Philipp von Foltz
Philipp von Foltz (born May 11, 1805 in Bingen , † August 5, 1877 in Munich ) was a German painter .
Life
Philipp von Foltz was the son of the painter Ludwig Foltz , from whom he also got his first artistic lessons. At the age of 20 Foltz went to Munich in 1825, where he was accepted as a pupil by the director of the Royal Art Academy , the painter Peter von Cornelius . Foltz was soon allowed to assist his teacher with work on the frescoes in the Glyptothek and under the Hofgarten arcades.
In the new Königsbau, Foltz designed together with Wilhelm Lindenschmit the Elder. Ä. the queen's office; 23 representations that have Friedrich Schiller's ballads as their theme. In addition, a small salon was set up with 19 pictures containing Gottfried August Bürger's poems.
During this time, Foltz also created a number of oil paintings , some in the Romantic style and some genre painting . His best-known work of these was in 1833 “The farewell of King Otto I to Greece”.
In the autumn of 1835 Foltz went on a study trip to Rome . There the monumental work "Des Singer's Curse" was created in the following winter, based on the poem of the same name by Ludwig Uhland . After a three-year stay in Italy, he returned to Munich and a short time later was appointed professor at the art academy by King Maximilian II .
Partly as a thank you, partly as an order from the king, Foltz created two monumental pictures for the Maximilianeum : "Humiliation of Emperor Frederick I before Duke Heinrich the Lion " and "Pericles, attacked by Cleon and his followers because of the buildings on the Acropolis of Athens" .
Between 1865 and 1875, Foltz advanced to become royal. Bayer. Central Gallery Director . As such he made himself u. a. Very deserving of art in the Kingdom of Bavaria , but also saw himself exposed to violent hostility as a result of the extremely controversial restoration measures he represented and the method of Max von Pettenkofer and the overpainting of pictures and similar mistakes.
In 1869 Foltz, who was a member of the Munich Association for Christian Art , was raised to the nobility . Von Foltz died on August 5, 1877 in Munich at the age of 72.
As a representative of history painting , Foltz attached great importance to precise composition and conscientious execution of his works; as a genre painter, he placed the emphasis on lightness and poetry. From today's point of view, however, his work is more conservative and academic.
His brother Ludwig Foltz was a well-known architect.
Works (selection)
- The singers curse
- Emperor Friedrich I humiliated before Duke Heinrich the Lion
- Pericles, attacked by Cleon and his followers, because of the buildings on the Acropolis of Athens
- Hunting company of Bavaria's King Max II. 1858 (AZ of March 17, 2008)
literature
- General Artist Lexicon Volume XLII 2004, p. 43.
- Friedrich Pecht : Foltz, Philipp . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 150 f.
- Association for Christian Art in Munich (Hrsg.): Festgabe in memory of the 50th. Anniversary . Lentner'sche Hofbuchhandlung, Munich 1910, p. 80.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Foltz, Philipp von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Foltz, Philipp |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1805 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 5, 1877 |
| Place of death | Munich |