Julius Fürst (painter)

Julius Fürst (born April 4, 1861 in Dänischenhagen , † March 18, 1938 in Kiel ) was a German painter, draftsman and graphic artist.

Life

Scythe knocker from Julius Fürst

Fürst began his art studies with the sculptor and medalist Engelbert Pfeiffer in Hamburg . From 1882 to 1886 he studied at the Berlin Art Academy . In 1888 he continued his studies with Otto Seitz in Munich . From 1892 he lived in Kiel. In 1894 he was a founding member of the Schleswig-Holstein Art Cooperative . 1903–1920 he was chairman of the Schleswig-Holstein Art Association .

Privy Councilor von Esmarch 1905

He made a name for himself above all with genre pictures and portraits, often as copies of older works. An oil painting by the leading Berlin salon lady Princess Henriette of Schleswig-Holstein became particularly well known . Julius Fürst often took part in exhibitions in the Munich Glass Palace . In 1893 and 1914 he sent the Great Berlin Art Exhibition . For the town hall in Kiel he created portraits of the writer Klaus Groth and the privy councilor Friedrich von Esmarch . He provided the book about the Schleswig-Holstein national anthem Schleswig-Holstein sea-wrapped with his illustrations.

The Julius-Fürst-Weg commemorates him in Kiel.

Prince, Julius . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 12 : Fiori-Fyt . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1916, p. 562 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Ulrich Schulte-Wülwer : Kiel artist. Volume 2: Artistic Life in the Imperial Era, 1871–1918. Boyens, Heide 2016, ISBN 978-3-8042-1442-2 , pp. 293-300.
Telse Wolf-Timm: The portraits of the sick by Johann Heinrich Wittmaack and Julius Fürst. In: Jörg Henning Wolf, Hans-Helfrich Petersen (Ed.): Diseases of the face in artistic illustrations of the 19th century. Neumünster 1994.

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personal data
SURNAME	Prince, Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter, graphic artist, illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH	April 4, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dänischenhagen
DATE OF DEATH	March 18, 1938
Place of death	Kiel