Rudolf Julius von zur Mühlen

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Rudolf Julius von zur Muehlen , even Rudolph von zur Muehlen (born April 24 . Jul / May 6, 1845 greg. In Arrohof , Governorate of Livonia ; † February 15 jul. / February 28, 1913 greg. In Tartu , Governorate of Livonia) , was a Baltic German history , portrait and landscape painter as well as graphic artist from the Munich and Düsseldorf schools .

Life

Sophia Nolken, née Stackelberg , 1880s

Rudolf Julius von zur Mühlen, scion of the Baltic noble family Zur Mühlen , was the second son of the District Court Secretary Georg von zur Mühlen (1798–1877) and his wife Charlotte Friederike (1809–1862), daughter of the Livonian district judge Kaspar von zur Mühlen (1763– 1817). Rudolf's older brother Friedrich (1828–1907) became a real secret councilor and personal physician to the Russian Grand Duchess Helena Pavlovna .

Von zur Mühlen first visited the Schmidt'sche Anstalt in Neu-Tennasilm in Fellin until 1865 . From 1866 to 1869 he studied painting at the Dresden Art Academy . He then traveled to Antwerp , where he was a student of Joseph van Lerius at the Art Academy until 1870 . On October 31, 1871, he enrolled at the Royal Academy of Arts . There he was a student of Franz von Seitz . In 1875 he left Munich. In 1876 and 1877 he attended the Düsseldorf Art Academy , where Eduard Gebhardt was his most important teacher. After graduating, he settled in Dorpat as a painter, and at the same time worked as a private teacher. On October 23, 1877, he married Maria Giesbers (* 1857) in Düsseldorf , who died in Dorpat on July 23, 1878 after giving birth to their son Friedrich Rudolph. From 1878 to 1879 von zur Mühlen was a member of the Düsseldorf artists' association Malkasten . On September 11, 1882, he married the tutor Frances James , daughter of the British industrialist John Benisson James and the Baltic German Marie, née Hentzelt, in Dorpat . The daughters Else (Elise) Anne (1884–1924) and Wanda Charlotte (1886–1962), who also became painters and trained in Munich, emerged from the marriage. The couple divorced in 1889. From 1882 to 1887 and from 1900 to 1908 von zur Mühlen worked as a drawing teacher at the Volck'schen private high school in Dorpat. At the same time he led the drawing courses of the German Craftsmen's Association from 1883 to 1908. Among his Dorpater students were Tõnis Grenzstein , Karl Alexander von Winkler and Aleksander Tassa . On November 10, 1891, he married Ella Henriette Assmus (* 1871). In 1908 he took over the parental estate Arrohof and ran it.

Works (selection)

Von zur Mühlen mainly created portraits, but also landscape and altar paintings, as well as some history paintings. In his graphic work he represented the life of the people and students in Dorpater.

  • Portrait of a Lady (Reading Lady on the Sofa) , 1870s, oil on canvas
  • Ernst von Nolcken , portrait, oil on canvas
  • Sophia Countess Stackelberg , portrait, oil on canvas
  • Woman with grapes , half figure, oil on canvas
  • Spring water , landscape, oil on canvas
  • Renewal of the protective and defensive alliance between the city and the nobility in 1520 , historical picture for the Dorpater Great Guild, Estonian National Museum
  • On the coast , 1883
  • Dorpater Sketches , lithographic series, 1885
  • Save me Lord! Altarpiece in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Anne by Anna (Estonia), 1892

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Franz Menges :  Mills, from to. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-428-00199-0 , pp. 275-278 ( digitized version ).
  2. ↑ 02703 Rudolf von zur Mühlen . In: Matriculation database of the Academy of Fine Arts Munich (ed.): Matriculation book . tape 1: 1841-1884 . Munich ( matrikel.adbk.de , daten.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
  3. ↑ Bettina Baumgärtel , Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: Directory of foreign artists. Nationality, residence and studies in Düsseldorf. In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Hrsg.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international impact 1819–1918. Volume 1, Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , p. 443.
personal data
SURNAME Mühlen, Rudolf Julius from zur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mills, Rudolph von zur; Zur Mühlen, Rudolf Julius von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Baltic German history, portrait and landscape painter as well as graphic artist from the Munich and Düsseldorf schools
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Arrohof , Livonia Governorate
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 1913
Place of death Dorpat , Livonia Governorate