Richard Eschke

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Richard Eschke, photo taken around 1910–1920
Karriol mail from Nidden
The Wattenpost between Duhnen and the island of Neuwerk around 1905
Spreewald
Wannsee with a view of Belvedere

Richard Hermann Eschke (born September 1, 1859 in Berlin , † 1944 in Jüterbog ) was a German marine and landscape painter .

Life

Richard Eschke became known as a student of his father Hermann Eschke and the Berlin Academy . Eschke lived in England for several years , where he studied a variety of paintings . Returning from London in 1886, he and his father painted two dioramas, the frescoes “Kaiserpanorama zu Berlin: The German Fleet Demonstration in front of Zanzibar” and the diorama “Seizure of New Guinea”.

Richard Eschke took part in the plankton expedition in 1889 and then painted the expedition steamer National for the University of Kiel on behalf of the Prussian state .

Richard Eschke was awarded the small gold medal of the Berlin art exhibition.

His brother was the painter Oscar Eschke .

Selection of paintings by Richard Eschke

  • "Entry of the tide on the coast at Lynmouth Peak" (1882)
  • "Ebb on Jersey Island " (1884)
  • "Maneuvering with torpedo boats"
  • "Marine" (printed in Hansen, Deutsche Marinemaler, p. 177)
  • "Storm in the Gulf Stream" (Gdansk, Museum)
  • "Stormy moonlit night in the Kattegatt" (1893)
  • "Karriol-Post von Nidden" (owned by the Postmuseum Berlin)
  • "The Wadden Post between Duhnen and Neuwerk Island around 1905" (owned by the Postmuseum Berlin)

literature

  • Bötticher, 19th century painters
  • Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon von 1895, 6th volume, p. 347; 1908, 6th vol.
  • German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE), 1996
  • Hansen, Hans-Jürgen, German marine painter, Oldenburg (Stalling-Verlag) 1977
  • Art and Communication, The Art Collection of the Museum Foundation Post and Telecommunication, Anja Eichler / Hartwig Lüdtke (eds.), Heidelberg 2006
  • Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, 6th edition 1904

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Baptismal register Sophienkirche, No. 896/1859

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personal data
SURNAME Eschke, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eschke, Richard Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German marine and landscape painter
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH 1944
Place of death Jueterbog