Wilhelm Herbig

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Friedrich Wilhelm Herbig , self-portrait

Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Herbig (born April 22, 1787 in Potsdam , † July 5, 1861 Berlin ) was a German painter .

Life

Wilhelm Herbig - son of the cellist and Prussian chamber musician Friedrich Herbig (1754-1832) and brother of the publisher Friedrich August Herbig - was a pupil of Christoph Franz Hillner (1745-1812) in Potsdam . However, Herbig owes most of his artistic training to his friend, the painter Carl Kolbe .

Herbig took part in the wars of freedom as a volunteer hunter . The artist became famous for his battle scenes created for the king. In the battle of Dresden on August 26, 1813, he fell ill as a result of great exertions and was therefore brought to Prague . After his recovery , Herbig resigned from the army because of his poor health.

Wilhelm Herbig was one of the young painters of the time, whose feelings for historical events were reflected in portraits of the military leaders whom they revered. He also dealt with religious subjects and genre painting . His rather sober self-portrait is known, as is the painting of his wife and six of their children, which in contrast radiates Biedermeier harmony.

Grave of William Herbig in Berlin-Kreuzberg (2012), here still with honor grave -Markierung

From 1822 to 1861 Herbig was a member of the Prussian Academy of the Arts in Berlin and, after Schadow's death, its acting director from 1850. He was a member of the Berlin Masonic Lodge Zum Widder .

Wilhelm Herbig died in Berlin in 1861 at the age of 74. His grave is in Cemetery II of the Jerusalem and New Churches in Berlin-Kreuzberg . He lies there next to his wife Henriette geb. Wilke (1796-1851). Wilhelm Herbig's final resting place (grave site 212-5-18) was dedicated to the State of Berlin as an honorary grave from 1969 to 2017 .

Works

  • The artist's family , 1824

literature

  • Irmgard Wirth: Berlin painting in the 19th century . Siedler Verlag, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-572-10011-9 , p. 150.

Web links

Commons : Wilhelm Herbig  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Herbig . In: Akademie der Künste, accessed on September 8, 2010
  2. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 232.
personal data
SURNAME Herbig, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Herbig, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1787
PLACE OF BIRTH Potsdam
DATE OF DEATH July 5, 1861
Place of death Berlin