Wilhelm Geissler (artist, 1848)
Wilhelm "Willi" Geissler (also Geissler ; born July 12, 1848 in Hanover ; † April 4, 1928 in Berlin ) was a German painter , graphic artist and lithographer .
Life
Gouache , 9.1 x 13.8 cm; digitally donated by the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Wilhelm Geissler was born in 1848 in the royal seat of the Kingdom of Hanover as the son of the illustrator Robert Geissler . In the early days of the German Empire , he studied at the Berlin Art Academy from 1874 to 1876 .
From 1877 he first made lithographs based on hand drawings by Adolph von Menzel , Anton von Werner and Otto Knille .
From 1883 Geissler taught as a drawing teacher at the first Berlin craft school , which he headed three decades later from 1913 as director.
Geissler mainly painted in oil and watercolor, from 1890 mainly Berlin street scenes, from 1908 Alpine landscapes. He exhibited his work in Berlin until 1893 at the exhibitions of the Royal Academy of Arts . In 1918 the Berlin Künstlerhaus showed a special exhibition with works by Geissler.
“The Mühlendamm in Berlin. Original drawing by Wilhelm Geißler ”; in: The Gazebo , 1885
New Year's carp in Berlin while ice fishing in the Spree in front of the Old Stock Exchange on Burgstrasse in Berlin-Mitte; Oil on wood. 28.3 x 42.2 cm; signed and dated “Wilh. Geissler 1884 "
“A cigarette” in a Berlin inn; 1889 awarded the bronze medal at the Crystal Palace in London; Oil on canvas, 65.5 × 55 cm; Dorotheum in Vienna
" Ascent of the steerable Wölfert airship in Berlin"; Colored wood engraving from the magazine Über Land und Meer , 1883
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literature
- Geissler, Wilhelm . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 13 : Gaab-Gibus . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1920, p. 355 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Walther Killy (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia , Volume Ebinger - Gierke , Munich: KG Saur Verlag, 1999, p. 612; limited preview in Google Book search
- ↑ Authority record GND 1075941784 , accessed on March 14, 2020.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Geissler, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Geissler, Wilhelm; Geissler, Willi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, draftsman, graphic artist and lithographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 12, 1848 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 4, 1928 |
| Place of death | Berlin |