Otto Brausewetter
Otto Karl Brausewetter (born September 11, 1835 in Saalfeld (East Prussia) , † August 9, 1904 in Berlin ) was a German painter.
Life
Otto Brausewetter was a son of the court assistant and judge in Saalfeld Wilhelm Brausewetter and his wife Ludwike, née Henselsca. At the age of 17 he went to the art academy in Königsberg . His teachers were Ludwig Rosenfelder , Pietrowski and Hermann Gemmel . In 1857 he moved to Frankfurt am Main and Munich and returned to Königsberg in 1860.
After study trips to Italy, France and Russia, he settled in Berlin in 1869, where he became a teacher at the art academy in 1882 . In 1888 he became a full teacher there and received the title of professor.
Paul Wallat was one of his students . Otto Brausewetter himself was portrayed by Max Koner in 1894 .
Brausewetter died in 1904 at the age of 68 in Berlin after a long illness (asthmatic disease), which last prevented him from teaching. He was buried in the Old Twelve Apostles Cemetery in Schöneberg . The grave has not been preserved.
Works (selection)
- 1860: The ghosts of Edward's murdered sons appear to King Richard II (1905 in the Danzig City Museum)
- 1868: Noblewoman, looking at her husband's grave monument at a sculptor's
- 1871: The throat of the Charon
- 1871: Knight Bluebeard
- 1874: autumn morning
- 1874: Gustav Adolf in the Battle of Lützen
- 1877: Landsknechte on the move
- 1888: Yorck's address to the Prussian estates on February 5, 1813 (formerly in the conference room of the Provincial Parliament in Königsberg (Prussia))
Awards
- 1889: Small gold medal for art
- 1891: Full member of the Academy of Arts
literature
- Ernst Deegen, History of the City of Saalfeld Ostpr..Festschrift to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the city in 1905. With some illustrations, floor plans and a city map from 1833. Saalfeld: Self-published by the author in 1905. Here: Pages 325–326, in digital form Page 349-350. Entry in the catalog of the German National Library
- Albert Czyborra: The year 1815. In: Ders. (Ed.): Between Mauersee and Alle. A home book. (= From German literature and German culture. 256th – 258th volume), 3rd edition. Julius Beltz Verlag, Berlin and Leipzig 1930, pp. 41–43. (Concerning the painting Speech of Count Yorck .)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Representation according to Deegen (see under literature).
- ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 749.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shower weather, Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Shower weather, Otto Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 11, 1835 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saalfeld (East Prussia) |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 9, 1904 |
| Place of death | Berlin |