Hugo Havenith

Boy playing the flute with dog in the forest

Hugo Havenith (born April 12, 1853 in London , † September 15, 1925 in Düsseldorf ) was a German painter , draftsman and graphic artist .

Life

Hugo Havenith, the youngest son of the businessman Johann Leonard Havenith (1808-1854) from Raeren , was born in London. From February 4, 1874 he studied at the Munich Royal Academy of Fine Arts in the nature class with Ludwig von Löfftz and Wilhelm von Diez . After completing his studies, he stayed in Munich and lived at Tattenbachstrasse 2/4.

He was mainly concerned with genre painting. From 1883 Havenith showed his works at art exhibitions in Berlin and Munich, a. a. in the Munich Glass Palace . He also published his pictures in the " Gartenlaube ".

In 1888 Hugo Havenith married Crescentia (1859–1922) in Munich, née Wenninger. The marriage remained childless. His sister Emilie (1838–1889) was in a relationship with the painter Karl Joseph Litschauer in Düsseldorf. His sister Berta (1839–1891) married the painter Ernst Bosch - also in Düsseldorf . His mother Emilie Anna Maria (1817-1857) was married to the painter Josef Schex (1819-1894) for a short year after her father's death .

literature

Havenith, Hugo . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 16 : Hansen – Heubach . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1923, p. 160 .
Bénézit Dictionary of Artists. English Edition (2006) 6: 1250 doi : 10.1093 / benz / 9780199773787.article.B00084742
General artist lexicon. International artist database (1993-2006)

Web links

Commons : Hugo Havenith - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Hugo Havenith , data sheet in the portal rkd.nl ( Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie )

Individual evidence

↑ Hugo Havenith , on geneanet.org, accessed July 24, 2016.
↑ 03004 Hugo Havenith. In: Matriculation Book 1841–1884. Retrieved December 18, 2015.

personal data
SURNAME	Havenith, Hugo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter, draftsman and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH	April 12, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH	London
DATE OF DEATH	September 15, 1925
Place of death	Munich

[1] Hugo Havenith , on geneanet.org, accessed July 24, 2016.

[2] 03004 Hugo Havenith. In: Matriculation Book 1841–1884. Retrieved December 18, 2015.