Ludwig Neureuther

This article deals with the painter, lithographer and etcher Ludwig Neureuther. For information on the painter, gilder and manufacturer of picture clocks, see Ludwig Neureuter .

Ludwig Neureuther (born August 13, 1774 in Jägersburg near Homburg ( Rhine district , today Saarland ), † April 25, 1832 in Bamberg ) was a German painter , lithographer and etcher .

Life

Ludwig Neureuther: Gundelsheim with Horneck Castle

Ludwig Neureuther was born in Jägersburg as the son of the postilion Christoph Neureuther and his wife Katharina (née Jost) who were in ducal service . The Jägersburg hunting lodge , which no longer exists today and was built by Duke Christian IV from the Wittelsbach line of Pfalz-Zweibrücken, determined the life of the small town. Duke Karl II. August von Pfalz-Zweibrücken became aware of the boy's talent for drawing. After the loss of both parents, the prince took him to his court at the age of eleven and had the flower painter Christian Friedrich Wirth give him his first lessons. He later came to Zweibrücken and was instructed by the court painter Johann Christian von Mannlich .

From 1791 to 1793 Neureuther was permanently employed at the court. In the confused times of the Revolutionary Wars , he followed his patron, Duke Karl II. August von Pfalz-Zweibrücken, into exile in Mannheim. In 1793 he continued his art studies at the local academy. During the occupation of Mannheim by the French revolutionary army, he and his friend and fellow student, Peter Ferdinand Deurer, saved the works of the painting gallery of the Zweibrücken house at risk of death. After the Duke's death in 1795, his younger brother Maximilian I Joseph took over his heir, who from 1799 after the death of Elector Karl Theodor also became Bavarian Elector, from 1806 Bavarian King. When he took over the throne, Neureuther came to Munich as his court painter in 1799 and, with the support of Johann Christian von Mannlich, continued his education as a landscape painter.

From 1801 to 1806 Neureuther, on the initiative of Joseph von Hazzis, recorded the various everyday clothing in various parts of Bavaria for his "Statistical Information about the Duchy of Baiern". Through these watercolor drawings, the "Gwand" of the rural population was passed on to posterity. Neureuther's work forms an important basis for folklore and costume research .

From 1806 to 1808, with a grant from King Max Joseph, he went on an educational trip to Italy that took him to Rome. After his return he fell ill with tuberculosis and was then prevented from continuing to practice his art on a large scale. In 1813 Neureuther moved to Bamberg. In addition to his work as a painter and drawing teacher at the grammar school there, he also temporarily held the post of curator for the picture gallery in the Neue Residenz.

progeny

He is the father of the painter Eugen Napoleon Neureuther (1806–1882) and the architect Gottfried von Neureuther (1811–1887) who was raised to the nobility .

His great-great-grandson is the former ski racer Christian Neureuther (* 1949). His children in turn are Ameli Neureuther (* 1981) and Felix Neureuther (* 1984).

Exhibitions

The painting at the Pfalz-Zweibrückener Hof in the 18th century, Römerhofmuseum Homburg, 2010

literature

• JH Jäck: Life and works of the artists Bamberg. Volume 2, 1825, pp. 69-70.
• Georg Kaspar Nagler : Neureuther, Ludwig . In: New general KünstlerLexicon, or messages from the life and works of painters, sculptors, architects, engravers, die cutter, lithographer, illustrator, Medals and Ivory, etc . 3. Edition. tape 11 . Schwarzenberg & Schumann, Leipzig 1836, p. 308-309 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
• Joseph Maillinger: Picture Chronicle Munich. New episode Volume 4, Augsburg 1886.
• Rudolf Oldenbourg: Munich painting in the 19th century. Volume 1, 1922.
• Neureuther, Ludwig . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 25 : Moehring – Olivié . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1931, p. 421 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bernhard H. Bonkhoff: Ludwig Neureuther (1774-1832) - a forgotten element in the series Zweibrücker painter. In: Charlotte Glück-Christmann (ed.): The cradle of the kings, 600 years of the Duchy of Pfalz-Zweibrücken. Zweibrücken 2010, pp. 328-330.