Oskar Felsko
Oskar Eduard Daniel Felsko (born June 17, 1848 in Riga , Livonia Gouvernement , † 1921 in Mitau , Latvia ) was a German-Baltic portrait painter from the Düsseldorf School and drawing teacher .
Life
Oskar Felsko, son of the Riga city architect Johann Daniel Felsko and his wife Georgine Wilhelmine, née Groos, first began studying pharmacy after school , which he soon gave up in favor of studying sculpture at the Imperial Art Academy in Saint Petersburg . But he didn't like this subject either, so that he moved to Düsseldorf in the 1870s and studied painting with Eduard Gebhardt . In 1879 he returned to Riga. There he worked as a portrait painter. He also set up drawing and painting courses for women. In 1880 he took over the post of curatorof the Riga City Gallery. From 1884 to 1891 he taught freehand drawing at the Riga Polytechnic . In 1891 he moved to Mitau, where he also worked as a portrait painter and teacher.
literature
- Wilhelm Neumann : Lexicon of Baltic artists . Jonck & Poliewsky Publishing House, Riga 1908, p. 45 - Internet Archive .
- Felsko, Oskar Eduard Daniel . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 11 : Erman-Fiorenzo . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1915, p. 379 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Oskar Eduard Daniel Felsko - biographien.lv
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Oskar Felsko. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bettina Baumgärtel , Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: Directory of foreign artists. Nationality, residence and studies in Düsseldorf . In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Hrsg.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international impact 1819–1918 . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , Volume 1, p. 430.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Felsko, Oskar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Felsko, Oskar Eduard Daniel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Baltic portrait painter from the Düsseldorf School and drawing teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 17, 1848 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Riga , Livonia Governorate |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1921 |
| Place of death | Mitau , Latvia |