Louis Toussaint
Hermann Friedrich Louis Toussaint (* 1826 in Königsberg (Prussia) , † 1887 in Düsseldorf ) was a German genre painter from the Düsseldorf School .
Life
From 1845 to 1851 Toussaint was a student of Ludwig Rosenfelder at the Königsberg Art Academy . On October 2, 1851, he continued his studies at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . Theodor Hildebrandt was his most important teacher there until around 1852 . After beginning history painting, he switched to entertaining genre painting in the mid-1850s and created - often using sophisticated lighting effects - numerous depictions of children and families, which he exhibited in Düsseldorf, Berlin, Bremen, Hanover, Magdeburg and Leipzig and some of them through Illustrations in magazines found wider circulation. Toussaint was mainly active in Düsseldorf, where he belonged to the artists' association Malkasten . He was also active as a playwright for the paint box stage . For example, he created the farce Die Mumie , which set the stage on November 16, 1870, and the farce Das Ständchen , which was performed on February 13, 1875. He also worked in the Willingshausen painters' colony .
Works (selection)
- Martin's Eve in Düsseldorf's old town , 1855
- Girls having supper by candlelight , 1860
- Sunday , 1861
- The beggar musician , 1864
- At the service , 1865
- The bird dealer , 1877
- Hessian folk festival
- The little blacksmith
- The gentleman on the move
- Strangers in the castle
literature
- Toussaint, Louis . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 23 : Leitenstorfer – Mander . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1929, p. 479 .
- Toussaint, Louis . In: Hermann Alexander Müller : Biographical Artist Lexicon . Publishing house of the Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1882, p. 525 ( digitized version )
Web links
- Louis Toussaint , website in the portal rkd.nl ( Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie )
- Toussaint, Heinrich Friedrich Louis , short biography in the portal stiftung-volmer.de
- Louis Toussaint , auction results on the portal artnet.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Inventory list , website in the malkasten.org portal , accessed on January 23, 2016
- ^ Louis Toussaint: The mummy. Posse in 1 Elevator , image of the theater poster in the digital.ub.uni-duesseldorf.de portal , accessed on January 23, 2016
- ^ Louis Toussaint: The serenade. Posse in 2 elevators , image of the theater poster in the digital.ub.uni-duesseldorf.de portal , accessed on January 23, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Toussaint, Louis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Toussaint, Hermann Friedrich Louis (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German genre painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1826 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Königsberg (Prussia) |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1887 |
| Place of death | Dusseldorf |