Karl Breitbach
Karl Breitbach (born May 14, 1833 in Berlin , † June 26, 1904 in Kassel ) was a German landscape , genre , portrait and watercolor painter .
Life
Breitbach was trained as a painter at the Royal Prussian Academy of the Arts in Berlin before 1860 . Later he also worked as a retoucher in Gustav Schauer's photographic studio in Berlin. Breitbach stayed in Paris from 1860 to at least 1864 at the latest. There he was a student in the atelier of Charles Gleyre and Thomas Couture . After 1863 he went on an extensive study trip through France, Germany and England, from which he returned to Berlin in 1864 at the earliest. In Berlin he then became a student of Ludwig Knaus . Stays in Amsterdam and Harleem in 1871 as well as in the Willingshausen artists' colony (1874, 1879 and 1890) followed. A stay in the Dachau artists' colony around 1900 can also be verified. In 1894 Breitbach was finally appointed professor of painting at the Berlin Art Academy.
Works (selection)
- Portrait de M. Ed. de Tr… , whereabouts unknown
- Motif from Montargis (Seine-et-Marne) , whereabouts unknown
- Moonlight, motif from Môret (Fontainebleau) , whereabouts unknown
- Paysage d'automne en Seine-et-Marne , whereabouts unknown
- Le bénédicté, intérieur breton / midday blessing (Breton interior) , whereabouts unknown
- A performance in the Park of Versailles , whereabouts unknown
- The old mill at St. Ouen near Paris , whereabouts unknown
- Biche tombée , whereabouts unknown
literature
- Lukas Fuchsgruber: Breitbach, Karl (Carl). in: Bénédicte Savoy, France Nerlich (ed.): Paris apprenticeship years. A lexicon for training German painters in the French capital. Volume 2: 1844-1870. Berlin / Boston 2015, ISBN 978-3-11-035006-7
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Breitbach, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Breitbach, Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landscape, genre, portrait and watercolor painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1833 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 26, 1904 |
| Place of death | kassel |