Karl Jordan (painter)
Karl Jordan (also Carl Jordan; born May 19, 1863 in Bozen , South Tyrol , † May 2, 1946 in Leipzig ) was an Austrian genre and history painter.
The son of a bookbinder began his training with a frame maker and gilder.
Jordan studied from April 25, 1881 at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich under Alexander Strähuber , Franz Defregger and Ludwig von Löfftz and received a Tyrolean state scholarship in 1888 .
From 1891 he was a teacher and from 1910 professor at the art school in Strasbourg , where Franz Xaver Dietrich was his student, from 1921 to 1928 professor at the art school in Aachen , after which he worked in Innsbruck .
He dedicated his history painting primarily to the history of Tyrol.
literature
- Jordan, Karl . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 19 : Ingouville – Kauffungen . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1926.
- Bénézit 1999
- Busses 1977
- Witt Checklist 1978
Web links
Commons : Karl Jordan (painter) - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Jordan, Karl. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 3, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1965, p. 131 f. (Direct links on p. 131 , p. 132 ).
- Matriculation Book Academy Munich
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jordan, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jordan, Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian genre and history painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 19, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bolzano , South Tyrol |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 2, 1946 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |