Paul von Tiesenhausen (painter)

Evening on the Baltic Sea Coast (1871)

Baron Paul von Tiesenhausen (born January 10, 1836 or 1837 in Itfer , Estonia , † November 24, 1876 in Munich ) was a Baltic German marine and landscape painter .

Life

Paul von Tiesenhausen came from the Baltic German noble family Tiesenhausen . He attended the cathedral school in Reval .

At the beginning of the Crimean War in 1853, he volunteered in the Russian army at the age of 16 . In the campaign he made it up to the rank of prime lieutenant .

In 1861 he quit army service and moved to Munich. Since April 20, 1864 he studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich with Karl Millner and became a master student of Adolf Heinrich Lier .

After completing his studies, he remained active in Munich, mainly creating sea, beach and harbor paintings. He visited Normandy and the Italian coast.

On November 26, 1870, he married Nina von Schulmann in St. Petersburg's Michaeliskirche . He died of tuberculosis at the age of 39 .

literature

Hermann Arthur Lier : Tiesenhausen, Paul Freiherr von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 38, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 289 f.
Friedrich von Boetticher : Painters works of the nineteenth century. Contribution to art history . Volume 2, 2, Dresden 1898, p. 892.
Tiesenhausen, Paul Freiherr von . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 33 : Theodotos vacation . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1939, p. 163 .

Web links

Commons : Paul von Tiesenhausen - collection of images

Individual evidence

^ Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Paul von Tiesenhausen. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
^ Hermann Arthur Lier : Tiesenhausen, Paul Freiherr von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 38, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 289 f.

personal data
SURNAME	Tiesenhausen, Paul von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Baltic German marine and landscape painter
DATE OF BIRTH	January 10, 1836 or January 10, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH	Itfer , Estonia
DATE OF DEATH	November 24, 1876
Place of death	Munich

[1] Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Paul von Tiesenhausen. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital

[2] Hermann Arthur Lier : Tiesenhausen, Paul Freiherr von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 38, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 289 f.