Wilhelm Porttmann
Wilhelm Porttmann (* 1819 in Düsseldorf ; † December 18, 1893 there ) was a German landscape painter .
Life
Porttmann studied from 1842 to 1846 at the Royal Prussian Art Academy in Düsseldorf and was a student of Johann Wilhelm Schirmer . His work, which he mainly devoted to depicting mountain landscapes, was influenced by the Düsseldorf School . His pictures were in the Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum in Görlitz and in the painting collection Mainz, today the State Museum . Porttmann was a member of the Malkasten artists' association .
His son or brother Carl was also a painter.
Works (selection)
- Gebrigslandschaft (1847) Municipal Picture Gallery Mainz.
- The Susten glacier , the Kriml waterfall near Tyrol and Das Thal S. Martin in Switzerland (around 1855).
- After the thunderstorm (exhibited at the 1st international art exhibition in the Royal Glass Palace in Munich, 1869)
- Rocky Valley near Saint Bernard , The First Attempt and A Morning in the Woods (issued in London in 1874).
literature
- Karl Klunzinger, Adolf Friedrich Seubert, Friedrich Müller: The artists of all times and peoples…. tape 3 : M-Z . Ebner & Seubert, Stuttgart 1864, p. 291 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Porttmann, Wilhelm. Hermann Alexander Müller : Biographical Artist Lexicon. Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1882, p. 424 ( retrobibliothek.de ).
- Porttmann, Wilhelm . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 27 : Piermaria – Ramsdell . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1933, p. 292 .
Web links
- Wilhelm Porttmann (German, 1819–1893) artnet.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Porttmann, Wilhelm. Hermann Alexander Müller : Biographical Artist Lexicon. Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1882, p. 424 ( retrobibliothek.de , it says here that Karl Porttmann was his son).
- ^ Didaskalia. Leaves for mind, spirit and publicity. No. 41 of February 10, 1847 ( books.google.de ).
- ^ Directory of the painting collection of the city of Mainz . Museumsverlag, Mainz 1905, p. 37 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- ↑ Painting - Lodge IV . In: Provisional catalog of the I. International Art Exhibition in the Kgl. Glass palace in Munich . Munich 1869, p. 7 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- ^ London International Exhibition of 1874 . JM Johnson & Sons, London 1874, p. 51–52 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Porttmann, Wilhelm |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1819 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |
DATE OF DEATH | December 18, 1893 |
Place of death | Dusseldorf |