Karl August Poorten
Karl August Poorten , also Karl August von der Poorten (* March 14, 1817 in Riga , Livonia Gouvernement ; † May 7, 1880 there ), was a German-Baltic painter and illustrator of the Düsseldorf School .
Life
Poorten was one of thirteen children of the Riga real estate agent Adolph Gottfried Poorten (1770–1826) and his wife Johanna Barbara, née von Martens (1779–1855). After a commercial apprenticeship, he went to Düsseldorf and studied painting at the Royal Prussian Art Academy under Heinrich Mücke and Karl Ferdinand Sohn . He also had study visits to Munich and Dresden . From 1850 to 1853/1854 he was a member of the Düsseldorf artists' association Malkasten . From 1853 Poorten worked as a painter in Riga.
literature
- Poorten, Karl August . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 27 : Piermaria – Ramsdell . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1933, p. 258 .
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (Ed.): Entry on Karl August Poorten. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
- Karl August Poorten , auction results on the portal artnet .com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bettina Baumgärtel , Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: Directory of foreign artists. Nationality, residence and studies in Düsseldorf. In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Hrsg.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international impact 1819–1918. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , Volume 1, p. 438.
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| SURNAME | Poorten, Karl August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Poorten, Karl August von der (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Baltic painter and illustrator of the Düsseldorf School |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1817 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Riga , Livonia Governorate |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 7, 1880 |
| Place of death | Riga , Livonia Governorate |