Theodor Schüz
Theodor Christoph Schüz (born March 26, 1830 in Tumlingen , † June 17, 1900 in Düsseldorf ) was a German painter of the Düsseldorf School .
Life
Schüz was the youngest son of a Protestant pastor's family. First he trained as a notary in Herrenberg . He then began to study art in Stuttgart , which was continued in October 1856 in the class of antiquities at the Academy in Munich . Schüz became a master student of the respected history painter Carl von Piloty . In 1866 he moved to Düsseldorf, where he died on June 17, 1900. His sons Friedrich and Hans were also painters, his son Martin, who painted watercolors, became a Protestant pastor in Haigerloch.
He became known to a wider audience as an illustrator of Ottilie Wildermuth's youthful works . His best-known picture, “Midday Prayer at Harvest”, was painted by Schüz in 1861. It came into the possession of the predecessor of the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart in 1862 and was exhibited in 1867 at the World Exhibition in Paris . His painting style is late romantic , and this picture also shows his religious character.
literature
- Elisabeth Hipp, Jörg Becker, Wolf Eiermann: Theodor Schüz 1830-1900. Exhibition catalog, Stadtmuseum Tübingen, Galerie Albstadt 2000, ISBN 3-934439-02-0 .
- Hans Albrecht Oehler, Martina Röben: Theodor Schüz. Edition Schlichtenmaier, Grafenau 1996, ISBN 3-89298-111-6 .
- Schüz, Theodor Christoph . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936, p. 318 .
- David Koch: Theodor Schüz. A painter for the German people. Stuttgart: Steinkopf 1908.
Web links
- Literature by and about Theodor Schüz in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ 01373 Theodor Christof Schüz . In: Matriculation database of the Academy of Fine Arts Munich (ed.): Matriculation book . tape 2: 1841-1884 . Munich 1884 ( matrikel.adbk.de , Digitale-sammlungen.de - According to information there, he came from what is now Nufringen in Württemberg).
- ^ Art museum of the Schüz family of painters , website in the netmuseum.de portal , accessed on September 15, 2014.
- ↑ Christiane Lange : Great picture, who painted that again? In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . August 17, 2016, p. 13.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schüz, Theodor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schüz, Theodor Christoph (full name); Schütz, Theodor; Schütz, Theodor Christoph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1830 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tumlingen near Freudenstadt, today Waldachtal |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 17, 1900 |
| Place of death | Dusseldorf |