Hermann Steinfurth

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Black and white illustration of a self-portrait, Hamburger Kunsthalle
The education of Jupiter on Mount Ida in Crete , 1846
Diana is surprised by Aktäon in the bath , 1847, Hamburger Kunsthalle
Sleeping Venus and Cupid (attributed to Hermann Steinfurth)
Portrait of Georg Ernst Harzen , Hamburger Kunsthalle
Black and white illustration of the portrait by Johann Matthias Commeter , after a portrait by the painter Robert Schneider, 1876, Hamburger Kunsthalle
Black and white illustration of the portrait of Hermann Wilhelm Soltau , before 1861, Hamburger Kunsthalle
Black-and-white illustration of the portrait of a lady in black, before 1865, exhibited in 1906 in Berlin, Hamburger Kunsthalle
Black and white illustration of the portrait of Christian Petersen , before 1873, Hamburg State and University Library
Detail of a monochrome illustration of the portrait of August Abendroth , before 1868, Hamburger Kunsthalle
Children bathing , heliographic reproduction

Hermann Steinfurth (born May 18, 1823 or 1824 in Hamburg ; † February 7, 1880 there ) was a German painter and graphic artist from the Düsseldorf School of Painting and the Hamburg School .

Life

Hermann Steinfurth was born as the son of the iron and haberdashery dealer Friedrich Steinfurth on May 18, 1823 or 1824 in Hamburg. He received his first artistic training from Gerdt Hardorff the Elder, who was a drawing teacher at the Johanneum School of Academics . In 1841 he traveled to Düsseldorf , where he studied portrait painting as a private student with Karl Ferdinand Sohn and then at the Düsseldorf Art Academy with Friedrich Wilhelm von Schadow in the first painting class. This was followed by a study trip to Belgium and the Netherlands , where he copied portraits of Anthony van Dyck to hone his skills in portraiture. In 1847 he returned to Hamburg. He had his studio in the street Herrengraben 97 on Herrengrabenfleet , where his father's business was after the great fire of 1842 (the old residential and commercial building at Mühlenbrücke 139 burned down) and his brother Friedrich lived there too.

In 1848 Hermann Steinfurth won a competition organized by the Hamburg Artists' Association and was commissioned to paint the three-part altarpiece for the new main church of Sankt Petri . In order to study the altarpiece, he traveled to Munich and Düsseldorf and finally painted the three-part altarpiece in Düsseldorf, where he studied history painting again in the master class of Josef Wintergerst at the art academy in 1850 . When he was finished with the order, he delivered the picture, which was donated in 1851 by the Hamburg Artists' Association to the main church of Sankt Petri. On the middle part was the resurrection of Christ . The central section was destroyed in one of the air raids of Operation Gomorrah during World War II. The church itself was otherwise largely unscathed. The side panels were also undamaged. The left part shows the apostle Peter , according to Acts 10:14, and on the right part Paul , according to Romans 14:17. At the bottom of the picture of Paul is the inscription tablet with the inscription:

"Donated as an altarpiece to the Sanct Petrikirche by the Hamburg artists' association Anno Domini 1851"

In 1851 he went on a long journey through Germany, Austria and Italy . From 1853 he worked in Hamburg, only interrupted by occasional short trips. In 1863 his father had given up the business and Hermann Steinfurth now had his studio at Bohnenstrasse 17, but lived in Bohnenstrasse 3. In 1867 he still lived there, but had his studio at Fuhlentwiete 92. From 1870 to 1877 he lived and worked at Koppel 93 and 94. From 1877 until his death he lived and worked at Lüneburger Strasse 3 (now Stralsunder Strasse 3) on Hansaplatz on the second floor.

In 1877 he offered to lead a life drawing class at the trade school founded by the Patriotic Society in 1862 , which was located in the building of the Museum of Art and Industry and which was the forerunner of today's Hamburg University of Fine Arts . It should be a preparation for those preparing to attend art school. The offer was accepted and the class set up with him as the teacher. Hermann Steinfurth, who remained unmarried for life, taught there until 1880 and died after a serious illness on February 7 of the same year at the age of 56 in Hamburg. He bequeathed some oil paintings to the Hamburger Kunsthalle, to which he had already given a painting the previous year. The Kunsthalle then honored him with a memorial exhibition.

Hermann Steinfurth was a member of the Hamburger Künstlerverein and the Kunstverein in Hamburg and was chairman of both associations for a while . He was also a member of the Düsseldorf artists' association Malkasten , of which Crignic had been a member since 1846. He was a founding member and deputy chairman of the Düsseldorf chess club , whose first chess tournament took place at the artists' club Malkasten in 1855. Later he was a member of the board of trustees of the Society for Reproductive Art in Vienna, founded in 1871 . He was also a member of the Allgemeine Deutsche Kunstgenossenschaft .

Student (selection)

Exhibitions (selection)

Posthumously

Catalog of works (selection)

Dimensions: width × height

  • 1841: Jesus Christ and John the Baptist as children , etching , plate: 8.8 × 13.8 cm, sheet: 10 × 15.3 cm - including Philadelphia Museum of Art
  • 1841 (approx.): Young Jesus Christ and John the Baptist embrace , etching, plate: 8.8 × 13.6 cm, sheet: 10.2 × 15 cm - including Philadelphia Museum of Art
  • 184 ?: The young John the Baptist in the wilderness , etching, plate: 10 × 15.8 cm, sheet: 11.5 × 17.3 cm - including Philadelphia Museum of Art
  • 184 ?: The stoning of Saint Stephen , etching, plate: 25.3 × 34.3 cm, sheet: 33.2 × 45.7 cm - including Philadelphia Museum of Art
  • 184 ?: Saint Sebastian , etching, plate: 12.8 × 24.1 cm, sheet: 15.3 × 26.8 cm - including Philadelphia Museum of Art
  • 1843: Pietà , oil on canvas
  • 1844: John the Baptist writes , etching, plate: 8.9 × 14.2 cm, sheet: 10.3 × 15.7 cm - including Philadelphia Museum of Art
  • 1844: Entombment of Christ , oil on canvas
  • 1846: The education of Jupiter (on Mount Ida in Crete) , oil on canvas, 97 × 144 cm - exhibited in Hamburg in 1846 - 1861–1944 in the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum , then sold. In 2012 the painting was auctioned at Dorotheum for 55,200 euros.
  • 1846: Portrait of the elder Johann Christian Hinsch - exhibited in Hamburg in 1913
  • 1847: Diana and Aktäon (Diana is surprised by Aktäon in the bath) , oil on canvas, 185 × 132 cm - exhibited in 1847 in Hamburg - 1852 gift from Senator Eduard Johns for the future collection of the Hamburger Kunsthalle
  • 1847: Painting The Rape of Hylas
  • 1850: Three-part altarpiece with the parts Apostle Peter , Resurrection of Christ and Paul , of which only the parts with Peter and Paul still exist - main church Sankt Petri in Hamburg
  • 1851: Portrait of the painter Ludwig Knaus , oil on canvas, 86 × 107 cm - Steinfurth's legacy to the Hamburger Kunsthalle
  • 1854: Portrait of the elder Johann Peter Schäffer - exhibited in Hamburg in 1913
  • Before 1860: Portrait of Wilhelm Daniel Vivié as a child (son of Ernst Gottfried Vivié , in whose possession the picture was still in 1898)
  • Before 1862: Portrait of Hermann Wilhelm Soltau , oil on canvas, 47 × 57 cm - Exhibited in Hamburg in 1932 - Hamburger Kunsthalle
  • 1862 (or before): Six pencil drawings on Prometheia - exhibited in Vienna in 1867 - published as lithographs in 1862
  • 1863: The twelve apostles on six sheets, lithographs
  • Before 1864: self-portrait, 54.5 × 66.5 cm - 1863 gift from the Hamburger Künstlerverein to the Hamburger Kunsthalle
  • Before 1865: Portrait of a lady (in black), 48 × 58 cm - exhibited in Berlin in 1906 - acquired by the Hamburger Kunsthalle in 1895
  • Before 1868: Portrait of August Abendroth , oil on canvas, 96 × 119 cm - Gift from Otto Berkefeld to the Hamburger Kunsthalle (Inv.-No. HK-1786)
  • Before 1871: Portrait of the main pastor Gustav Baur - exhibited in 1913 in Hamburg - main church Sankt Jacobi in Hamburg
  • 1871: Portrait of Beer Carl Heine , oil on canvas, 95.5 × 129 cm - commissioned work for the Hamburger Kunsthalle (Inv.No .: HK-1787)
  • 1871: Portrait of Georg Ernst Harzen (art dealer ( Galerie Commeter ) and sponsor of the Hamburger Kunsthalle), posthumously after a photo, oil on canvas, 94.5 × 114.5 cm - commissioned work for the Hamburger Kunsthalle (inv.no. HK- 1785)
  • Before 1872: Portrait of Carl Refardt - exhibited in Hamburg in 1913
  • Before 1872: Portrait of Ludwig Heinrich Kunhardt - exhibited in Hamburg in 1913
  • Before 1873: Portrait of Christian Petersen - Hamburg State and University Library
  • 1874: Sketch sheet with numerous fleeting children's files on both sides, pencil, 52 × 35 cm - Formerly in the Arnold Otto Meyer collection
  • 1876: Portrait of Johann Matthias Commeter ( Galerie Commeter ), copy of a painting by Robert Schneider from 1852, oil on canvas, 62.8 × 77 cm - commissioned work for the Hamburger Kunsthalle (inv.no. HK-1784)
  • 1879: Portrait of the painter Hermann Kauffmann (at the age of 70), oil on canvas, 60 × 75 cm - exhibited in Berlin in 1879 and in Hamburg in 1932 - gift from Steinfurth to the Hamburger Kunsthalle in 1879
  • 18 ??: Portrait of the painter Valentin Ruths , oil on canvas, 54.5 × 66.5 cm - Exhibited in 1932 in Hamburg - Presented by Ruth in 1893 to the Hamburger Kunsthalle
  • 18 ??: Self-portrait, 37 × 46 cm - exhibited in Berlin in 1906 and in Hamburg in 1932 - Hamburger Kunsthalle
  • 18 ??: Portrait of Pastor Berend Carl Roosen - exhibited in Hamburg in 1913
  • 18 ??: Portrait of Pastor Gotthard Ritter (St. Petri Church), oil on canvas, 95 × 140 cm
  • 18 ??: Portrait of a gentleman - exhibited in Hamburg in 1913
  • 18 ??: Portrait of the mayor Hermann Anthony Cornelius Weber
  • 18 ??: Prometheia, 3 compositions (lithographs) - exhibited in Vienna in 1893
  • 18 ??: Portrait of a gentleman, oil on canvas, 39.4 × 47 cm
  • 18 ??: Portrait of Eduard Heinichen. There are also graphics of the portrait that were made by Otto Speckter .
  • 18 ??: Children bathing , drawing and heliographic reproduction
  • 18 ??: The Tartaros , oil on canvas, 107.5 × 74 cm - Steinfurth's legacy to the Hamburger Kunsthalle
  • 18 ??: The Tartaros , pencil drawing, 101 × 69 cm
  • 18 ??: Eos abducts Tithonos , oil on canvas, 197 × 267 cm - Steinfurth's legacy to the Hamburger Kunsthalle
  • 18 ??: Bacchants , oil on wood, 37 × 22 cm - Steinfurth's legacy to the Hamburger Kunsthalle
  • 18 ??: Pen- and- ink drawing Großer Bachanal , Bacchus in the middle , 50.3 × 31.2 cm - Formerly in the Museum of Hamburg History and in the Arnold Otto Meyer Collection
  • 18 ??: Pen drawing mythological scene , 35.5 × 29 cm - Formerly in the Museum of Hamburg History and in the Arnold Otto Meyer Collection
  • 18 ??: The Conversion of St. Paul , graphics, 4 sheets
  • 18 ??: Wall paintings on slate in the villa of Eduard Behrens (father of Theodor Behrens ): Naked figures in ornamental posture and framing according to the classic scheme
  • 18 ??: Sleeping Venus and Amor (also inappropriately Luna and Endymion ), oil on canvas, 47 × 39.5 cm - attributed to Hermann Steinfurth. In 2012 the painting was auctioned at Van Ham Art Auctions for 1,935 euros.
  • 18 ??: Portrait of the artist's mother, oil on canvas, 40.5 × 47.5 cm - Formerly part of the collection of the Hamburger Kunsthalle
  • 18 ??: Portrait of Johannes Amsinck
  • 18 ??: Portrait of Johann Matthias Commeter

  • Young Jesus Christ and John the Baptist hug , etching, ca.1841, Philadelphia Museum of Art

  • The Young John the Baptist in the Wilderness , etching, 184 ?, Philadelphia Museum of Art

  • John the Baptist writes , etching, 1844, Philadelphia Museum of Art

  • The stoning of Saint Stephen , etching, 184 ?, Philadelphia Museum of Art

  • Saint Sebastian , etching, 184 ?, Philadelphia Museum of Art

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Steinfurth, Hermann. In: General Artist Lexicon - International Artist Database - Online. Retrieved October 27, 2019 . In other reference works, the date May 18, 1823, and May 18, 1824 are sometimes given. Again in a different way, Daelen gives the 28th August 1822 in 1908.
  2. ^ Friedrich Steinfurth in the Hamburg address book from 1823. He ran the family business JM Steinfurth et Comp. (Johann Moritz Steinfurth et Comp.)
  3. ↑ In the finding aid (link to the Excel file at the bottom of the page) of the student lists of the Düsseldorf Art Academy
  4. ↑ Map of the fire area with times, wind directions and course of the fire
  5. ^ Hamburg address book from 1849
  6. ↑ Proof of studies with Josef Wintergerst in 1850
  7. ↑ St. Petri Hamburg on the website hamburg.de
  8. ↑ p. 83 in The architectural and art monuments of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. Volume 3, 1968
  9. ↑ Hermann Steinfurth in Northern Lights: 222 years: the Hamburg University of Fine Arts at Lerchenfeld and its history , Junius Verlag 1989
  10. ↑ Inventory list , paint box archive
  11. ↑ footnote , p. 27 in the life and work of the Baden court painter Georg Otto Eduard Saal , PDF file
  12. ↑ Proof of chess club, PDF file
  13. ↑ Proof of the first tournament at the Malkasten artists' association
  14. ↑ Declaration of the Society for Reproductive Art , Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
  15. ^ List of members of the General German Art Cooperative
  16. ↑ a b Evidence ( memento of July 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) 4th painting exhibition in Bremen and opening of the new Kunsthalle Bremen
  17. ↑ Mention of the painting in a report on the exhibition
  18. ^ Exhibitions ( Memento from May 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Kunsthalle Bremen
  19. ↑ Description of the drawings
  20. ↑ Entry in the exhibition catalog from 1879 (digitized version)
  21. ↑ Proof of International Exhibition of Graphic Arts
  22. ↑ Exhibitions ( Memento from October 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) at the Kunstverein in Hamburg (PDF file)
  23. ^ The stately home , Hamburg Correspondent , July 7, 1911, p. 9
  24. ^ Exhibition catalog , Altona 1912
  25. ↑ Exhibition directory 1932
  26. ↑ Black and white illustration of the self-portrait
  27. ^ Spring exhibition - The Hamburg artist association in the house of the art association in: Altonaer Nachrichten , April 15, 1935, p. 2
  28. ↑ Proof ( Memento from August 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Sale of the picture on the website of the Photo Archive Photo Marburg
  29. ↑ The painting at Dorotheum
  30. ^ Image of the portrait that Ludwig Knaus shows on the website of the Bildarchiv Foto Marburg
  31. ↑ Description and a page forward illustration of the portrait of Wilhelm Daniel Vivie
  32. ^ Wilhelm Daniel Vivie at MyHeritage with illustration
  33. ^ Image of the portrait that Hermann Soltau shows on the website of the Photo Archive Photo Marburg
  34. ↑ Figure self-portrait
  35. ^ Illustration of the portrait showing August Abendroth
  36. ^ Illustration of the portrait that Carl Heine is showing in the online collection of Hamburger Kunstahllet
  37. ↑ a b c Listed in the catalog of the valuable Dr. G. Blohm , Galerie Commeter, 1927
  38. ^ Illustration of the portrait showing Johann Matthias Commeter
  39. ^ Illustration of the portrait showing Valentin Ruths
  40. ↑ Illustration of a gentleman's oil painting
  41. ↑ Proof of the existence of the portrait and the graphics
  42. ↑ Figure Der Tartaros (also Der Tantarus / Der Tartarus ) on hamburger-kunsthalle.de
  43. ↑ Evidence The Conversion of Saint Paul
  44. ↑ Information on the painting at VAN HAM
  45. ↑ Information on the portrait of the mother in the online collection of the Hamburger Kunsthalle
personal data
SURNAME Steinfurth, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1823 or May 18, 1824
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH February 7, 1880
Place of death Hamburg