Karl Wilhelm Kolbe the Younger
Karl Wilhelm Kolbe the Younger (born March 7, 1781 in Berlin ; † April 8, 1853 there ) was a German painter.
Life
Kolbe, a nephew of the engraver Carl Wilhelm Kolbe the Elder. Ä. , studied at the academy in his hometown Berlin, especially under Daniel Chodowiecki . His first major historical composition, the chalk drawing Froben's death in the battle of Fehrbellin , won the first prize of the academy in 1796.
In oil painting he was influenced by the Dutch painters. His large painting Albrecht Achilles conquers a flag near Nuremberg (1806) was bought by the city of Berlin as a gift for Princess Luise of Prussia when she left for Holland.
Of his historical representations, the following should also be mentioned:
- The Ascension of Christ (1816), for the Schlosskirche in Potsdam
- Otto the Great's Battle against the Hungarians
- Charles V on the run
- Barbarossa's corpse at Antioch (Berlin National Gallery).
For the ten glass windows in Marienburg Castle , Kolbe delivered both the cardboard boxes and the color sketches (two in the National Gallery in Berlin). They represent the struggles and victories of the Teutonic Order .
From 1815 to 1853 Kolbe was a member of the Royal Prussian Academy of the Arts in Berlin and was a member of its Senate from 1846.
literature
- Lionel von Donop : Kolbe, Karl Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 463.
- Charlotte Steinbrucker: Kolbe, Carl Wilhelm, d. Young . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 21 : Knip – Kruger . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1927, p. 226-228 .
Web links
- Information about Carl Wilhelm Kolbe on the website of the Akademie der Künste
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kolbe, Karl Wilhelm the Younger |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kolbe, Carl Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1781 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 8, 1853 |
| Place of death | Berlin |