Karl Sinkwitz
Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Sinkwitz (born April 9, 1886 in Niederlößnitz , † November 29, 1933 in Kötzschenbroda ) was a German landscape painter and graphic artist .
life and work
As a young man, Sinkwitz studied at the Royal School of Applied Arts in Dresden .
Like his friend Paul Wilhelm and Karl Kröner , he was one of the most important landscape painters of the Loessnitz , but was also a well-known portrait painter .
An exhibition of his work took place in 1949 in the Haus der Kunst and in 1961 in the Hoflößnitz .
Sinkwitz lived most of his life in a villa at Blumenstrasse 5 in Niederlößnitz . His family grave is in the Radebeul-West cemetery . He bequeathed his artistic estate, or rather his heirs, to the city of Radebeul.
Web links
- Karl Sinkwitz in the Dresden State Art Collections
literature
- Sinkwitz, Karl . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 31 : Siemering – Stephens . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1937, p. 92 .
- Frank Andert (Red.): Radebeul City Lexicon . Historical manual for the Loessnitz . Published by the Radebeul City Archives. 2nd, slightly changed edition. City archive, Radebeul 2006, ISBN 3-938460-05-9 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Month of birth based on the tombstone. The city lexicon Radebeul gives the month March differently.
- ↑ Lisa-Marie Leuteritz, Peter Redlich: Der Glücksfall. In: Saxon newspaper. April 9, 2016, accessed April 12, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sinkwitz, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sinkwitz, Karl Friedrich Wilhelm (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landscape painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Niederloessnitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 29, 1933 |
| Place of death | Kötzschenbroda |