Philipp Anton Schilgen

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The kidnapping of Helena

Philipp Anton Schilgen (* 1792 in Osnabrück ; † November 29, 1857 there ) was a German painter .

Life and works

Until 1825, Philipp Anton Schilgen received artistic training at the Düsseldorf Art Academy with Peter Cornelius . From 1830 to 1832 he lived in Rome , after which he worked in Munich . For the west wing of the arcades of the Munich court garden he created a picture for the foundation of the Primogenitur by Albrecht IV. In 1506. The painting, originally a fresco applied to lime plaster , was later replaced by a version that was painted and supplemented with germinal colors on cement plaster . For the king's reception room in the royal building of the residence, he painted 24 pictures of Aeschylus' tragedies based on designs by Ludwig von Schwanthaler . A robbery of Helena after a box by Cornelius ended up in the Neue Pinakothek . A youth portrait of the writer Levin Schücking dates from 1834 . In 1847 Schilgen portrayed the superintendent Johann Christian Lange.

literature

Web links

Commons : Philipp Anton Schilgen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Museum Kunstpalast : Artists from the Düsseldorf School of Painting (selection, as of November 2016, PDF )
  2. ↑ Duke Albrecht IV. Establishes the right of primogeniture and regent succession in 1506 on www.bildindex.de
  3. ↑ Holger Schulten, The preserved history pictures and allegories , 2006, p. 76 on archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de
  4. ↑ Levin Schücking on www.akg-images.co.uk
  5. ↑ Heiko Bockstiegel, pastor pictures are being examined. Sacristy St. Sylvester Quakenbrück becomes studio , August 24, 2015 in Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung (online at www.noz.de )
personal data
SURNAME Schilgen, Philipp Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1792
PLACE OF BIRTH Osnabrück
DATE OF DEATH November 29, 1857
Place of death Osnabrück