Richard Scholz (painter)

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Christian Wilhelm Ernst Richard Scholz (born December 29, 1860 in Hanover ; † 1939 there ) was a German painter and illustrator.

Life

Richard Scholz was the son of the theater director, conductor, conductor and composer Bernhard Scholz and Marie Luise Seyler.

He studied with Ernst Hildebrand from 1877 to 1880 at the Karlsruhe Art College and became a member of the Corps Saxonia Karlsruhe . His work was influenced by the painter Karl Gussow , whom he met after following his teacher Ernst Hildebrand to the Berlin Art Academy in 1880 . Scholz was married to Agnes, a daughter of his colleague Hans Gude , with whose son, Nils Gude , he lived for a while in a house in Berlin.

Professionally, he went to Dresden in 1894 , to Munich in 1898 , to Gaschurn ( Vorarlberg ) in 1909 and later to Munich as a professor and painter.

Works (excerpt)

First edition by Hansel and Gretel drawn by Richard Scholz

Among other things, he had illustrated many children's books, such as an edition by Hansel and Gretel . for the Mainz publishing house Josef Scholz.

At the annual exhibition in the Munich Glass Palace in 1890 he exhibited the works Drivers on the Track and Ladies Portrait , also in the Glaspalast in 1898 the three works Midday Sun on the Malser Heide , Late Afternoon (near Haidersee) and Partie from Trafoi .

End of the meeting of Richard Scholz in Glaspalast Munich 1898, p. 57

literature

  • Scholz, Richard . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936, p. 247 .
  • Paul Pfisterer, Claire Pfisterer: Signature Lexicon. de Gruyter, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-11-014937-0 , p. 935.
  • Hans Ries: Illustration and illustrators of books for children and young people in German-speaking countries 1871–1914. H. Th. Wenner, 1992, Osnabrück, p. 864.
  • Otto Ernst , Richard Scholz: Appelschnut. New and old from your deeds, adventures and opinions. Leipzig Verlag by L. Staakmann, 1912.
  • Richard Scholz: Hansel u. Gretel edition in the series "Scholz 'artist picture books". No. 5, Jos. Scholz Mainz, approx. 1914. With later editions until 1936.

Web links

Commons : Richard Scholz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Scholz, Bernhard Ernst. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ Communications. Volume 26, Deutscher Alpenverein, 1900, p. 129 ( books.google.de ).
  3. ^ Johann Peter Blank (ed.): Large corps list of Saxonia Karlsruhe. Karlsruhe 1973.
  4. ^ Gustav Ebe: The German Cicerone: Painting German schools. O. Spamer, 1898, p. 458 ( books.google.de ).
  5. ↑ The Bear of Berlin: Yearbook of the Association for the History of Berlin. Volumes 40–43, Verein für die Geschichte Berlins., 1991, p. 119 ( books.google.de ).
  6. ↑ Hans Ries: Illustration and Illustrators of Children's and Young People's Books in German-Speaking Areas 1871-1914. H. Th. Wenner, Osnabrück 1992, p. 864.
  7. ^ Josef Zurkirchen: Heimatbuch Gaschurn - Partenen. Gaschurn 1985, p. 99.
  8. ^ Georg Jäger: Goethezeitportal
  9. ^ Regina Freyberger: Märchenbilder-Bildermärchen: Illustrations for Grimm's fairy tales, 1819–1945: about a forgotten area of ​​German art. Athena, 2009, p. 650 ( books.google.de ).
  10. ^ Heike Kornfeld: The development of the printing trade in Mainz: from the beginning of the 19th century to the outbreak of the First World War (1816-1914). Stadtarchiv Mainz, 1999, p. 148 ( books.google.de ).
personal data
SURNAME Scholz, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scholz, Christian Wilhelm Ernst Richard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH 1939
Place of death Hanover