Pius Ferdinand Messerschmitt
Pius Ferdinand Messerschmitt (born May 30, 1858 in Bamberg , † October 29, 1915 in Munich ) was a German painter . He is considered one of the most important Franconian painters of the 19th century.
Life
Pius Ferdinand Messerschmitt came from an old Bamberg ranks and merchant family. He received his first lessons while still at school from Julius Kiesenwetter, a painter at the Schmidt Porcelain Painting Institute in Bamberg. After graduating from the royal trade school in Bamberg, he worked as a businessman in his father's wholesaler for grain and regional products. His apprenticeship was marked by several stays abroad: 1874 in Neuchâtel NE, 1875/76 in Antwerp, 1876 in Strasbourg. In 1878 he visited the Paris World Exhibition . In addition to his business activities, he continued to work as an artist. The first illustrations in magazines such as “ Über Land und Meer ” appeared as early as 1878.
On April 1, 1880, he moved into the Munich Academy, the forerunner of the Munich Academy of Fine Arts . He first learned from Gabriel von Hackl and Gyula Benczúr . In May 1882 he switched to Professor Wilhelm Lindenschmit the Younger's class .
In 1894 he married Else Amalie Fellerer, daughter of the Bavarian Court Councilor and general practitioner Dr. Fellerer, Munich. In the same year he was able to move into a studio at Hildegardstrasse 13 in Munich.
Messerschmitt was a member of numerous artists 'associations: initially in the Ostade Club, in the Munich Artists' Cooperative, from 1887/88 in the Munich Art Association. Around 1896 he joined the Luitpold Group . After the turn of the century, he moved to the split-off Bavarian Artists' Association. In 1914 he was secretary of the General German Artists Group.
His widow Elsie married the painter and academy professor Carl von Marr in 1916 .
Pius Ferdinand Messerschmitt died in Munich in 1915. In the Solln district of Munich , where he had his last residence, he is buried in the Solln cemetery in the same grave as Carl von Marr .
Awards
Messerschmitt was a successful and valued painter in his day. He received the gold medal of the Munich Academy for his monumental history painting Wallenstein's camp (1878/88, location unknown). At the turn of the year 1887/88 he won the second prize in the Munich Academy's Christmas competition for his painting Die Heilige Elisabeth (Bamberg, Historical Museum). In 1905 he was awarded the Silver State Medal for his painting Poststation at the Salzburg Art Exhibition. In 1912 he was appointed professor at the Munich Academy.
Works
- St. Elisabeth receives her husband's body (Bamberg, Historisches Museum, inv. 474), 1888, 145 × 250 cm, oil on canvas
- In the post office of the old court in Bamberg (Nuremberg, Museum Foundation Post and Telecommunications , Inv. No. 4.0.904), around 1893, 37 × 32 cm, oil on canvas
- City view of Bamberg (Bamberg, Historisches Museum, Inv. 472), 1909, 109 × 206 cm, oil on canvas
- Der Posthof (Chemnitz, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz ), before 1913, 32.9 × 45.3 cm, oil on canvas
Messerschmitt's estate is in the Bamberg State Library (shelf marks IU 1–41, 42–75, 76–196, 107–125, 126–155, 156–184, 185–199, 200–220, 221–241, 242–269, 270–300, 301–328 (studies on the Capuchin sermon in Wallenstein's camp ), 329–350 (studies on Wallenstein's camp ), 351–378 (studies on Tilly's wound ), 379–392 (studies on Blücher's fall at Ligny ), 393– 419 (Studies on Saint Elizabeth ), 420-435; I Ub 1-49 and 50-92). Individual graphic works in Schweinfurt, Georg Schäfer Museum and in Munich, State Collection of Graphics .
literature
- Ernst Viktor Tobler, Pius Ferdinand Messerschmitt, in: Reclams Universum 32 (1916), issue 14, pp. 829-832.
- Hans Fischer, Pius Ferdinand Messerschmitt, in: CVs from Franconia, 7th series, Volume 2, 1922, pp. 280–288.
- Messerschmitt, Pius Ferdinand . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 24 : Mandere – Möhl . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1930, p. 433 .
- Emmanuel Bénézit : Dictionnaire des Peintres. Volume VII, 1976, p. 356.
- Pius Ferdinand Messerschmitt (1858–1915). A retrospective for the artist's 140th birthday. In: Writings of the Historisches Museum Bamberg. No. 39, catalog for the exhibition from December 13, 1998 to February 28, 1999 in the Bamberg City Gallery - Villa Dessauer.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Object of the month April 2007 . City of Bamberg, Historical Museum. April 2, 2007. Archived from the original on August 10, 2007. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 27, 2008.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Messerschmitt, Pius Ferdinand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bamberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 29, 1915 |
| Place of death | Munich |