Christian Kröner

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Portrait of Christian Kröner by Ismael Gentz , 1897
Christian Kröner, photo by Constantin Luck , 1911

Johann Christian Kröner (born February 3, 1838 in Rinteln (Weser), † October 18, 1911 in Düsseldorf ) was a German hunting and landscape painter , etcher and draftsman .

Life

Kröner, son of the decorative painter Johann Kröner (1788–1848) and his wife Clara Regina, née Meyer (1792–1862), attended grammar school in his hometown until 1852 and then worked as an apprentice for his brother, who had taken over his father's painting business . He also practiced sketching from nature. It was not until 1861 that he could devote himself further to art. First he went to Munich and the artists' colony of Brannenburg , where he painted landscapes and met local painters, including Carl Irmer , Wilhelm Busch , Julius Rollmann and Louis Hugo Becker . In 1862 he was back in Rinteln. In 1863 he went to Düsseldorf. There he joined the landscape painter Louis Hugo Becker, moved in the environment of the Düsseldorf School of Painting , joined the Malkasten artists' association and trained as a landscape and animal painter through self-study and frequent trips to Upper Bavaria , Thuringia and especially Westphalia . Even hunters , who observed the life and drifts of hunted game in calm as well as in dramatic moments and knew how to portray them with sharp characteristics, soon achieved outstanding importance. Gustav Süs , Karl Bertling and Eduard Geselschap were among his friends in Düsseldorf , as well as Albert Baur , Eugen Dücker and Carl Irmer. At the turn of the century he was undisputedly the leading hunting painter in Düsseldorf animal painting.

Kröner taught students privately. Julius Arthur Thiele was his private student from 1868 to 1872, Adeline Countess von Reventlow between 1870 and 1884 , Olga Meissner after 1874 , Franz Gehrts and Edmund Osthaus around 1880 , Nelson Kinsley around 1883 . From 1879 Magda Helmcke (1854-1935) received lessons in landscape painting from him, which he married in 1883 after four years of painting lessons. Hanny Stüber , who later trained painters herself , was also one of his students . The studios and the house of the Kröners at Pempelforter Straße 62 formed a cultural center in Düsseldorf. Erwin Kröner also became a painter of the two sons . One of his last students was the hunting and landscape painter Albert Holz .

Grave site of the Kröner family, with a sculpture by Josef Körschgen

The grave of the Kröner family is in the north cemetery .

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Stag fight
Autumn landscape with deer , 1895

His landscapes are distinguished by their fine mood and strong coloring. He was particularly successful in reproducing the morning mist in a picturesque manner. His main field of study was the Teutoburg Forest , the Harz and Rügen . Of his very carefully treated pictures, the most important are:

  • Deer after the fight , 1870
  • Wild boars in winter
  • Deer after the rut , 1876
  • Autumn landscape with big game in the morning , 1877, Berlin National Gallery
  • Through the Rag , 1879
  • By Riflemen , 1884
  • Walkenried , 1889, Museum Kunstpalast
  • Autumn landscape with deer , 1895

Kröner also created etchings and numerous drawings for woodcut. He was represented at many representative art exhibitions in Germany. He was honored with the gold medal of the Great Berlin Art Exhibition and in 1893 with the appointment of "Royal Professor". His works were awarded prizes in London  (1879, 1887, 1895, 1899) and at the world exhibitions in Chicago (1893) , Antwerp (1894) and Paris (1900) . From 1885 he was a member of the Berlin Academy .

literature

Web links

Commons : Christian Kröner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gymnasium Ernestinum (ed.): The Rintelner Gymnasium in the mirror of the time 1817–1967. Bösendahl, Rinteln 1967, p. 101.
  2. ↑ Inventory list , website in the malkasten.org portal , accessed on February 20, 2016
  3. ^ Rudolf Vierhaus (ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia. Volume 6: Kraatz – Menges. 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Walter de Gruyter / KG Saur Verlag, Berlin / Boston 2006, ISBN 3-11-094027-2 , p. 76 ( books.google.de ).
  4. ^ Wend von Kalnein : The Düsseldorf School of Painting. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1979, ISBN 3-8053-0409-9 , p. 380.
  5. ^ Friedrich Schaarschmidt : On the history of Düsseldorf art, especially in the 19th century. Art Association for the Rhineland and Westphalia, Düsseldorf 1902, p. 234 ff. ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  6. ↑ Magda Kröner (1854–1935) , on germanistik.hhu.de, accessed on March 29, 2016
  7. ^ Christian Kröner, painter. In: Address book of the mayor's office in Düsseldorf 1889.

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personal data
SURNAME Kröner, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kröner, Johann Christian; Kroener, Johann Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German hunting and landscape painter
DATE OF BIRTH February 3, 1838
PLACE OF BIRTH Rinteln
DATE OF DEATH October 18, 1911
Place of death Dusseldorf