Moritz Kellerhoven

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Moritz Kellerhoven (* 1758 in Altenrath ; † December 15, 1830 in Munich ) was a German portrait painter and etcher .

Life

The most famous painting by Moritz Kellerhoven: King Max I. Joseph in his coronation regalia.
Archbishop Lothar Anselm von Gebsattel , painted by Moritz Kellerhoven, 1825

Moritz Kellerhoven was born as the son of the landlord Wilhelm Kellerhoven and his wife Juliane in the Wittelsbach Duchy of Berg . The father died early and the boy came to Düsseldorf in the care of his maternal uncle, a clergyman. This educated him and made it possible for him to study to prepare for the clergy. Since Moritz Kellerhoven felt no calling for this, he attended the Düsseldorf Art Academy from the age of 17 , where he was a student of Lambert Krahe (1712–1790).

Further studies took him to Antwerp , London and Paris . In 1779 he went to Vienna , 1782 to Italy. Kellerhoven made a good name for himself as a painter, which is why Elector Karl Theodor appointed him to Munich as court painter in 1784 . In 1808, during the reorganization of the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich , he became the first professor there. He knew the director of the house, Professor Johann Peter von Langer , from Düsseldorf. Here he worked as a teacher and capable organizer of school operations until his death. He is considered one of the most important portrait painters of his era and painted many people from the Wittelsbach ruling house and its surroundings.

Kellerhoven's best-known work is the life-size portrait of King Max I Joseph in his coronation regalia, which he painted for the University of Landshut and which is often reproduced in historical publications to this day. In 1818 he created the picture again in a variation in which King Max also draws his hand on the new constitution. Numerous celebrities were portrayed by Kellerhoven, including Queen Karoline of Bavaria , King Ludwig I as Crown Prince, King Gustav Adolph IV of Sweden and his wife Friederike Dorothea von Baden (when they were in Munich), Archduke Karl of Austria , Auguste Amalie von Leuchtenberg , the Munich Archbishop Lothar Anselm von Gebsattel , the Bishops Ignaz Albert von Riegg from Augsburg, Franz Xaver Schwäbl from Regensburg, Auxiliary Bishop Franz Ignaz von Streber , the historians Lorenz von Westenrieder , Johann Goswin Widder and the scientist Count Rumford . Most of these portraits were reproduced as engravings or lithographs by other artists. Moritz Kellerhoven also made a self-portrait as an etching . Similarly, engravings and lithographs known of his hand.

Kellerhovens Nekrolog states that: "Drawing, coloring, plastic perfection and lively conception" characterized his paintings. Especially in the last years of his life he had created portraits of several members of the higher clergy; "In their official vestments, mostly in half-figure ... which, in terms of similarity, pithy and vigorous treatment of the diverse fabrics, silk, velvet, enamel and precious stones, can only be put aside". These portraits also include the painting by Archbishop Lothar Anselm von Gebsattel of Munich shown here , which has a very fine color composition with high luminosity and reveals Kellerhoven's outstanding talent, especially in the almost photographically precisely depicted silk fabrics and albums .

Kellerhoven was married and the connection resulted in several daughters and a son. The son Joseph Kellerhoven (1789–1849) also lived as a renowned portrait painter in Speyer and painted several of the local bishops as well as many of the Palatinate dignitaries. He had the art of painting a. a. learned from his father at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich , where he studied from 1809.

Moritz Kellerhoven suffered severely from gout in the last years of his life . Since spring 1830 more and more obsolete, the painter died on December 15, 1830 in Munich and was buried on December 17, 1830 with great sympathy in what was then the main cemetery, now the Alter Südlicher Friedhof . Kellerhoven's grave is located in grave field 25 - row 13 - 31st location .

literature

Web links

Commons : Moritz Kellerhoven  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Barbara Hardtwig, " Post -Barock und Klassizismus" , Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, 1978, page 150
  2. ↑ Barbara Eschenburg “From the late Middle Ages to the New Objectivity: the paintings in the Lenbachhaus Munich” , Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2008, page 18
  3. ↑ 2nd version of Moritz Kellerhoven's portrait of the king, 1818
  4. ↑ Viktor Carl: “Lexicon of Palatinate Personalities” , Hennig Verlag, Edenkoben, 2004, page 434
  5. ^ Matriculation entry Joseph Kellerhoven, Art Academy Munich.
  6. ^ Grave of Moritz Kellerhoven ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at friedhof.stadt-muenchen.net @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / friedhof.stadt-muenchen.net
personal data
SURNAME Kellerhoven, Moritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1758
PLACE OF BIRTH Altenrath (Troisdorf)
DATE OF DEATH December 15, 1830
Place of death Munich