Ludwig Hermann (painter)

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Elias Ludwig Hermann (born April 6, 1812 in Greifswald , † December 29, 1881 in Berlin ) was a German landscape and marine painter.

Life

Ludwig Hermann was born as the son of the gardener Wilhelm Hermann and his wife Sophie, b. Weber was born in Greifswald and grew up in Anklam , where his parents also died. At the age of 19, he was admitted to the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin in 1831 , where he was a student of Johann Gottfried Schadow . From 1836 he took part in the Berlin Academy exhibitions. Around 1837/38 he stayed in Paris , where he was a student of Eugène Isabey and Eugène Lepoittevin . He then returned to Berlin and traveled to Italy in 1842/43 . Between 1862 and 1873 Hermann stayed in London several times and participated in exhibitions there. He was married to Auguste, geb. Dupont who survived him.

Works (selection)

  • The port of Rouen in Normandy, whereabouts unknown (BAA 1838, no.300)
  • Memories from Normandy, whereabouts unknown (BAA 1838, No. 301)
  • French beach, whereabouts unknown (BAA 1839, no.313)
  • Seaside town on the Normandy coast, whereabouts unknown (ibid., No. 314)
  • Pilot station on the Normandy coast, whereabouts unknown (BAA 1840, No. 292)
  • Beach near Dieppe, whereabouts unknown (BAA 1842, No. 338).

literature

  • Tino Mager: Hermann, Ludwig . In: Bénédicte Savoy, France Nerlich (ed.): Paris apprenticeship years. A lexicon for training German painters in the French capital. Volume 1: 1793-1843 . De Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2013, ISBN 978-3-11-029057-8 , pp. 106-107.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Date of birth calculated from the age given in the death register "69 years 8 months 23 days"
  2. ↑ a b Death register, registry office Berlin XII, No. 3443/1881
personal data
SURNAME Hermann, Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hermann, Elias Ludwig (full name); Herrmann, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German landscape and marine painter
DATE OF BIRTH April 6, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Greifswald
DATE OF DEATH December 29, 1881
Place of death Berlin