Karl Schorn (painter)

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Karl Schorn, drawing by Carl von Piloty
Karl Schorn: Card Players (1837), Alte Nationalgalerie , Berlin

Karl Lambert Schorn (born October 16, 1800 in Düsseldorf , † October 7, 1850 in Munich ) was a German history painter . In addition, Schorn was also known as a chess player.

Artistic way of life

Schorn was a nephew of the art writer Ludwig von Schorn (1793–1842). He attended the Düsseldorf Academy , then from 1824 to 1827 in Paris the studios of Antoine-Jean Gros and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and came to Munich with Peter von Cornelius , where he continued his education during a second stay under Heinrich Maria von Hess . In 1832 he went to Berlin . This is where u. a. some historical genre pictures , including the depicted Wallensteiner playing cards . After a study trip to Italy, Schorn returned to Munich in the early 1840s. He reached the peak of his career when the Academy of Fine Arts there appointed him professor in 1847 .

His main works include Pygmalion ; Maria Stuart and Riccio ; Charles V in the monastery of San Yuste ; Pope Paul III as he has the portrait of Luther painted by Cranach shown to him ; Cromwell, reading the Bible to his generals before the Battle of Dunbar ; the interrogation of the Anabaptists before the bishop after the capture of Munster ; and the unfinished monumental painting The Deluge, ordered by King Ludwig I for the Neue Pinakothek .

Karl Schorn was married to a sister of the two painters Ferdinand and Carl von Piloty . Both were also pupils of Schorn or were artistically influenced by him.

Chess player

In Berlin, between 1836 and 1840, Schorn joined the Pleiades , a group of prominent chess masters who published fundamental analytical works in the field of chess.

Schorn himself was far from the idea of ​​a scientific penetration of the game. He was considered a "naturalist" and a respected outsider in the Berlin master class around Ludwig Bledow . A number of parts of Schorn's from this phase have been preserved.

literature

  • Hyacinth Holland :  Schorn, Karl . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 32, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, pp. 382-384.
  • Mario Ziegler: "A chess humorist through and through." The life of the painter and chess player Karl Schorn. In: KARL , 4/2014, pp. 46-49.
  • Stéphanie Baumewerd: Schorn, Karl . In: Bénédicte Savoy, France Nerlich (ed.): Paris apprenticeship years. A lexicon for training German painters in the French capital . Volume 1: 1793-1843 . De Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2013, ISBN 978-3-11-029057-8 , pp. 262-264.

swell

  1. ↑ Year of birth according to Mario Ziegler: "Thoroughly a humorist in the game of chess." The life of the painter and chess player Karl Schorn. In: KARL , 4/2014, pp. 46–49, with reference to the baptism certificate of the St. Lambertus Church in the Düsseldorf City Archives. In the secondary literature, 1802 or 1803 are also given as the year of birth.
  2. ↑ In Munich a street is still named after him, see Auer street names ( Memento from July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ See T. von Heydebrand and the Lasa : Berliner Schach-Quellen (1859), p. 18

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personal data
SURNAME Schorn, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schorn, Karl Lambert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German history painter
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1800
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH October 7, 1850
Place of death Munich