Ludwig Melzer
Karl Ferdinand Ludwig Melzer (* 1796 in Posen ; † after 1835) was a German portrait and history painter .
Life
Melzer was initially a student at the Prussian Academy of the Arts in Berlin from 1814 to 1817 before he stayed in Paris between 1817 and 1818. There he was a student in the studio of Antoine-Jean Gros and at the École des Beaux-Arts . From 1818 to 1825 he was based in Rome. During this time he painted a portrait of the legation preacher Richard Rothe . After 1825 he lived as a history and portrait painter in Berlin. In 1828, 1830, 1832 he participated in the Berlin Academy Exhibition.
literature
- Sylva van der Heyden: Melzer, (Karl Ferdinand) 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, pp. 201–202.
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich Noack : The Germanness in Rome since the end of the Middle Ages . Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1927, p. 392
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Melzer, Ludwig |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Melzer, Karl Ferdinand Ludwig (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German portrait and history painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1796 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Poses |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1835 |