Karl Ludwig Friedrich Wagner

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Karl Ludwig Friedrich Wagner , also Carl Wagner (born May 8, 1839 in Karlsruhe , † August 15, 1923 in Düsseldorf ), was a German painter.

Life

Karl Wagner's parents were Cornelius and Juliette Wagner. From 1854 to 1864 he was a student of Ludwig Des Coudres at the Karlsruhe Art Academy . His daughter Juliette was born in Dresden in 1868, and his son Cornelius there in 1870 . Both also became painters. Karl Wagner and his family settled in Düsseldorf, where he was a member of the Malkasten artists' association .

He initially painted historical genre scenes in the strict style of the Des Coudres School, then after 1870 switched to scenes from the Franco-Prussian War , including Otto von Bismarck's encounter with Napoleon III. , Bismarck's negotiations with Adolphe Thiers and Jules Favre , as well as “Kaiser Wilhelm and his paladins”, which were spread through engraving reproduction. Most of his original images ended up in the United States .

He also became known for his port and fishing motifs, besides he made numerous portraits, for example of Grand Duke Friedrich I of Baden , the Emperors Wilhelm I and Wilhelm II , Otto von Bismarck and others, with “a particularly representative conception and painstakingly painterly Education ".

Wagner's works are shown in the National Gallery in Berlin , the Barmer Ruhmeshalle in Wuppertal , the State Art Gallery in Karlsruhe and in the Stolberg Town Hall .

He was a member of the Düsseldorf Freemason Lodge To the Three Allies .

Works (selection)

Bismarck in Versailles .
  • King Wilhelm I with Emperor Napoleon III. Exhibited in the Military History Museum in Rastatt .
  • Completion of the Versailles peace preliminaries between Bismarck and the French plenipotentiaries Favre and Thiers on February 26, 1871 , as an engraving under the title Bismarck in Versailles .
  • Harbor scene in Holland
  • Expectation of the boats
  • Scene with a sailing boat on the canal
  • Harbor scene with a lot of activity

literature

  • Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker : General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present. EA Seemann Verlag, Leipzig 1907–1950. P. 37 f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ DNB 1012777626
  2. ↑ Inventory list , website in the malkasten.org portal , accessed on October 27, 2016.
  3. ^ Peace negotiations in Versailles , website in the gettyimages.de portal , accessed on October 27, 2016.
  4. ^ Frank Becker : Images of War and Nation: The Wars of Unification in the Bourgeois Public in Germany 1864-1913. Oldenbourg Verlag, 2001. ISBN 3-486-59615-2 , p. 558.
  5. ↑ Franz Herre : “Anno 70/71. A war, an empire, an emperor ”; Publishing house Kiepenheuer and Witsch, Cologne 1970; S. 184. In: Frank Becker: Bilder von Krieg und Nation , S. 558.
personal data
SURNAME Wagner, Karl Ludwig Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wagner, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlsruhe
DATE OF DEATH August 15, 1923
Place of death Dusseldorf