Karl Wilhelm Schurig
Karl Wilhelm Schurig (born December 17, 1818 in Leipzig , † March 10, 1874 in Dresden ) was a German painter and illustrator who worked, among other things, in the field of history painting .
Life
Schurig studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Leipzig , then towards the end of the 1830s in Dresden , where he later also became a student of Eduard Bendemann . Thanks to an academic travel grant, he was able to visit Italy from 1845 to 1848.
When he returned to Dresden, he married and tried his hand at working as a freelance painter, without having any great success. He worked as a teacher since 1853, but even after his appointment to the Dresden Academy in 1857 , the financial means were insufficient. Chalk drawings that he made for the Dresden company Brockmann for the purpose of photographic reproduction were a way out. With these he had earned a high reputation for their size and artistic quality.
Schurig died on March 10, 1874 after a long illness and was buried on March 13 in Dresden.
His son Felix (1852–1907) also became an artist and emigrated to North America after the turn of the century.
Works
- Swiss envoy before Emperor Albrecht I (1842), 3¾ ells long, "handled masterfully, characteristic in all parts"
- Persecution of Jews in Speier
- Altar painting depicting the resurrection of Christ in Eppendorf Church (1865)
- Wall painting in the Dittelsdorf church
- Chalk drawings based on major works by the Dresden galleries
literature
- Hermann Arthur Lier : Schurig, Karl Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 55, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1910, p. 617.
- Schurig, Karl Wilh. In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936, p. 346 .
Footnotes
- ^ Georg Kaspar Nagler : New general artist lexicon. Volume 16. 1846. P. 83. ( online )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schurig, Karl Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 17, 1818 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 10, 1874 |
| Place of death | Dresden |