Wilhelm Peters (painter, 1817)

Isolde reunites with Tristan, copperplate engraving based on the mural in the legend room of Schwerin Castle

Gudrun receives news of her brother's life, copperplate engraving based on the mural in the legend room of Schwerin Castle

Rebecca at the fountain, copperplate engraving after the destroyed mural in the Golden Hall of Schwerin Castle

Friedrich Wilhelm Peters (* 1817 or 1818 in Dirschau ; † November 15, 1903 in Berlin ) was a German history painter , engraver and fresco painter .

He was the son of Mayor Johannes Friedrich Peters.

Works

• Working in the Neues Museum in Berlin:
  • Execution of the children's frieze over Wilhelm von Kaulbach's six history paintings on the history of mankind and the connecting pilasters in between in grisaille based on designs by Wilhelm von Kaulbach in the large stairwell
  • 4 paintings in the Niobidensaal of the Neues Museum in Berlin based on designs by Bonaventura Genelli
    • Orpheus in the underworld
    • Daedalus made wings for Icarus to
    • Prometheus on the rock
    • The education of Achilles by Chiron
  • Grisailles paintings in the Niobidensaal

• Frescoes in the library of Hohenzollern Castle
• Working in Schwerin Castle :
  • Wall paintings in the Golden Hall (destroyed), completed in 1857
    • Design of the ornamental paintings and the frieze
    • Rebecca at the fountain
    • Tobias' courtship
    • Abraham feeding the angels
  • Wall paintings in the saga room
    • King Ludwig kidnaps Gudrun
    • Gudrun receives news of her brother's life
    • Gudrun's liberation
    • Tristan kills Morhold
    • Isolde falls in love with Tristan
    • Isolde reunites with Tristan
    • Parzival's farewell
    • Heinrich's recovery

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Death register StA Berlin XIIa, No. 2295/1903