Otto Försterling

Otto Försterling (born June 18, 1843 in Berlin , † September 3, 1904 in Leipzig ) was a German genre and landscape painter .

Life

Otto Försterling: Sexten in Tirol , 1891

Försterling began studying at the Berlin Art Academy in 1862 and was a student of Julius Schrader from 1862 to 1866 . In 1873 he settled in Kleinzschachwitz near Dresden and owned a residential and studio building on Storchenneststrasse. In 1890 he moved to Leipzig . Travels took him to Tyrol, Northern Italy and in 1879/80 to Rome.

Försterling's work shows atmospheric landscapes, populated with characters from fairy tales and mythology under titles such as the spring nymph and centaurs fighting with tigers , as well as historical images with religious motifs, such as the flight to Egypt and Golgotha . Försterling's work was shown in various exhibitions during his lifetime; a representation of the Seekofel came into the holdings of the Museum zu Altenburg.

Försterling wrote an autobiography that appeared in the biographical compilation Das Geistige Deutschland in 1898 .

His daughter Käthe Roman-Försterling (* 1871 in Dresden) married the landscape painter Max Wilhelm Roman in Karlsruhe in 1891 . She had studied there at the arts and crafts school, was a painter and graphic artist and taught flower painting at the Karlsruhe School of Painting .

Illustrations

In the forest. With original etchings by Otto Försterling, Amsler & Ruthardt, Berlin 1868.
Edge drawings of anacreontic songs. Paul Hoffmann, Berlin 1890.
Caroline Wilhelmine Emma Brauns (Ed.): Japanese fairy tales, collected and told to the children's world. With 6 color pictures by Otto Försterling Flemming, Glogau 1889.

literature

Försterling, Otto. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 1/1, sheets 1–30: Aagaard – Heideck. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1891, p. 318 ( archive.org ).
Försterling, Otto. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 1/2, sheets 31–61: Heideck – Mayer, Louis. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1895, p. 972 ( archive.org ). - Supplements and corrections to Volume 1.
Hermann Alexander Müller: Biographical Artist Lexicon. Publishing house of the Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig, 1882 ( retrobibliothek.de ).
Försterling, Otto . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 12 : Fiori-Fyt . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1916, p. 137 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Försterling, Otto . In: Hans Wolfgang Singer (Ed.): General Artist Lexicon. Life and works of the most famous visual artists . Prepared by Hermann Alexander Müller . 5th unchanged edition. tape 1 : Aachen – Fyt . Literary Institute, Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt a. M. 1921, p. 455 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Web links

Commons : Otto Försterling - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Forsterling, Otto . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 12 : Fiori-Fyt . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1916, p. 137 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
^ Forsterling, Otto . In: Hans Wolfgang Singer (Ed.): General Artist Lexicon. Life and works of the most famous visual artists . Prepared by Hermann Alexander Müller . 5th unchanged edition. tape 5 : Vialle-Zyrlein. Supplements and corrections . Literary Institute, Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt a. M. 1921, p. 94 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive - here September 3, 1904 is given as the date of death).
↑ Otto Försterling (1843–1904) residential and studio house , on dresdner-stadtteile.de, accessed on July 27, 2015.
↑ The spiritual Germany at the end of the 19th century. Century. Encyclopedia of German intellectual life in biographical sketches. Volume 1: The visual artists. Leipzig / Berlin 1898.
^ Käthe Roman (born 1871), Painter, engraver In: Benezit Dictionary of Artists. doi: 10.1093 / benz / 9780199773787.article.B00155197 (English, beginning of article).

personal data
SURNAME	Försterling, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German genre and landscape painter
DATE OF BIRTH	June 18, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	September 3, 1904
Place of death	Leipzig

[1] Forsterling, Otto . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 12 : Fiori-Fyt . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1916, p. 137 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[2] Forsterling, Otto . In: Hans Wolfgang Singer (Ed.): General Artist Lexicon. Life and works of the most famous visual artists . Prepared by Hermann Alexander Müller . 5th unchanged edition. tape 5 : Vialle-Zyrlein. Supplements and corrections . Literary Institute, Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt a. M. 1921, p. 94 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive - here September 3, 1904 is given as the date of death).

[3] Otto Försterling (1843–1904) residential and studio house , on dresdner-stadtteile.de, accessed on July 27, 2015.

[4] The spiritual Germany at the end of the 19th century. Century. Encyclopedia of German intellectual life in biographical sketches. Volume 1: The visual artists. Leipzig / Berlin 1898.

[5] Käthe Roman (born 1871), Painter, engraver In: Benezit Dictionary of Artists. doi: 10.1093 / benz / 9780199773787.article.B00155197 (English, beginning of article).