Oskar von Alvensleben
Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Oskar von Alvensleben (born February 18, 1831 in Benkendorf , municipality of Teutschenthal near Halle , † November 5, 1903 in Dresden ) was a German landscape painter .
family
Oskar von Alvensleben came from the Low German noble family von Alvensleben . He was the twelfth and youngest child of Canon Wilhelm von Alvensleben (1779–1838) from Kalbe (Milde) and his wife Sophie Günther (1784–1847) from Dresden. Gebhard von Alvensleben (1816–1895), musician and owner of the Gohliser Schlösschen near Leipzig , and the landowner and author Udo III. von Alvensleben (1823–1910) from Schollene were his brothers. Oskar von Alvensleben remained unmarried.
Life
He spent his childhood on the Gohlis estate near Leipzig, which his father had acquired in 1832. Nothing is known about his school education and studies. After 1850 he referred to himself as "Öconom" and dealt with landscape drawing in southern Germany and northern France . He also had musical inclinations and - like his brother Gebhard - tried his hand at compositions. In 1866 he took up residence in Dresden and studied at the local academy until 1874 . a. with Julius Hübner , Carl Gottlieb Peschel and Adolf Erhardt - interrupted by long study trips to Spain , on which numerous pencil sketches were made, some with Indian ink or watercolors, after which he painted watercolors . From 1871 he was a member of the Dresden Artists' Cooperative and also supported other artists. In further life he undertook extensive trips to southern Germany, Austria , the North and Baltic Seas and to Bohemia , where many landscape studies were made. In his house in Dresden he collected antique furniture and equipment with a great understanding of art . For the preservation of the castle ruins in Kalbe (Milde) he donated a larger sum, which is still reminiscent of a plaque on the restored gable of the Gebhardbaus. After his death he was buried in the family cemetery in Kalbe (Milde). Max Rödig painted a portrait of Oskar von Alvensleben in 1895 (see picture), which has been missing since 1945.
plant
He never sold one of his numerous pictures, but left entire portfolios of them. You are today u. a. in the Kulturhistorisches Museum Magdeburg and Stralsund , in the City Museum Dresden and in the Vogtlandmuseum Plauen . Pictures by Oskar von Alvensleben were u. a. shown at the following exhibitions: 1870/71, 1888, 1894 Academy Dresden, 1886 Academy Berlin , 1942 Naubert Art Dealer in Leipzig with 400 drawings, 1943 CG Boerner Art Dealer in Leipzig, 1976 Galerie Ketterer in Munich (including a self-portrait), 1980 State Gallery in Dessau ("Dessau Views from Four Centuries"). Works by Alvensleben are repeatedly offered in the art trade.
literature
- Hellmut Kretzschmar : Historical news of the Alvensleben family since 1800 . Burg 1930, pp. 92–93.
- Alversleben, Oskar von . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 2, Seemann, Leipzig 1986, ISBN 3-363-00115-0 , p. 483.
- Udo von Alvensleben-Wittenmoor : The Alvensleben in Kalbe 1324-1945 , edited by Reimar von Alvensleben , Falkenberg 2010, p.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alvensleben, Oskar von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Alvensleben, Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Oskar von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landscape painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 18, 1831 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Benkendorf near Teutschenthal |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th November 1903 |
| Place of death | Dresden |