Robert Eberle
Robert Eberle (born July 22, 1815 in Meersburg on Lake Constance , † September 19, 1860 in Eberfing near Munich ) was a German painter .
Eberle was a student of the landscape and animal painter Johann Jakob Biedermann in Constance and went to Munich in 1830. There he studied Ruisdael and Dujardin and soon made a name for himself.
Eberle married in Munich in 1842. In 1848 he went to America, but returned after three months and stayed in Munich. He also worked as a watercolor painter and lithographer.
Eberle was known for being able to reproduce the characteristics of domestic animals , especially sheep , very well in his drawings.
His son Adolf Eberle (1843–1914) was also a painter.
Works
- A shepherd with his sheep
- Struck by lightning (in Copenhagen)
- A group of animals approaching a thunderstorm
- A flock of sheep attacked by wolves
- Alpine sheep chased into the abyss by an eagle
- Shepherdess at the fountain (Hamburg, private)
literature
- Friedrich Pecht : Eberle, Robert . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 574.
- Friedrich Schlie : Descriptive directory of the works of more recent masters in the Grand Ducal Painting Gallery in Schwerin . Printed by the Bärensprungschen Hofbuchdruckerei, Schwerin 1884 ( digitized from the Internet archive )
Web links
Commons : Robert Eberle - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eberle, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1815 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Meersburg on Lake Constance |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 19, 1860 |
| Place of death | Eberfing near Munich |