Siegmund L'Allemand

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The storming of the Königsberg near Oberselk by the Austro-Hungarian 18th Jäger Battalion on February 3, 1864
Gideon von Laudon riding across the battlefield near Kunersdorf

Siegmund L'Allemand (born March 8, 1840 in Vienna ; † December 24, 1910 ibid) was an Austrian painter of history , battles , genre and portraits .

Life

Siegmund L'Allemand, son of the engraver Thaddäus L'Allemand and a nephew of Fritz L'Allemand , was enthusiastic about painting at an early age and received his first lessons from his uncle, subsequently at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Christian Ruben and Karl von Blaas . He was mainly active as a history and battle painter.

From 1864 he was a member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus , in 1864 and 1866 he took part as a war painter in the Austrian campaigns in the German-Danish War and in the Third Italian War of Independence .

L'Allemand taught from 1883 as a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. He was a member of the examination committee that refused Adolf Hitler's admission to the Academy as an art student in October 1907 . He was a member of the Academic Association of German Art Academics Athenaia.

Siegmund L'Allemand received several awards for his work, including in 1867 at the Paris World Exhibition , in 1876 with the Reichel Prize and in 1879 with the Karl Ludwig Medal. He also completed unfinished paintings by his uncle Fritz L'Allemand.

His grave is located in the Simmering evangelical cemetery .

Many of his works are now exhibited in the Vienna Army History Museum , including the monumental portrait of the Austrian general Gideon Ernst von Laudon , riding across the battlefield near Kunersdorf . L'Allemand first made the painting for the Paris World Exhibition in 1878 , and only then was it shown in the Army History Museum.

Works

  • The storming of the Königsberg near Oberselk by the Austro-Hungarian 18th Jäger Battalion on February 3, 1864 . Oil on canvas, 101.5 × 150.5 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna .
  • Entry of the Dampierre cuirassiers into the Hofburg . Oil on canvas, 78 × 106 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna.
  • Gideon von Laudon riding across the battlefield near Kunersdorf . Oil on canvas, 370 × 291 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna.
  • French officers on the battlefield of Magenta, paying tribute to fallen Austrian hunters
  • Illustrations for the Quirin v. Leitner published "memorial sheets from the history of the Austrian army"
  • Episode from the Battle of Kolin , 1864
  • The battle at Översee
  • The Victory Day of Custozza
  • The battle of Caldiero
  • Arrival of the Dragoon Regiment Graf Sternberg in Vienna

literature

Web links

Commons : Siegmund L'Allemand  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Brigitte Hamann: Hitler's Vienna. Apprenticeship as a dictator . Piper. Munich 1996. ISBN 3-492-03598-1 ; there p. 52.
  2. ^ Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume II: Artists. Winter, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8253-6813-5 , p. 428.
  3. ↑ Schöny:  L'Allemand Siegmund. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1969, p. 409.
  4. ↑ on evangelischerfriedhof11.at ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 25, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.evangelischerfriedhof11.at
  5. ↑ Johann Christoph Allmayer-Beck : The Army History Museum Vienna. Hall II - The 18th Century to 1790 . Kiesel Verlag, Salzburg 1983, ISBN 3-7023-4012-2 , p. 34
  6. ^ Manfried Rauchsteiner , Manfred Litscher: The Heeresgeschichtliche Museum in Vienna . Verlag Styria, Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-222-12834-0 , p. 32.
personal data
SURNAME L'Allemand, Siegmund
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH December 24, 1910
Place of death Vienna