Walther Firle

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Walther Firle around 1904
Firle in his studio on Pettenkoferstrasse; around 1917
Bavarian postage stamp with portrait of King Ludwig III, by Walther Firle (1914)

Walther Firle , also Walter Firle (born August 22, 1859 in Breslau , † November 20, 1929 in Munich ) was a German portrait painter and genre painter whose portraits of rulers served as templates for the stamps of the Kingdom of Bavaria .

Live and act

Firle was born the son of a businessman and received painting lessons at a young age. He worked for a short time in his father's company before starting his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich in 1879 against the original wishes of his parents . His teachers there included Alois Gabl , Gabriel von Hackl and Ludwig von Löfftz .

In 1882 he broke off his studies for financial reasons. In the following years he traveled to Italy and Holland before settling in Munich. There he painted genre pictures and pictures with religious themes and became a member of the Munich artists' cooperative . The morning devotion in a Dutch orphanage that was bought by the Berlin National Gallery is considered to be his first significant picture . In 1890 he was appointed royal professor.

Firle also devoted himself to portrait painting and painted, among others, the Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria , Nikolaus Graf von Seebach , Ludwig III. of Bavaria as well as the Reich President Paul von Hindenburg . The Bavarian stamp series under King Ludwig III. are all designed from Firle's portraits.

Firle died on November 20, 1929 at the age of 70.

Exhibitions

Firle's works were shown several times in the Munich Glaspalast (from 1894), in the Great Berlin Art Exhibition , in the Great Art Exhibition Dresden (1899, 1908, 1912), in Düsseldorf (1902, 1904, 1913), in the Künstlerhaus Vienna (1894, 1913) as well in Venice (1895, 1897, 1914).

Works (selection)

  • Morning prayer in a Dutch orphanage (1885)
  • The Sunday School (1886)
  • In the Mourning House (1888)
  • Sewing lesson (1888)
  • In Recovery (1892)

gallery

  • Henrik Ibsen, 1888

  • The Prince Regent, around 1908

  • Prince Regent Luitpold, drawing, 1910

  • Portrait of Prince Regent Luitpold, 1911

  • Portrait of King Ludwig III. as Prince Regent, 1913

  • Portrait of King Ludwig III. as Prince Regent, 1913

  • Portrait of King Ludwig III, 1914

  • Portrait of King Ludwig III.

  • Portrait of Queen Marie Therese of Bavaria, 1914

  • Bavarian postage stamp with a portrait of Walther Firle

  • Official portrait for the golden wedding of the Bavarian royal couple, 1918

  • Reich President von Hindenburg, around 1927

  • Exciting read , 1929

literature

Web links

Commons : Walther Firle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andreas Zoller: The landscape painter Edmund Steppes (1873-1968) and his vision of a "German painting". P. 157 ( d-nb.info PDF).
  2. ^ Eduard Engels: Walther Firle. In: The Art of Our Time. P. 117.
  3. ^ Catalog of the Munich Fine Art Exhibition. 1906, p. 20 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  4. ↑ Gallery Fine Art at artists.de (Accessed September 7, 2012).
  5. ↑ Walther Firle Breslau 1859–1929 Munich. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
  6. ↑ Westermanns monthly notebooks. Volume 143. G. Westermann, 1927, p. 233 ( books.google.de preview).
  7. ^ Heino von Dickinson-Wildberg: The Dresden court theater in the present. Pierson, Dresden 1902, p. 54. ( books.google.de preview).
  8. ^ Walter Firle (1859–1929). Retrieved September 7, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Firle, Walther
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Firle, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German portrait painter and genre painter
DATE OF BIRTH August 22, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH November 20, 1929
Place of death Munich