Rudolf Eichstaedt

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Rudolf Eichstaedt (born April 20, 1857 in Berlin ; † 1924 there ) was a German genre , portrait and history painter . He became famous for his painting Victoria! - The return of the Quadriga in 1814 . It depicts the acclaimed entry of the quadriga , stolen by Napoleon and brought back by the Prussian troops under Blücher after the victory of 1814, at the gates of Berlin. It is now in the German Historical Museum in Berlin.

Victoria! - The return of the Quadriga in 1814

life and work

From 1877 to 1880 Eichstaedt attended the University of Fine Arts in Berlin, after which he worked in the Georg Bleibtreu atelier on his historical wall paintings. Historical materials were also the focus of Eichstaedt's work later on. Under Friedrich Geselschap , the artist worked on allegorical depictions of fame for the Berlin armory .

Eichstaedt went on study trips to Paris and Italy , where he stayed longer. After traveling to Paris for studies in 1889 and to Holland in 1890 , he took up residence in Berlin. In addition to historical subjects, Eichstaedt mainly painted genre scenes and portraits . In addition to depictions of historical personalities such as Blücher and Prince Wilhelm , he created paintings of artist personalities such as Johann Sebastian Bach , Ludwig van Beethoven and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe who had already died . His painting met with general approval because of the liveliness of the depiction, the warmth of the sensation and the virtues of its color . Numerous engravings and reproductions have been made from his paintings .

Before the Lützow hunters moved out around 1907/08

Paintings (selection)

  • Theodor Körner reads his freedom songs to his comrades in arms (1892)
  • Queen Luise before Emperor Napoleon (1895)
  • Victoria! - The return of the Quadriga in 1814 ; Oil on canvas, size 190 × 290 cm, (1896)
  • Christ and the Disciples of Emmaus (1899)
  • Bach plays in front of Frederick the Great
  • Portrait of the Young Giovanni Segantini ; Oil on canvas, size 46 × 36 cm
  • Richard Wagner on the piano ; Oil on canvas, size 121.3 × 150 cm

Exhibitions

  • Large painting exhibition of the Kunstverein in Bremen, 1888

Awards

  • In 1882 he received the Grand State Prize of the Royal Prussian Academy of Arts for a two-year stay in Italy for the painting The Good Samaritan .
  • In 1894 he received the small gold medal of the Great Berlin Art Exhibition for the painting Blücher receives the captured Napoleon's medal, hat and sword from Genappe in 1815 .

literature

  • Meyer's Large Conversation Lexicon. Leipzig 1905–1909, Volume 5, p. 430
  • Brockhaus-KKL5 vol. 1, p. 486

Web links

Commons : Rudolf Eichstaedt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Object database of the German Historical Museum: The return of the Quadriga from the Brandenburg Gate
  2. ↑ Short biography and information on the work of Minna Herzlieb at Literaturport
  3. ^ Ostpreussisches Landesmuseum ( Memento from October 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ preussen.de ( Memento from September 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ in the Villa Wahnfried, portrait after the portrait, 1871, by Franz Hanfstaengl
  6. ^ Directory of the exhibition catalogs of the Kunsthalle Bremen / 1829–2004. Kunstverein in Bremen, archived from the original on July 19, 2011 ; accessed on March 17, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Eichstaedt, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH 1924
Place of death Berlin