Otto Knigge

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Otto Hermann Albert Knigge (born December 14, 1835 in Berlin , † March 5, 1883 in Berlin) was a German portrait and history painter , engraver , etcher and drawing teacher.

Life

Knigge initially received training at the Royal Prussian Academy of the Arts in Berlin. From 1854 to 1861 he learned from the engraver Gustav Lüderitz . Between 1856 and 1880 he regularly took part in the Berlin Academy exhibitions. Around 1860 Knigge studied at the Grand Ducal Saxon Art School in Weimar . He stayed in France between 1863 and 1865 and was a student of Paul Girardet and Thomas Couture in Paris . After 1865, he went back to Berlin, first lived in Taubenstrasse 43 in the city center and was trained in the studio of Oskar Begas . After that, Knigge had his own studio at Friedrichstrasse 88, but his apartment was at Friedrichstrasse 188. In 1875, Knigge passed the examination to become a drawing teacher at grammar schools and got a job at the Askanisches Gymnasium in Friedrichsvorstadt . In 1882 he published the program for the reform of drawing lessons, especially in schools . In 1883 Knigge, who also had himself entered in the address book as portrait and history painter , lived at Königgrätzer Strasse 17 (since 1948 Stresemannstrasse ).

Otto Knigge, who belonged to the St. John's Freemason Lodge on Secrecy , was buried in the old St. Matthäi churchyard in Berlin . His grave is no longer preserved in the 21st century.

Works

His work includes altarpieces for the Petrikirche in Berlin , for the church of the Elisabeth Hospital , contemporary works (for example, together with Hofrat Schneider, at the request of the Prussian King, he painted all the flags captured in the Franco-German War in 1871). Experts appreciate Knigges coloring as being based on Titian .

  • La lettre , copper engraving, whereabouts unknown (Salon 1864, No. 2921), possibly identical to: The Letter , copperplate engraving, whereabouts unknown (BAA 1860, No. 1499)
  • Versailles Park , etching, whereabouts unknown (BAA 1864, No. 818)
  • Self-portrait , 1864, oil / canvas, whereabouts unknown (BAA 1883, No. 317).
  • Joseph of Arimathia brings Christ the crown of thorns to Mary

literature

  • Merten Lagatz: Knigge, Otto (Albert) . In: Bénédicte Savoy, France Nerlich (ed.): Paris apprenticeship years. A lexicon for training German painters in the French capital . Volume 2: 1844-1870. de Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2015, ISBN 978-3-11-031477-9 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Otto Knigge on ancestry.de
  2. ↑ a b c Otto Albert Knigge . elexikon.ch
  3. ↑ Knigge, O. In: Allgemeiner Wohnungs-Anzeiger together with address and business manual for Berlin , 1870, part 1, p. 368. “Painter”.
  4. ↑ Knigge, Otto . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1873, part 1, p. 403. "History and portrait painters".
  5. ↑ Knigge, Otto . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1883, I, p. 486.
  6. ↑ People who were buried in the Matthäus-Kirchhof. on freimaurer-wiki.de
personal data
SURNAME Knigge, Otto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Knigge, Otto Hermann Albert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and drawing teacher
DATE OF BIRTH December 14, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH March 5, 1883
Place of death Berlin