Julius Günther (painter)
Julius Wilhelm Günther (born October 3, 1830 in Halle an der Saale , † January 19, 1902 in Arnstadt , Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen ) was a German genre painter from the Düsseldorf School .
Life
Günther studied painting at the art academies in Berlin , Antwerp , Düsseldorf and Weimar . In 1854 he was taught at the Düsseldorf Academy by Heinrich Mücke , Theodor Hildebrandt and Rudolf Wiegmann . He lived in Berlin for many years , and from the mid-1890s back in his native Halle. Günther painted cozy genre scenes with titles like Topfgucker , Be good again and I'm bad .
literature
- Günter, Julius . In: Ulrich Thieme , Fred. C. Willis (Ed.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 15 : Gresse – Hanselmann . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1922, p. 208 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Julius Günther , data sheet in portal rkd.nl ( Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Finding aid 212.01.04 Student lists of the Düsseldorf Art Academy , website in the rkd.nl portal ( Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Günther, Julius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Günther, Julius Wilhelm (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German genre painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 3, 1830 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Halle on the Saale |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 19, 1902 |
| Place of death | Arnstadt , Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen |