Wilhelm John (painter)
August Wilhelm John (* 1813 in Templin ; † 1881 in Berlin ) was a German landscape painter from the Düsseldorf School .
Life
John studied painting at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . From 1832 to 1838 he was a student in Johann Wilhelm Schirmer's landscape class there . Since 1840 he was based in Berlin . Nevertheless, he preferred motifs from the Rhine and Moselle throughout his life.
Works (selection)
- The Werner Chapel in Oberwesel , 1838
- Evening mood on the coast (fishermen with their boats) , 1839
- Winter landscape on the Drachenfels , 1842
literature
- John, August Wilhelm . In: Friedrich von Boetticher : painter works of the nineteenth century. Contribution to art history . Dresden 1891, Volume 1, p. 620
- Hans Paffrath (Ed.): Lexicon of the Düsseldorf School of Painting 1819–1918. Volume 2: Haach – Murtfeldt. Published by the Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf in the Ehrenhof and by the Paffrath Gallery. Bruckmann, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-7654-3010-2 , pp. 189-191.
Web links
- Wilhelm John , data sheet in the portal rkd.nl ( Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie )
Individual evidence
- ^ Rudolf Theilmann: The student lists of the landscape classes from Schirmer to Dücker . In: Wend von Kalnein : The Düsseldorf School of Painting . Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1979, ISBN 3-8053-0409-9 , p. 145
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | John, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | John, August Wilhelm (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landscape painter from the Düsseldorf School |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1813 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Templin |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1881 |
| Place of death | Berlin |