Susanne von Nathusius
Susanne Philippine von Nathusius (born May 2, 1850 in Königsborn , † December 30, 1929 in Nietleben near Halle an der Saale ) was a portrait painter in Halle and Paris . She has received several awards for her work.
Life
Susanne von Nathusius was the third of six children of Wilhelm von Nathusius and his wife Marie, geb. Meibom. She grew up in generous circumstances in her father's castle in Königsborn and was tutored by private tutors.
Later she studied at the Royal Art School in Berlin with Professor Gottlieb Biermann and received lessons from Karl Stauffer-Bern . She was also artistically supported by Julius Jacob .
Nathusius frequented the Berlin artistic circles of the time, she was a regular guest in the house of the sculptor brothers Karl and Reinhold Begas . She later continued her studies in Paris at the Académie Julian . Her most important teachers in the Paris studios were Jean-Paul Laurens , Emile Auguste Carolus-Duran and Jean Jacques Henner .
Nathusius has worked as a portrait and figure painter since her student days in Berlin, with a focus on portraiture. Her inherited financial independence gave her the freedom to accept orders. After successful exhibitions in Berlin and Paris, she found clients in these two cities, but Halle (Saale) in particular became her field of activity.
In 1880, in addition to artists such as Anton von Werner , Karl Friedrich Lessing , Otto Kirberg , Hermann Eschke , Rudolf Siemering and Otto Strützel, they took part in an exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts with a head study. Together with Adelaide von Leuhusen , Hermione von Preuschen , Eduard Cohen , Gustav Fürst and Friedrich August Fraustadt , she exhibited a second time in Berlin in 1880. She took part in the Berlin International Art Exhibition , organized by the Association of Berlin Artists on the occasion of its 50th anniversary in 1891, with a male portrait .
In 1893 a work by Nathusius was exhibited in the women's building at the Columbian World's Fair in Chicago . Her pictures have also been shown at exhibitions in the Paris Grand Salon .
With the beginning of World War I , Nathusius had to give up her studio in Paris in 1914. From then on she lived permanently in Halle. During the war, as part of the national women's work , she founded a uniform sewing room that offered soldiers' wives and widows an opportunity to earn a living.
After a long stay in the Nietleben nursing home near Halle, she died there in 1929. She was buried in the Menz cemetery near Magdeburg; the tombstone was moved to the family cemetery in Althaldensleben after the Menz cemetery was later leveled .
plant
In addition to landscape and figure studies, Nathusius developed a special interest and skill in portraits, sometimes with a touch of the genre . Her style of painting was described as elegant and balanced in the coordination of the color values in the composition. The attempt to capture the spiritual content of a personality in the portrait is recognizable . Decorative elements and color were only accompanying moments of this most important requirement.
Paintings (selection)
- Portrait of Willibald Beyschlag (Professor of Practical Theology at the University of Halle ), oil on canvas, 78 × 65 cm
- Portrait of August Friedrich Pott (linguist and professor at the University of Halle), posthumously 1902, oil on canvas, 93 × 74 cm
- Portrait Ernst von Stern (theologian and rector of the University of Halle), 1925, oil on canvas, 89 × 67 cm
- Mother and child , depiction of a careless woman who puts her arm around her little son by the lamp, an open Bible lying in front of her, purchase of a Magdeburg museum
- Portrait of Gottlieb von Haeseler (Prussian field marshal ), 1901. Today it is probably in the painting collection of the Landesmuseum Mainz
- Hallorenbild , in the old town hall of Halle an der Saale, the ruins of which were torn down after the war.
- Portrait of Johanne Philippine Nathusius (co-founder of the Neinstedter Anstalten), 1881, owned by the Protestant Foundation in Neinstedt
- Portrait Hallore Teller , in today's art museum of the state of Saxony-Anhalt of the Moritzburg Foundation on the Moritzburg in Halle (Saale)
- Portrait of Mrs. Anna Zachariae , wife of Theodor Zachariae ( Indologist and Sanskrit expert at the University of Halle), 1899
Awards Nathusius was awarded the silver medal of the Paris Salon
for her picture, godfather Christoph . The work is a representation of a Thuringian shoemaker who, after work, smokes a pipe while sitting at the open window.
literature
- Susanne von Nathusius. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 2/1, sheets 1–32: Mayer, Ludwig – Rybkowski. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1898, p. 125 ( archive.org ).
- Lexicon of women . 2 volumes, Encyclios, Zurich 1953–1954
- Klara Mampel: From the life of a Halle painter. In: Women's newspaper for the province of Saxony. 44 year, August 3, 1932.
- Susanne von Nathusius. In: Mitteldeutsche Frauenzeitung. Volume 5, January 1930, p. 2 f.
- Lilly von Nathusius: Susanne Philippine von Nathusius. In: Johann Gottlob Nathusius and his descendants and his nephew Moritz Nathusius with his descendants. (Family Chronicle), Detmold 1964.
- Matthias Puhle: The soul wants to fly. A woman's life between adjustment and departure. Marie Nathusius (1817-1857). ISBN 978-3-89812-466-9 , Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Magdeburg 2007.
- Nathusius, Susanne von . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 25 : Moehring – Olivié . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1931, p. 354 .
Web links
- 3 pictures of Susanne von Nathusius in the photo archive of Foto Marburg ( Philipps University of Marburg )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Lilly von Nathusius: Susanne Philippine von Nathusius. 1964, p. 151 f.
- ↑ a b c d e G. Warnstorff: Susanne von Nathusius for memory. For her 80th birthday on May 2nd. In: Hallische Nachrichten. April 30, 1930, Halle (enclosure).
- ^ Susanne von Nathusius . In: Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts . The Academy, Berlin 1880, p. 42 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- ↑ Otto Glagau (ed.): The culture warrior. 4th year, volume 2, issue 96, December 1883, p. 251 (restricted view, books.google.com ).
- ↑ Nathusius, Susanne von . In: International art exhibition organized by the Association of Berlin Artists on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary 1841–1894 . Verlag des Verein Berlines Künstler, Berlin 1891, p. 47 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive - Catalog).
- ↑ 5876. by Nathusius, Susanne . In: Columbian World's Fair in Chicago. Official catalog of the exhibition of the German Reich . Reichsdruckerei,; Berlin 1893, p. 231 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- ↑ Matthias Puhle: The soul wants to fly. A woman's life between adjustment and departure. 2007, ISBN 978-3-89812-466-9 , p. 109.
- ^ Archives for kin research and all related areas, Volume 45, CA Starke, 1979, pp. 224 and 258 ( books.google.com ).
- ↑ a b various postcards and photos, available in: Archive of the family association of the families Nathusius and von Nathusius. Item VI./C/Nr. 1 ff., Althaldensleben
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nathusius, Susanne von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nathusius, Susanne Philippine von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German portrait painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 2, 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Königsborn |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 30, 1929 |
| Place of death | Rivet life |