Luise von Martens

Luise Henriette von Martens (born January 15, 1828 in Stuttgart ; † September 16, 1894 there ) was a painter and draftsman from Württemberg .

life and work

Luise Henriette von Martens: Portrait of a Lady (oil on linen, 1855)

Luise von Martens was the daughter of the naturalist Georg von Martens and a sister of the zoologist Eduard von Martens .

She studied with Karl Ferdinand Sohn in Düsseldorf and then went on numerous trips abroad. She painted or drew portraits and figure compositions, landscapes, including urban landscapes and still lifes. She died unmarried.

Among other things, she made a portrait of her father, which was taken from her legacy in 1897 and transferred to the Kgl. Museum of Fine Arts in Stuttgart.

literature

Martens, Luise Henriette von. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 1/2, sheets 31–61: Heideck – Mayer, Louis. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1895, p. 942 ( archive.org ).
Martens, Luise von . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 24 : Mandere – Möhl . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1930, p. 150 .
Gert K. Nagel (Ed.): Schwäbisches Künstlerlexikon. Munich 1986, p. 81.
Emmanuel Bénézit (Ed.): Benezit dictionary of artists. 5th edition, Volume 9: Maele – Müller. Gründ, Paris 2006 doi: 10.1093 / benz / 9780199773787.article.B00117379 , p. 266 (English, beginning of article, here different year of death 1897).

Web links

Commons : Luise von Martens - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Place of death Stuttgart according to the Württemberg state bibliography ; the Union List of Artist Names names 1897 in Düsseldorf
^ Richter & Kafitz: Painting Auction Bamberg, October 29, 2005. GE 054, GE 055. (Delicate flower bouquets).
↑ Funeral Sermon In memory of Miss Luise von Martens. Stuttgart, Scheufele, 13 S. In: Documents on Georg von Martens and his daughter Luise von Martens, Württembergisches Landesarchiv, call number J 56 Bü 39 ( landesarchiv-bw.de ).
↑ Martens, Luise (Henriette) von . In: Directory of the painting collection in the Kgl. Museum of Fine Arts in Stuttgart . W. Spemann, Stuttgart 1907, p. 255 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive - different year of death 1897).

personal data
SURNAME	Martens, Luise von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Martens, Luise Henriette von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter
DATE OF BIRTH	January 15, 1828
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH	September 16, 1894
Place of death	Stuttgart

[1] Place of death Stuttgart according to the Württemberg state bibliography ; the Union List of Artist Names names 1897 in Düsseldorf

[2] Richter & Kafitz: Painting Auction Bamberg, October 29, 2005. GE 054, GE 055. (Delicate flower bouquets).

[3] Funeral Sermon In memory of Miss Luise von Martens. Stuttgart, Scheufele, 13 S. In: Documents on Georg von Martens and his daughter Luise von Martens, Württembergisches Landesarchiv, call number J 56 Bü 39 ( landesarchiv-bw.de ).

[4] Martens, Luise (Henriette) von . In: Directory of the painting collection in the Kgl. Museum of Fine Arts in Stuttgart . W. Spemann, Stuttgart 1907, p. 255 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive - different year of death 1897).