Karl Wilhelm Bauerle

Karl Bauerle at the age of around 80

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Bauerle (born June 5, 1831 in Endersbach , now part of Weinstadt ; † August 26, 1912 in Aichelberg in the Black Forest , now part of Bad Wildbad ) was a painter who gained international fame as a portrait painter at German courts and later at the British Attained court of Queen Victoria .

Life

Little has been published about Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Bauerle (also: Carl Bauerle / Bowerley). He led an eventful life that was shaped by his faith ( Pietism ), his artistic talent, his love for children and personal setbacks.

Born in Endersbach in the Remstal / Kingdom of Württemberg , Karl Bauerle emigrated with his parents by sailing ship to the United States of America in 1836 at the age of five , where his parents then lived as farmers. There the talented boy learned the trade of copperplate engraver from his uncle in Cincinnati .

"In 1859 he returned to Germany and became a student at the art school in Stuttgart under Rustige's direction ."

- Dr. Hermann Alex. Müller : Biographical Artist Lexicon , 1882

His training as a portrait and genre painter was made possible by a grant from King Wilhelm I of Württemberg .

As a portrait painter he worked for the princes of Hohenlohe-Langenburg , who recommended him to their royal relatives. He was founded by Albert Eduard von Sachsen-Coburg and Gotha (1841-1910; called "Bertie"), the Prince of Wales (Albert Edward Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince of Wales ) and later King Edward VII of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India, called to Great Britain to do portraits of the royal family. Especially portraits of children are Bauerle's trademark. Some pictures of princes and families from the British court can be seen in the museum of Sandringham House . He had lived with his family in London since 1870 , where after only six months his first wife, Amalie Irion, died giving birth to their fifth child.

In 1872 and 1873 the family was temporarily in Stuttgart and to relax in Schaffhausen in Switzerland , where that little son who was born in London died of scarlet fever . In the spring of 1873, Karl Bauerle married his second wife, Mathilde, geb. Erhardt and finally moved with the family to London. He became a British citizen in 1876. "The number of three surviving siblings from the first marriage increased by five more over time ... two siblings each (from the first and second marriage) died at a tender age." (From the curriculum vitae of Wilhelm Konrad Bauerle, 3rd . Son from 1st marriage, born 1867, pastor in Württemberg).

Since June 1, 1900, he lived with his son (Karl) Theodor Bauerle for several years in the summer in Hülben in the " Villa ", the former studio building of Carl (Theodor) Bubeck, which the pietistic schoolmaster Johannes Kullen had inherited. He portrayed this teacher several times. In nearby Urach (Württemberg), today Bad Urach , he worked together with his son Theodor in 1900/1901 on the design of the Amandus Church, named after St. Amandus of Maastricht, in the neo-Gothic " interpreting style ".

Children and family

Three children followed in their father's footsteps and became artists: Karl Theodor Bauerle from his first marriage became a church painter and often worked closely with his father on large wall paintings. From her second marriage, Amalie Bauerle became very well known as an Art Nouveau children's book illustrator and Martha Bauerle also as a book and calendar illustrator.

Artistic stations

• Work and study with Carl Theodor von Piloty in Munich
• 1863: 1 year scholarship from Queen Olga von Württemberg, b. Grand Duchess of Russia, and stay in Italy, presumably at the forerunner of the Villa Massimo in Rome

Pictures and museums

Girl with poppy flowers

• City of Weinstadt-Endersbach, 4 pictures: the orphans, Jesus with Maria and Martha, the good Samaritan and 1 picture of a girl
• Alte Staatsgalerie Stuttgart , 1 image: The orphans
• Chi Mei Museum, Taiwan see Paintings - 19th Century - "Among the Ferns", 1 image: Among the Ferns, 1877, 205 × 165 cm
• England, Sandringham House , at least 4 pictures, e.g. T. excellent children's portraits of princes, z. B. "Princess Louise and Princess Victoria of Wales", approx. 200 × 200 cm and Arthur Duke of Connaught from the Victorian period

Exhibitions

• 1878: The artist exhibits at the World's Fair in Paris from
• 2001: Württemberg, painters discover the country and its people, Wolf Eiermann, State Gallery Stuttgart 2001
• 2012: Special exhibition on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the artist's death in the Heimatmuseum Beutelsbach , neighboring village of Endersbach , from June 24th to October 28th

literature

• Eugen Stöffler: An artist's fate - in memory of the painter Karl Bauerle, who was born 100 years ago . In: Geist und Arbeit , Stuttgart December 5, 1931, New Series No. 10, pp. 310-312.
• Thomas Leon Heck , Joachim Liebchen: Reutlinger Artist Lexicon. Visual artists related to the city and district of Reutlingen from the Middle Ages to the present . Reutlingen, Tübingen 1999 (on Karl Wilhelm and Theodor Bauerle, Carl Bubeck, Theodor Dierlamm, Marita Funk, Helene Haug, Heinz Lamparter, Jürgen Pinske, Hans-Walter Scheu)
• Wolf Eiermann: Württemberg. Discovering painters, country and people, 1750–1900 . Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8062-1673-8 (exhibition catalog of the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart)
• Wolf Eiermann: The unknown oeuvre of the German-English painter Carl Bauerle (1831-1912) . In: Schwäbische Heimat 57 (2006), Heft 1 (January – March), pp. 13–17 (cover picture: Mina [Schäfer born] Kullen [1883–1955] from Hülben, pastel picture by Carl Bauerle).

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