Rudolf Henneberg (painter)

Rudolf Friedrich August Henneberg (born September 13, 1826 in Braunschweig , † September 14, 1876 in Braunschweig) was a German painter .

Life

Henneberg studied law in Göttingen , where he joined the Corps Brunsviga , and in Heidelberg , where he became a member of the Corps Vandalia . He then worked as an auditor in Braunschweig for a year. In the spring of 1850, however, he went to Antwerp to train himself in painting and finally, after attending the academy there for a year and a half, decided to give up civil service entirely.

He went to Paris from 1851 to 1861, worked there for a short time in Thomas Coutures' studio and began to work out his own compositions, placing great emphasis on landscape studies. In 1857 his wild hunter (1856, Berlin Nationalgalerie) brought him a medal after Bürger at the Paris exhibition. With this painting he entered his real subject area of a wild, passionate-dark romanticism for the first time. The criminal of lost honor, based on Schiller's novella (1860, Berlin National Gallery) , is filled with a similar spirit .

Rudolf Henneberg: The Hunt for Happiness (1868)

From 1861/62 Henneberg stayed in Italy, especially in Rome , and developed his coloring to greater wealth through the study of Titian . 1863–65 he was in Munich , 1866–73 in Berlin . The Hunt for Happiness (1868, National Gallery in Berlin), his most mature composition, made his name popular. Inspired by the events of 1870/71, he painted a cycle of wall paintings with patriotic content for the Warsaw Villa in Charlottenburg. 1873-76 he went back to Rome, where he created a series of equestrian and hunter pictures with the background of the Roman Campagna. In addition to his inclination for the fantastic and romantic, he was attracted by the representation of the horse, in which he achieved great mastery. Initially based on Rubens and Tizian, he worked his way through to a sunny clarity and serene calm.

Henneberg died on September 14, 1876 in Braunschweig. He was buried in the Martinifriedhof .

Rudolfplatz is named after him in his hometown. Hennebergstrasse in Braunschweig bears the name of his elder sister Wilhelmine Henneberg, who is closely related to him .

literature

Annabelle Hosie: Henneberg, Rudolf (Friedrich) In: Savoy, Bénédicte and Nerlich, France (Hrsg.): Pariser apprenticeship years. A lexicon for training German painters in the French capital. Volume 2: 1844-1870. Berlin / Boston 2015.
Regine Nahrwold: Henneberg, Rudolf Friedrich August. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon , Hahnsche Buchhandlung , Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 263.
Max Jordan: Henneberg, Rudolf Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 768 f.
Henneberg, 2) Rudolf . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 8, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 381.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

^ Rudolf Vierhaus: German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE): Görres - Hittorp . tape 4 . Walter de Gruyter, 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-094654-3 , p. 688 ( google.com [accessed April 5, 2019]).

personal data
SURNAME	Henneberg, Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Henneberg, Rudolf Friedrich August (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter
DATE OF BIRTH	September 13, 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH	Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH	September 14, 1876
Place of death	Braunschweig

[1] Rudolf Vierhaus: German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE): Görres - Hittorp . tape 4 . Walter de Gruyter, 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-094654-3 , p. 688 ( google.com [accessed April 5, 2019]).