Leo Lehmann

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Portrait of Leo Lehmann by Rudolf Lehmann , 1851, Cleveland Museum of Art
Portrait of a Young Lady by Leo Lehmann, miniature

Leo Lehmann (born March 16, 1782 in Hamburg ; † March 24, 1859 there ) was a German portrait painter , miniature painter , lithographer and drawing teacher .

Life

Leo Lehmann initially learned from the painters Fick and Martin Ferdinand Quadal , a Viennese painter who was in Hamburg in the 1790s, then from the miniature painter Pierre-Louis Bouvier , who was in Hamburg from 1795 to 1801. In Berlin , Friedrich Georg Weitsch had personal influence on his painting and further training, and later also Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein . For a time he wavered between painting and music, since he had trained to be a capable violinist under Andreas Romberg's direction . But thanks to the many commissions he received, he became a well-known portrait painter in Hamburg, who specialized in miniatures, but also created portraits in watercolor or with pastel chalk , sepia or silver pen and later also lithographed his portraits. He taught his two sons Henri Lehmann and Rudolf Lehmann as well as Louis Asher and gave drawing lessons in wealthy families who wanted to prepare their offspring for an artistic career; so did Ferdinand David , who then decided on music and became a famous violinist. William Bottomley and Christian Wilhelm Lüdert (1790–1857) were also his students.

In the Hamburg address book of 1798, Leo Lehmann is entered in the Hamburg address books for the first time, with the address Hütten 73 in Hamburg-Neustadt , which means that he had his studio there as early as 1797. In 1812 he moved to the street Kohlhöfen 90. During the siege of Hamburg under Marshal Louis-Nicolas d'Avoût , his wife stayed in Kiel , where on April 18, 1814 she gave birth to the eldest son Heinrich (Henri). Since Leo Lehmann absolutely wanted to be close by, he managed to deceive the French guards at a Hamburg city gate by disguised as a worker and pushing a loaded cart in front of him. Soon afterwards he was also in Kiel.

After the siege, in 1814, he moved to Krayenkamp 233. In the Hamburg address book of 1815, miniature painters as well as teachers are entered for the first time . In the summer of 1819 Leo Lehmann and his family rented an apartment in Ottensen , but his studio was still in Krayenkamp . From 1826 his studio was on Alten Wall 86 in Hamburg-Altstadt , from 1833 on Alten Wall 64. In the early morning hours of May 6, 1842, the great fire reached the house on Alten Wall 64, where he lived and worked, and destroyed it it. He then set up a new studio at ABC-Strasse 30 in Hamburg-Neustadt, but lived in Ottensen. From 1846 he had his studio at Neue ABC-Straße 16. In the Hamburg address book from 1848 the address of the family's country house, Fontenay 4 in Hamburg-Rotherbaum, is given, where they also had a servant, with the addition: Orders Neue ABC- Straße 16, 1850 with the addition: Orders Fuhlentwiete 70 and 1853 with the addition: Orders ABC-Straße 31. In 1854 Leo Lehman had his studio at Fehlandstraße 13, from 1855 to May 1, 1856 Große Bleichen 50 and from 1. May Esplanade 58b. In 1857 he moved to Esplanade 32b, where he lived until your death.

"Leo Lehmann", collective grave painter , Ohlsdorf cemetery

Leo Lehmann had been a founding member of the Kunstverein in Hamburg since 1822 and became a member of the Hamburger Künstlerverein . A number of his lithographs were in Ernst Rump's collection . His works are represented in the collections of the Hamburger Kunsthalle and the Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte , among others .

In 1888 Rudolf Lehmann gave the Hamburger Kunsthalle an oval portrait that he had painted in 1859 and that shows Leo Lehmann. Another oval portrait of Rudolf Lehman, showing Leo Lehmann and painted in 1851, is in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art .

In the Ohlsdorf cemetery , in the area of ​​the Althamburg Memorial Cemetery near the main entrance of the cemetery, the collective grave of painter commemorates Leo Lehmann, among others.

family

Leo Lehmann's father was a Hamburg broker, his mother came from England. In 1812 Lehmann married Frederica Dellevie (born February 15, 1792–1884), the daughter of Salomon Eliezer Dellevie from Padua , who had a shop for jewelery and clothing in Hamburg and whose wife Franziska, née. Beak. Lehmann's marriage to Frederica had eight children. The eldest son Henri Lehmann (1814–1882) was also a painter, as was Rudolf Lehmann (1819–1905). He married the composer Amelia Chambers (1838-1903), a daughter of the publisher Robert Chambers . Emil Lehmann (1823–1887) was the editor of the Börsen-Halle and the emigrant newspaper Hansa and founder of the Hamburger Wochenblatt . Frederick Lehmann (1826-1891) was a businessman, politician of the Liberal Party and in 1880 a member of the House of Commons . This married Nina Chambers, another daughter of the publisher Robert Chambers. Her son Rudolph Chambers Lehmann (1856-1929) was a journalist, also a politician of the Liberal Party and from 1906 to 1910 a member of the House of Commons . His children, the poet and publisher John Lehmann , the writer Rosamond Lehmann and the theater and film actress, theater director and novelist Beatrix Lehmann were Leo Lehmann's great-grandsons.

Works (selection)

  • 1816: Portrait of Heinrich Lehmann (Henri) as a child, watercolor, 21 × 20 cm (width × height)
  • 1822: Portrait of Hermann Joachim Stresow, miniature - Museum for Hamburg History
  • 1832: Portrait of Ludwig Erdwin Seyler , lithograph
  • 1836: Portrait of Anna Henriette Seyler, b. Goßler, wife of Ludwig Erdwin Seyler, lithograph
  • 1840: Portrait of Hermann Joachim Stresow, lithograph
  • 18 ??: Portrait of Frau von Hoßtrup, lithograph
  • 18 ??: Portrait of Rudolf Lehmann
  • 18 ??: Portrait of Cipriano Francisco Gaedechens , miniature
  • 18 ??: Portrait of Luise Gaedechens, wife of Cipriano Francisco Gaedechens, miniature

Exhibitions (selection)

literature

Web links

Commons : Leo Lehmann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Guadall in Hamburg Künstlerlexikon , Volume 1, Hoffmann und Campe 1854th
  2. ^ PL Bouwier in the Hamburgischer Künstlerlexikon , Volume 1, Hoffmann and Campe 1854.
  3. ^ Leo Lehmann in the Hamburgischer Künstlerlexikon , Volume 1, Hoffmann and Campe 1854.
  4. ↑ Source: Thieme / Becker Volume 22 (1928)
  5. ↑ page 4, 5 and 41 in Rudolf Lehmann's Memoirs of an Artist
  6. ↑ Map of the fire area with times etc. in Wikimedia Commons
  7. ↑ In attendance lists or lists of members in the minutes books from 1822–1842 (PDF pp. 3, 29, 41, 53). PDF file from kunstverein.de
  8. ↑ Reference in Alfred Lichtwark : Directory of paintings by recent masters. History and organization of the Kunsthalle , Hamburg 1897, p. 424
  9. ^ Portrait of Hermann Joachim Stresow on mein-stueck-hamburg.de from the Museum for Hamburg History
  10. ^ Exhibition catalog , Altona 1912
personal data
SURNAME Lehmann, Leo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1782
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH March 24, 1859
Place of death Hamburg