Siegmund Lachenwitz

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Two swans and a dog

Friedrich Siegmund Lachenwitz (born December 24, 1820 in Neuss ; † June 25, 1868 in Düsseldorf ) was a German animal painter from the Düsseldorf School and a photographer .

Life

On Christmas Eve 1820 Lachenwitz was born in Neuss as the son of District Secretary Johann Friedrich Ludwig Lachenwitz and Catharina Carolina Hackländer, a relative of the writer Friedrich Wilhelm Hackländer . From 1840 to 1847 he attended the Düsseldorf Art Academy . Although Lachenwitz took the landscape class of Johann Wilhelm Schirmer there , his artistic interest was animal painting . From 1844 Lachenwitz was a member of the Düsseldorf Artists' Association for mutual support and help . In 1848 he was one of the founding members of the Malkasten artists' association, alongside his brother-in-law Johann Wilhelm Preyer , who had married his sister Emilie . In 1850 Lachenwitz supported the initiative of his friend Johann Peter Hasenclever to include the writer Ferdinand Freiligrath in the artists' association. Lachenwitz lived in Düsseldorf until his death, where he - temporarily handicapped while painting and drawing due to an eye disease - from the beginning of the 1850s also wrote exhibition reviews for the daily press, small humorous stories as well as travel, hunting and animal stories that he wrote with his own Illustrations furnished. He also gave private lessons in painting and drawing, for example for the young Johann Peter Theodor Janssen . He was also active in the field of photography . In 1866 he took over the studio of the photography pioneer Johann Franz Michiels (1823–1887). Lachenwitz 'son Karl also became a photographer.

Siegmund Lachenwitz was portrayed by Hasenclever and captured in a friendship picture by Paul von Franken . The photographer Wilhelm Severin (1809–1888) also took a portrait photo showing Lachenwitz and his friend, painter Peter Schwingen .

Works (selection)

  • Reineke on the gallows , 1844
  • Lion camp
  • Landscape with Shepherds and Flock
  • Wild horses
  • Uninvited Guests (Goats on the Porch) , 1863

literature

Web links

Commons : Siegmund Lachenwitz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eduard Maria Oettinger: Moniteur des Dates . Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, 1873, Volumes 1–3, p. 142
  2. ↑ Data sheet Friedrich Siegmund Lachenwitz , accessed on the familysearch.org portal on March 20, 2015
  3. ↑ Georg Kaspar Nagler : The monogrammists and those known and unknown artists of all schools who use a figurative sign, the initials of the name, the abbreviation of the same to designate their works, & c. have served . 5 volumes plus general index, G. Franz, Munich 1858–1863 (volumes IV and V posthumously , 15,000 monograms by 12,000 artists). Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf , Volume II, 2502; Volume V, 135
  4. ^ Dietrich Bieber, Ekkehard Mai: Gebhardt and Janssen - Religious and monumental painting in the late 19th century . In: Wend von Kalnein (Ed.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting . Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1979, ISBN 3-8053-0409-9 , p. 176
  5. ↑ Bettina Bäumgärtel: The Düsseldorf School and its international influence . In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Hrsg.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international impact 1819–1918 . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , Volume 1, p. 46
  6. ^ Ulrich Pohlmann: The Düsseldorf School of Painting and Photography . In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Ed.), Volume 1, p. 342 f., P. 349 (footnote 21)
  7. ↑ Horst Heidermann : Peter Schwingen. Life and work . Website in the muffendorf.net portal , accessed on March 20, 2015
  8. ^ Rudolf Wiegmann : The Royal Art Academy in Düsseldorf. Their history, furnishings and effectiveness and the Düsseldorf artists . Verlag der Buddeus'schen Buch- und Kunsthandlung, Düsseldorf 1856, p. 403 ( Google Books )
  9. ↑ Landscape with shepherds and flocks , image in the lempertz.com portal , accessed on March 20, 2015
  10. ↑ Wild horses , image in the van-ham.com portal , accessed on March 20, 2015
  11. ↑ Uninvited guests , image in the lempertz.com portal , accessed on March 20, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Lachenwitz, Siegmund
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lachenwitz, Friedrich Siegmund (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German animal painter from the Düsseldorf School and a photographer
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuss
DATE OF DEATH June 25, 1868
Place of death Dusseldorf