Ludwig Fischbeck

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Ludwig Fischbeck (born September 20, 1866 in Oldenburg ; † November 23, 1954 in Hohenböken ) was an Oldenburg court art dealer, painter and etcher.

family

Carl Wilhelm Ludwig Fischbeck was born as the son of the businessman Carl Heinrich Fischbeck and his wife Anna Charlotte Helene. Mohrmann born. The family also had four siblings.

artistic education

After finishing school, Ludwig Fischbeck began an apprenticeship as a decorative painter with his uncle Wilhelm Mohrmann. Wilhelm Mohrmann not only worked as an imaginative court theater painter in the royal seat of Oldenburg, but was also often called abroad when it came to decorating festive rooms with theater curtains, ceiling paintings or wall decorations. The furnishing of the old Fitger house in Delmenhorst was also a work by Mohrmann and not by Arthur Fitger. As a decorative painter, Ludwig Fischbeck learned a lot from his uncle Wilhelm. But he wanted to go beyond handicrafts and devote himself entirely to art and therefore went to Munich in 1890. He studied four semesters here at the art academy with Professor Joseph Wenglein . Like his professor, Ludwig Fischbeck was particularly interested in landscape painting. Here he found his place with the funny Munich student and artist people. Even then, the Munich “ Schlaraffia ” offered him another nice home among like-minded people . There, well-known personalities like the writer Benno Rauchegger , the dialect poet Peter Auzinger and the court actor Konrad Dreher welcomed him into their close circle of friends.

Court art dealer Ludwig Fischbeck

As a court art dealer and closest neighbor (Am Schlossplatz), Ludwig Fischbeck was always in close contact with the grand ducal family. His advice was often sought when the right gifts and gifts of honor had to be chosen for birthdays or special occasions. How often were portraits with personal dedication and family pictures given away, which quickly needed the usual gold frame. Then, in a hurry, a note written in pencil was handed over to the neighboring house and everything, including delivery or shipping, was done as desired. All birthdays of the grand ducal family were carefully considered not only in business, but also in private. The thanks in the form of handwriting, often with accompanying photos, never failed to materialize. Everything that came from the court, as well as letters from well-known personalities (Hermann Allmers, Arthur Fitger, Georg Ruseler, Harro Magnussen, Marie Stein-Ranke, etc.), Ludwig Fischbeck used to keep carefully, so that in this way he could write “Autographs Collector ". In 1891 Ludwig Fischbeck was one of the founders of the “ Schlaraffia Oldenburgia”. The Schlaraffia is an association of men whose aim is to cultivate humor and art under certain prescribed forms. The motto of the Schlaraffen is: in arte voluptas and the symbol is the eagle owl. Ludwig Fischbeck met here as "Ritter Quast" with many well-known personalities of cultural life and the merchant class: chief editor Wilhelm von Busch , rector and writer Georg Ruseler , grand ducal music director Gustav Götze, court theater director Ulrichs, directors Lorenz and Geyer, court actors Schwemmer, Lettinger, Turian, Bender and von Bischof, the bandmaster Jerichow and the chamber musician Düsterbehn . The famous painters Georg Müller vom Siel and August Oetken and the march poet Hermann Allmers were also often guests at the Schlaraffen.

Landscape painter and eraser

In spite of all the hustle and bustle in the art trade, which demanded such versatile commitment according to the nature of things and the wishes of discerning customers, Ludwig Fischbeck continued to pursue painting and etching with all his heart. Almost every Sunday he went out to the Oldenburger Land and discovered new motifs in forest and heath, marshland and geest. By train, bicycle and on long hiking trails, he experienced his home in the most remote, quiet corners. Ludwig Fischbeck's domain was the heather and the Hasbruch primeval forest , but he was also often found sketching and painting in Dötlingen , in the Ammerland , in the Wesermarsch , in Dangast and on the island of Wangerooge . In the Dötlingen artists' colony in particular , he liked to visit his painter friend Georg Müller vom Siel . Here in Dötlingen was the meeting point for many artists from the most varied of artistic styles from near and far. It speaks for Ludwig Fischbeck's artistic achievements that leading publishing houses of world renown such as Hanfstaengel, Munich, and Scherl, Berlin. reproduced his heather pictures and etchings as art prints and then made them widely known through their illustrated catalogs and brought them to the art trade.

Hasbruch jungle

The end of the First World War and the collapse of German princely rulership had also badly affected the business world in the royal city of Oldenburg. When Ludwig Fischbeck was given the opportunity in 1919 to move into an attractive house in the immediate vicinity of Hasbruch and to be able to acquire it, the 52-year-old sold his business and residential building in Oldenburg and moved to Hohenböken. The villa offered the right atmosphere for an artists' home. The planned purchase of the house was postponed by the owners and ultimately thwarted. Ludwig Fischbeck could have put the purchase money on the table immediately after the sale of his Oldenburg property. So it was swallowed up by the inflation of 1919–1923. The previous court art dealer was now dependent solely on the income from his artistic work. Undaunted and with complete devotion, he painted and erased the impressive pictures of his homeland day after day, which today still adorn the rooms of public buildings and the living rooms of many art lovers in large numbers.

In the last years of his life, Fischbeck suffered from an eye disease: cataracts led to almost complete blindness . There was only a faint distinction between light and dark. He no longer saw his beloved Hasbruch, since going for a walk without company was out of the question. His long-time domestic help, Lissy Leutbecher, was of great help to him. She took care of “Mr. Fischbeck” day after day and shared her joys and sorrows with him until his death. In bad times she often waived wages and looked after the household from her own resources. Ludwig Fischbeck died on November 23, 1954 at the age of 88. Four days after his death, a large group of loyal followers accompanied the late Ludwig Fischbeck on the last trip to Oldenburg. Many city Oldenburgers and the members of the “Schlaraffia” had come to the old legendary Gertrudenfriedhof for the burial . The Grand Duchess Elisabeth von Oldenburg also took a large part in Ludwig Fischbeck's death.

literature

personal data
SURNAME Fischbeck, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German court art dealer, painter and etcher
DATE OF BIRTH September 20, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Oldenburg
DATE OF DEATH November 23, 1954
Place of death Hohenböken