Wilhelm Rögge the Elder

A dashing matron , 1889

Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Rögge the Elder (born April 28, 1829 in Ostercappeln in the Kingdom of Hanover , † February 11, 1908 in Munich ) was a German fresco , genre and history painter .

Life

Rögge was the son of a butcher, he began his training with the painter and lithographer Theodor Joseph Terpen in Osnabrück and studied from November 11, 1848 at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich with Philipp von Foltz . He continued his studies with Joseph Kehren in Düsseldorf . He then went on a study trip to the Netherlands and northern Italy .

Rögge worked mainly as a history painter in Munich. For King Ludwig II of Bavaria he created frescoes in the castles of Linderhof and Herrenchiemsee . He also painted genre scenes from rural life or a game of chess.

He was the father of the painter Wilhelm Rögge the Younger .

Works (selection)

Henry the Lion pilgrimage to Jerusalem (painting)
Death of Margrave Luitpold in the battle against the Hungarians in 907
Comparison of Duke Arnulf's with King Heinrich I before Regensburg 920
Reconciliation between Emperor Otto I and his brother Heinrich 939. (1867)

literature

Rögge, Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 2/1, sheets 1–32: Mayer, Ludwig – Rybkowski. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1898, pp. 459-460 ( archive.org ).
Rögge, Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 28 : Ramsden-Rosa . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1934.
Rögge, Wilhelm. In: Benezit Dictionary of Artists doi: 10.1093 / benz / 9780199773787.article.B00154756 (English, only beginning of article).
John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins: Rögge, Wilhelm . In: Cyclopedia of painters and paintings . tape 4 : Raab-Zyl . Charles Scribner's sons, New York 1887, p. 59–60 (English, Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Rögge, (Ernst Friedrich) Wilhelm . In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . 2nd, revised and expanded edition. tape 8 : Poethen – Schlueter . KG Saur, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-094025-1 , p. 475 ( books.google.de - reading sample).

Web links

Commons : Wilhelm Rögge the Elder - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Matriculation Book Academy Munich

Individual evidence

↑ 00638 Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Rögge . In: Matriculation database of the Academy of Fine Arts Munich (ed.): Matriculation book . tape 2: 1841–1884 , 1885 ( matrikel.adbk.de , Digitale-sammlungen.de ).
↑ ^a ^b II. Hall. The Luitpoldinger (Schyren) . In: The Bavarian National Museum… Wolf & Sohn, Munich 1868, No. 5 and 6 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

personal data
SURNAME	Rögge, Wilhelm the Elder
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rögge, Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German history painter and fresco artist
DATE OF BIRTH	April 28, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ostercappeln
DATE OF DEATH	February 11, 1908
Place of death	Munich

[1] 00638 Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Rögge . In: Matriculation database of the Academy of Fine Arts Munich (ed.): Matriculation book . tape 2: 1841–1884 , 1885 ( matrikel.adbk.de , Digitale-sammlungen.de ).

[Nationalmuseum-2] II. Hall. The Luitpoldinger (Schyren) . In: The Bavarian National Museum… Wolf & Sohn, Munich 1868, No. 5 and 6 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).