Nikolaus Baur

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Nikolaus Baur , also Nicolaus Baur , (born November 6, 1816 in Trier , † October 2, 1879 in Munich ) was a German history painter from the Düsseldorf and Munich Schools .

Life

Nicolaus Baur, son of a blacksmith from Trier, studied painting from 1837 to 1840 in Carl Ferdinand Sohn's antique hall at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . In 1849 he enrolled at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich , became a student of Joseph Schlotthauer , among others , and graduated in 1851 with a degree. From 1860 he was a member of the Munich Association for Christian Art . His grave is in the old northern cemetery in Munich .

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In addition to his frescoes with religious compositions in churches in and outside Munich, Nikolaus Baur made a name for himself with mythological and historical scenes and portraits . By commissioning a portrait of King Maximilian II , Baur was commissioned to create two wall paintings for the Bavarian National Museum on Prinzregentenstrasse in Munich, now in the museum building .

Works (selection)

  • Knee picture of King Maximilian II of Bavaria , 1851, Municipal Collections, Wasserburg am Inn
  • Wall painting In 1530 in Augsburg, the Protestant princes presented their creed to Emperor Charles V , formerly the Bavarian National Museum, old building, room V
  • Mural painting Anton Fugger the Rich throws the IOU of Charles V into the fireplace where the emperor sits , formerly Bavarian National Museum, old building, room V.
  • Diana as a huntress , 1870
  • Three framed pictures ( Last Supper , Immaculate and Adoration of the Baby Jesus by the Shepherds ), signed> Nic. Baur Munich 1878 <in the St. Johannes Hospital Church in Bad Reichenhall
  • St. Michael standing with sword on his opponent , 1840; Oil on canvas, 164 × 84 cm (art trade)
  • Boy with Dog in Landscape , 1847; Oil on canvas, 112 × 91 cm (art trade)

literature

  • Werner Ebnet: You lived in Munich: Biographies from eight centuries , Allitera, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-86906-744-5 , p. 79.
  • Horst Ludwig, Sonja Baranow, Rainer Beck: Munich painters in the 19th and 20th centuries Century , Volume 1, Adam-Gaupp, Bruckmann, Munich 1981.
  • E. Bénézit: Dictionanaire critique et documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs , Vol. I, Librairie Gründ, Paris 1976, p. 531.
  • Busse directory: International manual of all painters and sculptors of the 19th century , Busse art documentation, Wiesbaden 1977.
  • Baur, Nikolaus . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 7, Saur, Munich a. a. 1993, ISBN 3-598-22747-7 , p. 631.
  • Hans Paffrath / Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf (Ed.): Lexicon of the Düsseldorf School of Painting . Vol. 1, F. Bruckmann, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-7654-3009-9 , appendix, p. 439.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kunstakademie Düsseldorf to Nicolaus Baur from Trier, inventory signature BR 0004 No. 1558, in 1837 sheets 164R and 174V, 2nd class (the students who draw after antiquity); in 1839 sheet 193V plaster class; Stock signature BR 0004 No. 1559; 1840 sheets 11V and 36V, 2nd class (department of the Antikensaal), teacher Carl Sohn
  2. ^ Hyacinth Holland :  Schlotthauer, Joseph . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 31, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, pp. 554-561.
  3. ^ Matriculation book 2 (1841-1884): Nicolaus Baur matriculation no. 755, entry: November 17, 1849, received the matriculation in painting on June 17, 1851
  4. ^ Association for Christian Art in Munich (ed.): Festgabe in memory of the 50th year. Anniversary. Lentner'sche Hofbuchhandlung, Munich 1910, p. 74.
  5. ↑ grave no. 3-12-18 ( https://www.muenchenwiki.de/wiki/Alter_Nordfriedhof )
  6. ↑ King Maximilian II of Bavaria, oil / canvas, 161 x 120 , on House of Bavarian History, accessed on June 16, 2016
  7. ↑ Figure Diana as a huntress, Nikolaus Baur, 1870
personal data
SURNAME Baur, Nikolaus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baur, Nicolaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1816
PLACE OF BIRTH trier
DATE OF DEATH October 2, 1879
Place of death Munich