Karl Hetz (painter)

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Karl Hetz, Two young ladies in front of Neuburg a. d. Danube , watercolor (1870).

Johann Karl (Carl) Hetz (born November 11, 1828 in Kulmbach ; † August 5, 1899 in Munich ) was a painter , draftsman, art teacher and royal Bavarian professor at the applied arts school in Neuburg an der Donau.

Like Franz Defregger and Rudolf Epp, Hetz was a representative of realism and genre painting . He is counted among the painters of the Munich School .

Life and work

He was the son of an instrument maker and master carpenter from Mainleus near Kulmbach . After graduating from school in Kulmbach, he became a teacher according to his parents' wishes. Since his artistic talent and inclination predominated, he moved to Munich in 1858, where he attended the polytechnic. He was accepted at the Munich Art Academy on October 24, 1860 and studied with Arthur von Ramberg , among others . After a brief engagement at the royal trade school in Neuburg an der Donau, he painted and taught in Munich from 1868 onwards . There Hetz worked from 1868 to 1893 as a professor in the subjects of drawing and modeling at the royal arts and crafts school. In 1875 he was appointed royal Bavarian professor. In his free time, he mainly devoted himself to landscape and portraiture. Every year, Hetz went on extensive study trips to southern Europe and the Alps. He drew and painted numerous genre pictures, architectural pictures and landscapes in Bavaria, Swabia, Tyrol, Italy, Dalmatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1897 he presented a large number of watercolor vedutas from these southern countries in Bavarian exhibitions and galleries.

The genre pictures by Karl Hetz show, as drawings, watercolors and oil paintings, scenes from the life of simple people in Franconia , Bavaria and southern Europe. With his later works, Hetz often reflects a social tendency picture of his time. In particular, he depicted rural rural life in domestic scenes in small and medium-sized formats. His paintings are a valuable source of everyday rural culture and living environments between the Franconian Forest and the Adriatic Sea in the 19th century. Many of his genre pictures have been used as illustrations in newspapers and magazines. a. in the gazebo use.

Carl Hetz's works, especially his genre paintings, landscapes and architectural pieces, found buyers in the USA during his lifetime and are now being traded at numerous auctions there and in Europe. In addition to galleries, various art associations in Bavarian cities also promoted Hetz's works during his lifetime. In 1886, Hetz submitted the painting "The Lord Bridegroom" to the Swiss Art Exhibition in Aarau from May 9th to 30th, 1886, which was offered on site for 1200 francs.

Works (selection)

  • Who do the cards speak for? Hunting picture, oil on canvas 42 × 30 cm, 1886.
  • GOOD GET IT A young waitress in a Munich dirndl dress serving sausages on a plate and three glass jugs, the money bag on a silver chain on her apron. Oil / wood. 29.3 × 22.3 cm, signed and inscribed Munich lower right.
  • Preparation for the Feast of Corpus Christi, genre picture 1871.
  • Monastery (hospital) of the Brothers of Mercy at St. Wolfgang in Neuburg ad Donau (approx. 1860), gouache, 11.5 × 15.9 cm. City Museum Neuburg ad .Donau (Historic Association Neuburg ad Donau, G 849).
  • Two young women in front of Neuburg ad Donau Castle, watercolor, 35 cm × 47 cm, 1870.
  • Brotherly patience, original oil on canvas, printed as an art sheet in Rodenberg, Julius; Dohm, Ernst: "The Salon for Literature, Art and Society", Volume 2, Leipzig 1885, p. 184.
  • Ducks at the pond. Oil on mahogany, 11.5 × 15 cm.
  • Dalmatian , oil on canvas, 1898. Today owned by the Munich Art Association.
  • Young girl in traditional Miesbach costume, oil on panel, 30 × 22 cm.
  • Brisk village life, oil on canvas, 67 cm × 50 cm.
  • Farmer's wife prepares the meal.
  • Mother and children in the farmhouse parlor, oil on canvas, 55.8 cm × 67.3 cm, Munich 1877.
  • Cattle at the watering place and shepherds at the summer village edge, oil on canvas, height 96 cm, width 87.5 cm, place name "München", dated 1871.
  • View of Hall in Tirol / Solbad Hall, oil on canvas, 60 cm × 71 cm, 1894.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Horst Ludwig: Munich painter in the 19th century. Volume 2: Gebhardt - Küstner, Munich 1988, p. 177.
  2. ↑ Annual report on the royal trade school and the associated advanced training school in Neuburg an der Donau 1864/65. Neuburg 1865, p. 18.
  3. ↑ Example: Oil on canvas, height 30 cm, width 42 cm, painted in 1872. Easter in an Upper Franconian farmhouse parlor by Karl Hetz. In: artnet.de. August 10, 2010, accessed January 11, 2015 .
  4. ↑ The picture "Dalmatian" appeared in Sophie Junghans: Iris . In: The Gazebo . Issue 18, 1893, pp. 1 ( full text [ Wikisource ]). - Illustration.
    “Children's dance in a Tyrolean inn” was printed in the sheets for the domestic circle in 1874 (1874, p. 80).
  5. ↑ Overview of some auction results with pictures by Carl Hetz from the past years at artnet.de: Karl Hetz (German, 1828 - 1899) and at arcadja.com: Carl Hetz
  6. ^ In the Fürther Tagblatt, Sunday, September 4, 1870 (No. 212) p. 3, the Kunstverein Nürnberg offered a landscape painting by Carl Hetz for 75 guilders. Spandel: Fürther Tagblatt. Spandel, 1870, p. 155 ( limited preview in Google book search)
  7. ↑ List of exhibited works of art: No. 205. (PDF) Swiss Art Exhibition in Aarau, 1886, p. 14 , accessed on August 12, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Georg Biller: For whom do the cards speak hunting 1886 Büttenfaksim 222 - Billerantik. (No longer available online.) In: shop.billerantik.de. Archived from the original on January 11, 2015 ; accessed on January 11, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / shop.billerantik.de
  9. ↑ Photo of the painting from the collections of the Obermain Landscape Museum Foundation and the German Tin Figure Museum, Kulmbach Photo. In: kulmbach.de. Retrieved January 11, 2015 .
  10. ↑ Photo of the picture on the pages of the House of Bavarian History . Women in Bavaria. In: hdbg.de. Retrieved January 11, 2015 .
  11. ↑ Illustration on the pages of the House of Bavarian History . Johann Carl Hetz: Monastery (hospital) of the merciful brothers of St. Wolfgang in Neuburg ad Donau (approx. 1860). In: hdbg.eu. Retrieved January 11, 2015 .
  12. ↑ Information from the Wendl auction house from 2008 on this painting at the Wendl art auction house. In: katalog.auktionshaus-wendl.com. October 18, 2008, accessed January 11, 2015 .
  13. ↑ Reference to auction offer of this picture from 2008 HAMPEL Fine Art Auctions. In: hampel-auctions.com. Archived from the original on January 25, 2013 ; accessed on January 11, 2015 .
  14. ↑ Photo of the picture and picture information
  15. ↑ Photo on PICASA Picasa Web Albums - Sapienti Sat. In: picasaweb.google.com. Retrieved January 11, 2015 .
  16. ↑ Last offered on September 29, 2012 at an auction at the East Moriches Gallery in East Moriches, Long Island, NY: Page no longer available , search in web archives: In: southbayauctions.com@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.southbayauctions.com
  17. ↑ Background information on this picture: Cattle at the drinking trough and shepherds on the summer village edge by Karl Hetz. In: artnet.de. August 10, 2010, accessed January 11, 2015 .
  18. ^ View of Solbad Hall by Karl Hetz. In: artnet.de. August 10, 2010, accessed January 11, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Hetz, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hetz, Johann Karl; Hetz, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1828
PLACE OF BIRTH Kulmbach
DATE OF DEATH August 5, 1899
Place of death Munich