Otto Vorländer
Otto Ernst Vorländer , also Vorlaender (born January 14, 1853 in Altena , Altena district , † 1937 in Hameln ), was a German painter from the Düsseldorf School , drawing teacher , art historian and preservationist .
Life
Vorländer, offspring of a Protestant parsonage from the Sauerland , began studying painting at the Düsseldorf Art Academy on October 1, 1872 . There he was initially a pupil of the elementary class of Andreas Müller and Heinrich Lauenstein , from 1873 he then attended Wilhelm Lotz's construction class for two years . In October 1875 he passed the examination as a drawing teacher for higher educational institutions at the Düsseldorf Academy. In 1876 he took up a position as a drawing teacher at the Dortmund trade school . From Easter 1878 to Easter 1879 he continued his studies at the Prussian Academy of the Arts in Berlin. He then became a "proper technical teacher" at the model school in Frankfurt am Main . He gave up this position at Easter 1882 in order to devote himself entirely to painting. He went to Munich , where he made friends with Julius Langbehn . From 1884 to 1886 he again attended the Düsseldorf Art Academy. There he was taught first in the preparatory class by Hugo Crola and then in the antiquities and nature class by Peter Janssen the Elder . Then he became a teacher at the building trade school in Barmen . From the 1890s at the latest, Vorländer was active in the field of documentation and restoration of wall and ceiling paintings as well as glass windows. From 1897, when he was a teacher at the Herzogliche Baugewerkeschule Holzminden , he also appeared in publications on the history of architecture and art.
Fonts (selection)
- with Richard Borrmann (eds.) and Hans Kolb : Recordings of medieval wall and ceiling paintings in Germany . Wasmuth, Berlin 1897-1902 (volume 1), 1906-1911 (volume 2).
- A monastery museum in the heath . In: The preservation of monuments . 4th year, Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn, Berlin 1902, pp. 109–113.
- The renovation of the Nikolaikirche in Siegen . In: Deutsche Bauzeitung . XL. Volume, No. 83, Berlin 1906, p. 559 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Old wall and ceiling paintings in the “All Saints Chapel” of the Wienhausen ad Aller monastery . In: Preservation of monuments and homeland protection . Vol. 27, Hackebeil, Berlin 1925, pp. 118-122.
literature
- Vorländer, Otto . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 34 : Urliens – Vzal . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1940, p. 548 .
- Franz Kössler: Personal Lexicon of 19th Century Teachers : Vaders - Vries ( PDF ).
- Otto Vorländer 80 years old . In: The preservation of monuments . 35 vol., Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin 1933, pp. 70–71.
Web links
- Vorlander, Otto in the portal oxfortartonline.com
Individual evidence
- ^ Museum Kunstpalast : Artists from the Düsseldorf School of Painting (selection, as of November 2016, PDF )
- ↑ Benedikt Momme Nissen : The Rembrandt German. Julius Langbehn . Herder & Co. Verlagbuchhandlung, Freiburg im Breisgau 1926, p. 66
- ↑ Finding aid 212.01.04 Student lists of the Art Academy Düsseldorf , website in the portal archive.nrw.de ( Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vorländer, Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vorländer, Otto Ernst (full name); Vorlaender, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter from the Düsseldorf School, drawing teacher, art historian and monument conservator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 14, 1853 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Altena , Altena district |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1937 |
| Place of death | Hamelin |