Rudolf Kuntz
Rudolf Kuntz (born September 10, 1798 in Mannheim , † May 8, 1848 in Karlsruhe ) was a German animal painter .
Life
Like his younger brother - the later painter Ludwig Kuntz - Kuntz was a student of his father Karl Kuntz . The Grand Duke of Baden , Leopold , appointed Kuntz in 1830 as "Baden court painter".
Rudolf Kuntz died on May 8, 1848 in Karlsruhe, where he found his final resting place.
reception
Kuntz preferred to paint landscapes with horses, sometimes other animals such as storks. The publications on horses initiated by the Grand Duke were widely used. He decorated the dining room of Schloss Stutensee near Karlsruhe with a cycle of twelve pictures of English stud horses.
Fonts
- Rudolf Kuntz: Images of royal Württemberg stud horses from oriental races. Drawn from life. Verlag Ebner, Stuttgart 1823/26 (3 volumes).
- Rudolf Kuntz: Illustrations of all horse races. Drawn from life; with natural history description by Edouard Joseph d'Alton. Karlsruhe 1827/32 (4 issues).
literature
- Alfred Woltmann : Karl Kuntz. In: Baden biographies . Part 1, p. 487/488 (p. 488) ( digital.blb-karlsruhe.de digitalisat).
- G. Jacob: Kuntz, Rudolf . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 22 : Krügner – Leitch . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1928, p. 116-117 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kuntz, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German animal painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1798 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mannheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 8, 1848 |
| Place of death | Karlsruhe |