Peter Wilhelm App
Peter Wilhelm App (born November 15, 1803 in Darmstadt , Landgraviate of Hessen-Darmstadt ; † January 7, 1855 ibid) was a German history and portrait painter and court painter to Ludwig II of Hessen-Darmstadt .
Life
App attended the grand ducal drawing school in Darmstadt's residential palace in 1818 . On July 10, 1819, he enrolled in painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich . Then he switched to the Düsseldorf Art Academy , where Peter Cornelius was his teacher. He commissioned him and Wilhelm Röckel to design cardboard boxes in preparation for frescoes in Eller Castle near Düsseldorf . However, the frescoes were never executed. From 1828 App lived in Rome and belonged to that group of " German Romans " who were enthusiastic about Nazarene ideals. At that time App created religious pictures in the style of this art movement, later also profane history pictures. Darmstadt artists whom he met there at the time were Jakob Felsing and August Lucas .
In 1832 App returned to Darmstadt. In 1841 he presented his historical painting Hermann there, returning to his own as the winner . The proceeds from the exhibition were intended for the construction of the Hermann monument. In 1843 Grand Duke Ludwig II of Hesse-Darmstadt appointed him court painter. This was followed by portraits from the grand ducal family and civil society.
literature
- Hermann Board : App, Peter Wilhelm . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 2 : Antonio da Monza-Bassan . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1908, p. 36 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Gisela Bergsträsser: App, Peter Wilhelm . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 4, Seemann, Leipzig 1990, ISBN 3-598-22744-2 , p. 536.
- Barbara Bott: Paintings by Hessian painters of the 19th century in the Hessian State Museum Darmstadt . Heidelberg 2003, p. 55 f.
Web links
- App, Peter Wilhelm , biography in the portal darmstadt-stadtlexikon.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ 00527 Peter Wilhelm App, Matriculation Book 1809–1841 , accessed on November 15, 2017.
- ^ Friedrich von Schaarschmidt : On the history of Düsseldorf art, especially in the XIX. Century . Art Association for the Rhineland and Westphalia, Düsseldorf 1902, p. 50 ( digitized version ).
- ^ Morgenblatt für educated readers , Art Journal No. 72 of September 9, 1841, p. 304 ( Google Books )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | App, Peter Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German history painter and portrait painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 15, 1803 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Darmstadt , Landgraviate of Hessen-Darmstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 7, 1855 |
| Place of death | Darmstadt , Landgraviate of Hessen-Darmstadt |