Theodor Köppen

Theodor Köppen: Distress at Sea (1893)

Theodor Köppen: Shipwreck (1895)

Theodor Köppen , baptized Hermann Wilhelm Theodor Köppen (born July 27, 1828 in Brake / Weser, Grand Duchy of Oldenburg ; † March 3, 1903 in Nymphenburg ), was a German naval , history and portrait painter .

Life

Theodor Köppen was born the son of a landowner. He studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy and from October 22, 1851 at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich under Wilhelm von Kaulbach. After completing his studies, he went on study trips to Italy , after which he settled in Munich . He mainly painted pictures of the sea, as well as history pictures and portraits.

In 1896 he painted the altarpiece for the St. Nikolai Church in Stollhamm near his home town on the mediation of Hermann Allmers .

Köppen was with Babetta, geb. Wieser (* 1843), daughter of a music teacher, married and father of the painters Wilhelm Köppen (1876–1917) and Max Köppen (1877–1960) and Katharina Köppen (1881–1907).

literature

Köppen, Hermann Wilhelm Theodor. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 1/2, sheets 31–61: Heideck – Mayer, Louis. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1895, p. 743 ( archive.org ).
Köppen, Theodor (Hermann Wilhelm Th.) . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 21 : Knip – Kruger . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1927, p. 173 .
Horst Ludwig : Köppen, Theodor. In: Bruckmann's Lexicon of Munich Art . Munich painter in the 19th century. Volume 4. Bruckmann, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-7654-1802-1 , pp. 369-370.
Köppen, Théodor. In: Emmanuel Benezit (founder); Jacques Busse (ed.): Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays . Nouvelle édition, entièrement réfondue [= 4th edition]. Gründ, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-7000-3020-6 , Volume 7, p. 944 (short entry).

Web links

Commons : Hermann Wilhelm Theodor Köppen - Collection of images

Painting by Theodor Köppen on artnet
Theodor Köppen , short biography at lot-tissimo
Theodor Köppen at Kunst und Kultur.de

Remarks

^ According to Thieme-Becker, not included in the student lists in the Düsseldorf State Archives; List .
^ Matriculation Book Academy Munich .
↑ Hans-Rudolf Mengers: The altarpiece in the Stollhammer Church . In: Jahrbuch Männer vom Morgenstern, Heimatbund an Elb- und Wesermündung 81, 2002, pp. 287-304.

personal data
SURNAME	Köppen, Theodor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Köppen, Hermann Wilhelm Theodor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German naval, history and portrait painter
DATE OF BIRTH	July 27, 1828
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brake (Lower Weser)
DATE OF DEATH	March 3, 1903
Place of death	Nymphenburg

[1] According to Thieme-Becker, not included in the student lists in the Düsseldorf State Archives; List .

[2] Matriculation Book Academy Munich .

[3] Hans-Rudolf Mengers: The altarpiece in the Stollhammer Church . In: Jahrbuch Männer vom Morgenstern, Heimatbund an Elb- und Wesermündung 81, 2002, pp. 287-304.