Hermann Tunica
Hermann August Theodor Tunica on the painting in the painter's studio of Johann Christian Ludwig Tunica , with his wife and daughter Minna Tunica. The painting “Saint Cecilie” can be seen on the wall.
Hermann August Theodor Tunica (born October 9, 1826 in Braunschweig ; † June 11, 1907 there ) was a German painter . He is the son of Christian Tunica .
Tunica completed his training in Brussels and Paris, among others, where he studied and copied the battle pictures of Horace Vernet . In the Alps he painted from nature before he returned to Braunschweig and first worked as a freelance painter, then - after financial difficulties and depression - as a drawing teacher at various schools.
Tunica created portraits and historical pictures, among others King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. And King George V. let him paint them. In 1881 he was appointed court painter.
literature
- Britta Berg: Tunica, Hermann August Theodor. In: Luitgard Camerer , Manfred Garzmann , Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf (eds.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon . Joh. Heinr. Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig 1992, ISBN 3-926701-14-5 , p. 231 .
- Karl Wilhelm Mügel: Tunica, Hermann August Theodor. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 615 .
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| SURNAME | Tunica, Hermann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tunica, Hermann August Theodor (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 9, 1826 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunschweig |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 11, 1907 |
| Place of death | Braunschweig |