Theodor Groll

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Theodor Groll

Theodor Groll , also Theodor Groll the Younger (born February 9, 1857 in Düsseldorf ; † April 2, 1913 ibid), was a German genre , landscape and architecture painter from the Düsseldorf School .

Life

Group leaders of the Malkasten-Redoute in 1912, from left to right: Theodor Groll, Hermann Pohle , Arthur Wansleben , architect Thilo Schneider, Friedrich Coubillier , Henrik Nordenberg , Carl Murdfield , Fritz von Wille

Groll was born as the son of the Düsseldorf glove maker and writer Theodor Groll (* 1831). In 1878 he finished his education at the municipal high school in Düsseldorf . He then attended the Berlin Building Academy , where he passed the government master builder exam. Then he changed the subject and became a private student with the Düsseldorf landscape and vedute painter Caspar Scheuren . Groll went on numerous study trips, several to Italy. In April 1890 he visited Rome . From 1892 he stayed in the United States for several years . In 1893 he was a judge at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago . In 1896 he traveled to southern and central German cities. In 1904 Groll founded together with the painters Hans Deiker , Carl Haver , Carl Jutz the Elder. J. , Gustav Rutz , Emil Schultz-Riga and others formed the November group in Düsseldorf . Groll was a member of the Düsseldorf Artists 'Association and the Malkasten Artists' Association , which he served as chairman for several years. Theodor Groll died on the night of April 3, 1913.

Works (selection)

Washington Street (Indianapolis At Dusk) - Evening street scene in Indianapolis in front of the old Marion County Courthouse , 1893

Groll made a special name for himself with his fine, detailed architectural painting. Along with Oswald Achenbach , Albert Flamm and others, he is one of the “Italian painters” at the Düsseldorf School. At an international art auction in 2013, Groll's Afternoon in Venice was auctioned for 58,750 euros.

  • Pompei (View of the Temple of Apollo), 1891, Volmer Collection Foundation
  • Market in Verona , around 1891, Museum Kunstpalast
  • Washington Street (Indianapolis At Dusk) , Indianapolis Museum of Art
  • On a street in front of Florence , 1899
  • Arch of Titus in the Roman Forum in Rome , 1900
  • Riva on Lake Garda
  • Sirmione Castle on Lake Garda , 1902
  • Benrath Palace (view of the Corps de Logis)
  • Piazza del Campo (Siena) , 1906
  • Afternoon in Venice , 1907
  • Venice (The Portal della Carta between San Marco and the Doge's Palace) , 1907
  • Venetian palazzo

literature

Web links

Commons : Theodor Groll  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The art . Verlag F. Bruckmann, Volume 30, Munich 1914, p. XIV
  2. ^ Journal of Fine Arts . Verlag EA Seemann, Volume 48, Leipzig 1913, p. CCXLV
  3. ^ Friedrich Noack : The Germanness in Rome since the end of the Middle Ages . Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, Stuttgart 1927, Volume 2, p. 220
  4. ^ Bettina Baumgärtel : Chronicle of the Düsseldorf School of Painting 1815–2011 . 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. 375
  5. ^ Magdalena M. Moeller: Der Sonderbund. His prerequisites and beginnings in Düsseldorf. Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 1984, ISBN 978-3-79270-798-2 , p. 28
  6. ↑ Inventory of the Malkasten Artists' Association , accessed on May 14, 2015
  7. ^ Bettina Baumgärtel: Market in Verona, around 1891 . In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Ed.), Volume 2, p. 369 (Catalog No. 309)
  8. ↑ Christiane Fricke: Russians have exciting bidding battles . Article of November 22, 2013 in the portal handelsblatt.com , accessed on May 14, 2015
  9. ↑ Peter Heslin: The Museum of Augustus. The Temple of Augustus in Pompeii, the Portico of Philippus in Rome and Latin Poetry . Getty Publications, Los Angeles 2015, ISBN 978-1-60606-421-4 , p. 136, footnote 8 ( Google Books )
  10. ↑ Düsseldorfer Malerschule, list of works 2011 ( PDF )
  11. ↑ Grudge attended the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 and visited relatives in Indianapolis on the occasion. - See Washington Street, Indianapolis At Dusk . Website in the portal collection.imamuseum.org , accessed on May 14, 2015
  12. ↑ Theodor Groll: On a street in front of Florence ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2015 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. . Website in the portal gemaelde-koers.de , accessed on May 14, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / gemaelde-koers.de
personal data
SURNAME Resentment, Theodore
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grudge, Theodor the Younger (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German genre, landscape and architecture painter from the Düsseldorf School
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH April 2, 1913
Place of death Dusseldorf