Theodor Kuchel

Still life with flowers, 1844

Landscape near Eutin , 1874

Theodor Kuchel (born June 2, 1819 in Altona , † September 26, 1885 ibid) was a German landscape and portrait painter , father of Max Kuchel and uncle of Friedrich Kallmorgen .

Life

After an apprenticeship as a painter, which he began in 1835, he learned to draw portraits in Braunschweig. He then settled in Altona as a portrait painter and drawing teacher .

Kuchel went on study trips to Tyrol and Switzerland . In addition to portraits, he painted and drew landscapes, mostly in Holstein Switzerland . Johann Baptist Obernetter published a series of graphics with Theodor Kuchel's views of Schleswig-Holstein in Altona in 1871/1872.

He was active as a drawing teacher, among his students were the princesses of Schleswig-Holstein, the Empress Auguste Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg and her sisters.

He was also the first drawing teacher to his son Max and his nephew Friedrich Kallmorgen.

The Kuchelweg in Hamburg-Othmarschen was named after him and his son Max in 1951 .

Exhibitions (selection)

1912: Exhibition of works of art from Altona private property and the Altona artists' association , Donner Castle in Donners Park , Altona.
1993: Solo exhibition, Hamburger Landesbank

literature

Kuchel, Theodor . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 22 : Krügner – Leitch . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1928, p. 40 .
Kuchel, Theodor . In: Berend Harke Feddersen: Schleswig-Holsteinisches Künstler-Lexikon with the collaboration of Lilianne Grams and Frauke Gloyer, Nordfriisk Instituut , Bredstedt 1984, ISBN 3-88007-124-1 , p. 104.
Kay Rump: Kuchel, Theodor . In: The new rump. Lexicon of visual artists from Hamburg, Altona and the surrounding area . Ed .: Rump family. Revised new edition of Ernst Rump's dictionary . Supplemented and revised by Maike Bruhns , Wachholtz, Neumünster 2013, ISBN 978-3-529-02792-5 , p. 254.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ Rita Bake : A Memory of the City. Streets, squares and bridges named after women and men . Volume 3. As of December 2017, p. 795; uni-hamburg.de (PDF)

personal data
SURNAME	Kuchel, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German landscape painter and portrait painter
DATE OF BIRTH	June 2, 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH	Altona
DATE OF DEATH	September 26, 1885
Place of death	Altona

[1] Rita Bake : A Memory of the City. Streets, squares and bridges named after women and men . Volume 3. As of December 2017, p. 795; uni-hamburg.de (PDF)