Julius Knorre

Julius Knorre (* 1807 in Königsberg , East Prussia ; † October 22, 1884 ibid) was a German history and genre painter from the Düsseldorf School and teacher at the Königsberg art school and academy .

Life

Scene at the Königsberg fountain (The old town fountain at Königsberg) , 1836

Knorre, son of the painter Johann Friedrich Andreas Knorre (1763–1841), who was appointed to the Königsberg art school from Berlin, studied painting at the Berlin Art Academy under Karl Wilhelm Wach . In the years 1835 to 1839 he attended the Düsseldorf Art Academy . There were Theodor Hildebrandt and Wilhelm Schadow his teachers. From 1836 he exhibited in Düsseldorf, including his work The Old Town Fountain in Königsberg . After completing his studies, Knorre followed his father into a teaching position, and like him he became professor in the drawing class at the Provincial Art School (later Königsberg Art Academy). As such he was still in office in 1861.

literature

Knorre, Julius . In: Friedrich von Boetticher : painter works of the nineteenth century. Contribution to art history . Volume I, Dresden 1895, p. 714 f.

Web links

Commons : Julius Knorre - collection of images, videos and audio files

Julius Knorre , data sheet in the portal rkd.nl ( Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie )

Individual evidence

^ Johann Josef Scotti : The Düsseldorf painter school, or art academy in the years 1834, 1835 and 1836, and also before and after . Schreiner, Düsseldorf 1837, p. 129, No. 88 ( digitized version )

personal data
SURNAME	Knorre, Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German history and genre painter from the Düsseldorf school and teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	1807
PLACE OF BIRTH	Koenigsberg , East Prussia
DATE OF DEATH	October 22, 1884
Place of death	Koenigsberg , East Prussia

[1] Johann Josef Scotti : The Düsseldorf painter school, or art academy in the years 1834, 1835 and 1836, and also before and after . Schreiner, Düsseldorf 1837, p. 129, No. 88 ( digitized version )