Theude Greenland

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Theude Greenland , photograph by Johann Theodor Prümm, 1876

Theude Grönland , also in the spelling Grønland (born August 31, 1817 in Altona , Duchy of Holstein , † April 16, 1876 in Berlin ), was a German-Danish flower, still life and decorative painter .

Life

Theude Greenland at the easel , photograph by Henry Hering, 1861

Greenland (who wrote his family name with umlaut all his life), son of the Altona organist Johan Friedrich Grønland and his wife Sophie, née Runge from Hadersleben , studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen from 1837 to 1839 , where he did some portraits brought forth. In 1840 he went to Antwerp as a portrait painter, in October 1842 to Paris and then for a long time to Italy, where he realized that his true strength lay in the depiction of southern flower and fruit still lifes. In 1846 he was back in Paris, where he married Simone Olympe Maréschal, who gave birth to her son René in Eaubonne in 1849 , who also became a still life painter through his father's instruction. In addition to his son, Greenland introduced the painters Marie Remy and Anna Eichens to this genre. The Salon de Paris in 1848 honored Greenland with a first-class gold medal, and the Paris Exposition of 1855 with a second-class gold medal. In 1858 the Copenhagen Academy accepted him as a foreign member. He traveled repeatedly to London, where he was represented in the Crystal Palace and received several commissions from Queen Victoria. From 1859 to 1868 Greenland stayed in the Barbizon artists' colony . In 1859 their son Nel was born there, who also became a painter. In view of the growing political tensions between Germany and France, Greenland settled in Berlin in 1869 , where he painted the dining room for Franz Hubert von Tiele-Winckler in his palace at Hitzigallee 21 (Regentenstrasse) in Berlin-Tiergarten , built by Gustav Ebe in 1876 .

Works (selection)

  • Flower piece with antique vase , 1845
  • Poppies, tulips and roses in a vase , 1846
  • Still life with autumn fruits , 1847
  • Still life with duck, shrimp and a plate of oysters , 1849
  • Flowers in jars with fruits , between 1849 and 1868
  • Winter landscape with birds , 1872
  • Peaches with white grapes
  • Songbirds in the snow

  • Flower piece with antique vase , 1845

  • Poppies, tulips and roses in a vase , 1846

  • Still life with duck, shrimp and a plate of oysters , 1849

  • Winter landscape with birds , 1872

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Greenland, Theude
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Greenland, Theude
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Danish flower, still life and decoration painter
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1817
PLACE OF BIRTH Altona , Duchy of Holstein
DATE OF DEATH April 16, 1876
Place of death Berlin