Rodolphe Ernst

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rodolphe Ernst: After praying

Rudolf Ernst (born February 14, 1854 in Vienna , † 1932 in Paris ) or Rudolph Ernst , who exhibited in France under the name Rodolphe Ernst , was an Austrian painter , graphic artist and ceramic painter who lived in France from 1876 . It can be assigned to romanticism and achieved success mainly through oriental motifs.

Life

The son of an architect, encouraged by his father, entered the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna at the age of 15 , went on a study trip to Rome and continued his training from 1873 to 1876 with August Eisenmenger (1830-1907 ) and Anselm Feuerbach (1829–1880).

In 1876 he settled in Paris , where he was followed by Ludwig Deutsch (1855-1935) and Johann Discart , his former classmates in von Feuerbach's class. In 1877 he took part in the Salon des artistes français for the first time . Study trips to Spain , Morocco and Constantinople probably followed around 1880 .

Based in Fontenay-aux-Roses , a southern suburb of Paris, from 1905 , he launched the production of faience tiles with oriental motifs.

plant

Rodolphe Ernst initially devoted himself to genre painting . From 1885 he created exclusively paintings with oriental motifs, among which scenes from the world of the Islamic religion, such as interior views of mosques, take a special place. In addition, he created harems and other everyday scenes from North Africa and the Middle East. The basis for these eclectic works were photographs and prints, but also his own memories and the sketches made during the artist's travels to Morocco and Constantinople.

Works (selection)

  • La lettre (German: The Letter), 1888, oil on wooden panel, New York , Dahesh Museum of Art
  • Sortie au bain , exhibited in the Salon des artistes français (1910), location unknown
  • La partie d'échec (German: Die Schachpartie), oil on panel, 49.5 × 61.3 cm, Nantes , Musée des Beaux-Arts
  • The water pipe smoker , oil on wooden panel, 46 × 37 cm; Private collection
  • After praying , oil on hardboard, 92.7 × 73 cm, London , Mathaf Gallery
  • L'art n'a pas de patrie (German: Art has no fatherland), San Francisco, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco , Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, inv. 1963.30.28537

literature

Web links

Commons : Rudolf Ernst  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Ernst, Rodolphe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ernst, Rudolf; Ernst, Rudolph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austro-French painter
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH 1932
Place of death Fontenay-aux-Roses