Samuel Friedrich Diez
Samuel Friedrich Diez (born December 19, 1803 in Neuhaus am Rennweg , Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen , HRR ; † March 11, 1873 in Meiningen , Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen, German Empire ) was court painter and councilor in Meiningen, the capital and residence of Saxony-Meiningen .
Life
Samuel Friedrich Diez's father Jakob Diez was a bailiff in Neuhaus. His artistic inclinations were recognized early on and after graduating from the Casimirianum grammar school in Coburg , he joined the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich in 1824 . This shows his talent for portraits, so that he was appointed to Meiningen by Duke Bernhard II of Saxony-Meiningen in 1832 . In 1833 the duke officially appointed him court painter. His pictures quickly gained fame in a wide area, he also painted at the royal courts of Coburg, Gotha, Weimar, Reuss and Munich, but also at the courts in Brussels, Paris, London, Stockholm and St. Petersburg. In 1853, King Leopold of Belgium appointed him design honoraire de Sa M. le Roi des Belges . In 1856 Diez founded the Marienverein, named after the Duchess Marie von Sachsen-Meiningen, who devoted himself to the beautification of the Meiningen area. In 1858, Diez was taken over by Prince Heinrich LXVII. Reuss appointed councilor. Together with the Meininger Künstlerklause, he created the image of the Virgin Mary in the Haßfurt Gorge in 1867 , a place of pilgrimage for the Catholic community in Meiningen.
In the last 10 years of his life he also devoted himself to genre and landscape painting. In 1873 Samuel Diez died of a heart condition.
The Diezhäuschen built in 1868 on the Bielstein, a lookout point over the town of Meiningen, is named after him. The Marienverein had the following slogan attached for its founder.
To the excellent person and able artist
Samuel Diez,
who taught us
to recognize
the beauty of the area and to enjoy it as a grateful memory.
family
Samuel Friedrich Diez was married and had a daughter, Bianca. Sachse who also became a painter. One of her pictures hangs in the town church of Meiningen. The sculptor Robert Diez was his nephew.
photos
Portrait of the chronicler Karl August Varnhagen von Ense
Portrait of Bernhard II with the Order of the Garter
- Self-portrait from 1832, Meiningen museums.
- Picture by Heinrich Heine (1842)
- Picture by Ritratto di Carlotta (1851)
- One picture each of the baptism of Princess Auguste von Sachsen-Meiningen and her wedding to Prince Moritz von Sachsen-Altenburg , Yellow Salon in Elisabethenburg Castle .
literature
- Georg Brückner: Diez, Samuel Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 218 f.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://matrikel.adbk.de/05older/mb_1809-1841/jahr_1824/matrikel-00940
- ↑ http://www.thueringen.info/index.php?id=630
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Diez, Samuel Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter; Court painter and councilor in Meiningen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 19, 1803 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neuhaus , Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen , Holy Roman Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 11, 1873 |
| Place of death | Meiningen , Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen , German Empire |