Siegfried Massmann
Siegfried Massmann , also Siegfried Maßmann (born December 13, 1829 in Munich , † December 27, 1853 in Rome ) was a German landscape painter.
Born as the eldest son of the Germanist Hans Ferdinand Maßmann , he fell ill with scrofula when he was five and went blind in his left eye. As the disease progressed, both legs were paralyzed and he was forced into a wheelchair. As an autodidact , he acquired his first skills in landscape painting.
In the summer of 1843 Massmann went to Berlin with his father, but soon returned to Munich.
Massmann studied since November 14, 1847 at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich and with Christian Morgenstern . As a student, he exhibited his works at the Munich Art Association from 1849 .
He created landscape paintings in watercolors, and later also oil paints with views of Nuremberg , Kochelsee , Starnberg and other places.
The artist fell ill with tuberculosis , but remained active. In the spring of 1853 he visited Merano . Thanks to a scholarship from King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. , He visited Italy in the same year , where he died in Rome at the age of 24.
literature
- Hyacinth Holland : Maßmann, Siegfried . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, p. 571 f.
- Manfred H. Grieb : Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon . KG Saur, Munich 2007. ISBN 978-3-11-091296-8 , p. 979
- Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker : General Lexicon of the Visual Artists . 1907-1950, Vol. 24
- Horst Ludwig (Hrsg.): Bruckmanns Lexikon der Münchner Kunst . 1978, vol. 3
- Emmanuel Bénézit (term): Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs . 1999, Vol. 9, p. 330
- General artist lexicon . 1999-2000, Vol. 6, p. 608
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Massmann, Siegfried |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maßmann, Siegfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landscape painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 13, 1829 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 27, 1853 |
| Place of death | Rome |