Johann Andreas Herrenburg
Johann Andreas von Herrenburg (born February 6, 1824 in Berlin ; † June 14, 1906 there ; actually: Johann Andreas von Herrenburger ), often just Andreas (von) Herrenburg , was a German architectural , landscape and oriental painter .
Life
Herrenburg received his first lessons from the landscape painter Professor Karl Eduard Biermann and then made study trips to Germany , France and Italy for his further training .
When he came to Athens in 1845 , King Otto I of Greece induced him to explore the monuments of antiquity in the Peloponnese ; from there he accompanied a Turkish expedition to Asia Minor , Palestine and Persia undertaken for artistic and scientific purposes . In Cyprus he carried out geographic research and delivered the first complete special map of this island. After he had traveled to Egypt , Nubia and Abyssinia , he returned to Berlin in 1848 and now carried out his numerous sketches for landscape and architectural images. This includes:
- A street in Cairo ,
- The Thebes Plain in Egypt ,
- A look at Sidon ,
- Motif of the White Nile ,
- A street in Baghdad ,
- The coast of Paphos, Abuschehr on the Persian Gulf ,
- The motif from Lake Como, which is based on its solar effect, as well
- The effect picture of the Colossi of Memnon u. a.
In 1855 he moved to Dresden and also painted several Nordic landscapes or pictures of old classical architecture, among others: the Acropolis of Athens, the Theater of Taormina, the Temple of Isis on Philae and the Roman Forum .
literature
- Hermann Alex: Biographical Artist Lexicon . Müller, publishing house of the Bibliographical Institute, Leipzig 1882
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Herrenburg, Johann Andreas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Herrenburg, Johann Andreas von; Herrenburger, Johann Andreas von (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architecture, landscape and oriental painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1824 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 1906 |
| Place of death | Berlin |