Robert Friedersdorff
Robert Friedersdorff (born August 1, 1885 in Wirsitz , Kreis Wirsitz , District Bromberg ; † 1970 in Nauort , Unterwesterwaldkreis ) was a German portrait , figure and landscape painter and etcher from the Düsseldorf School .
life and work
Friedersdorff, son of the land registry director of the Dramburg district , Konrad Friedersdorff (* 1846), studied painting at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . There were Willy Sparrow and Clausmeyer his teachers. He settled in Düsseldorf, where he temporarily lived at the same address with his sister Gertrud , a portrait and landscape painter. He made several study trips to Italy , in 1913 to Florence . From 1920 to 1928 he was a member of the artists' association Malkasten . He was also a member of the Association of Düsseldorf Artists and the Free Association of Düsseldorf Artists .
Friedersdorff was most noticeable through two-dimensional landscape paintings, which are characterized by a light color scheme as well as a broad, impasto texture - sometimes in contrast with finely dotted surfaces. His painting, which he executed in oil, watercolor, tempera and mixed media, as well as his etchings were influenced by Art Nouveau , German Impressionism and French Late Impressionism . In 1914 he was a participant in the Great Berlin Art Exhibition , and in 1926 in the Great Art Exhibition in Düsseldorf .
literature
- Walter Cohen : Friedersdorff, Robert . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 12 : Fiori-Fyt . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1916, p. 457 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Friedersdorff, Robert. In: Andreas Beyer , Bénédicte Savoy, Wolf Tegethoff , Eberhard König: General Artist Lexicon. The visual artists of all times and peoples . Volume 45, KG Saur, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-598-22785-X , pp. 103-104.
Web links
- Robert Friedersdorff , data sheet in the portal rkd.nl ( RKD - Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis )
- Robert Friedersdorff , Auction Results on the Portal artnet .de
Individual evidence
- ^ Museum Kunstpalast : Artists from the Düsseldorf School of Painting (selection, as of November 2016, (PDF) )
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Friedersdorff, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German portrait, figure and landscape painter and etcher from the Düsseldorf School |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 1, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wirsitz , Kreis Wirsitz , District of Bromberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1970 |
| Place of death | Nauort , Unterwesterwaldkreis |