies in Düsseldorf. In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Hrsg.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international impact 1819–1918. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , Volume 1, p. 436.

[4] Adalbert Stifter and the establishment of the Landesgalerie. adalbertstifter.at, accessed on August 26, 2020 .

[5] Gustav Wilhelm (ed.): Adalbert Stifter's complete works . Stiasny, Graz 1958, p. 383–384 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).