Julius Prömmel

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Danish frigate in the port of Naples

Julius Prömmel (also Prømmel, born February 22, 1812 in Hamburg-Wandsbek ; † May 5, 1870 in Trieste ) was a Danish-German marine painter and shipbuilder .

Prömel studied painting in Copenhagen from 1833 to 1844 under Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg , then he returned to Hamburg. In addition to painting, he also learned the craft of shipbuilding. Then he settled in Trieste, where he worked as a shipbuilder in the service of Austria. He also wrote manuals on shipbuilding.

Prömel created very few pictures, mostly depicting sailing ships.

literature

  • Welbach 1947–1952, vol. 6, pp. 489-490
  • Bénézit 1999, vol. 11, p. 269
  • Saur 1999-2000, Vol. 8, p. 156

Works

  • Julius Prömmel: Instructions for shipbuilding and the drafting of sailing and steam ships from wood and iron, for war and trade purposes, partly with use of the Swedish work on shipbuilding of the GLUggla. Hamburg, Perthes-Besser & Mauke 1864
  • Julius Prömmel: Name of the main parts, round timbers, sails and the standing and running ropes of a ship. German and Italian. Executed on behalf of the high Imperial and Royal Navy Ministry and composed by Julius Prömmel, Imperial and Royal Navy engineer. Trieste 1864

Web links

Commons : Julius Prömmel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files