Wilhelm Trellenkamp
Wilhelm Trellenkamp (* 1826 in Sterkrade , Duisburg district ; † January 14, 1878 in Orsoy , Moers district ) was a German history and portrait painter from the Düsseldorf School .
Life
Trellenkamp received training as a teacher at the teachers' seminar in Kempen . He then worked as an elementary teacher in Krefeld . In 1852 he followed his wish to devote himself to art and began studying painting at the Düsseldorf Art Academy , which he completed in 1859. There Andreas and Karl Müller , Karl Ferdinand's son , Wilhelm von Schadow and Eduard Bendemann were his teachers. Then Trellenkamp worked as a history painter, mainly creating religious motifs for churches, as well as book illustrations. One of his portraits is the one of his childhood friend Wilhelm Herchenbach . Often affected by illness, he lived very withdrawn and died after a long period of suffering in the Catholic Marien Hospital of the Sisters of Mercy in Orsoy.
Works (selection)
- The Assumption of Mary on behalf of the Art Association for the Rhineland and Westphalia for the Catholic Church of Tilsit , 1859
- Christ with his parents on the way to Jerusalem for Easter , 1864
- Christ on the Mount of Olives on behalf of the Art Association for the Rhineland and Westphalia for the Protestant Church in Groß Lassowitz , 1866
- Drafts for the competition to decorate the Krefeld town hall , 1867
- Cardboard box of the Assumption of Mary for the main choir window of the church of Gustorf , 1874
- Saul and David
literature
- Trellenkamp, Wilhelm . In: Hans Paffrath , Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf (Hrsg.): Lexicon of the Düsseldorfer Malerschule . F. Bruckmann, Munich 1998, volume 3.
- Nekrolog: Wilhelm Trellenkamp . In: Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst . 13th year, supplement No. 18 (February 14, 1878), col. 287 f. ( Google Books ).
Web links
- Trellenkamp, Wilhelm , entry in the portal oxfordartonline.com
Individual evidence
- ^ Museum Kunstpalast : Artists from the Düsseldorf School of Painting (selection, as of November 2016, PDF )
- ↑ Finding aid 212.01.04 Student lists of the Art Academy Düsseldorf , website in the portal archive.nrw.de ( Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen )
- ↑ Three illustrations for Gustav Wendt : German Ballad Treasure . Grote, Berlin 1867, pp. 12, 56, 147 ( Google Books )
- ^ Friedrich Schaarschmidt : On the history of Düsseldorf art, especially in the XIX. Century . Art Association for the Rhineland and Westphalia, Düsseldorf 1902, p. 69
- ^ Kurt Karl Eberlein : History of the art association for the Rhineland and Westphalia 1829-1929. To celebrate the centenary of the Kunstverein . Writings of the Städtisches Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Volume III, Art Association for the Rhineland and Westphalia, Düsseldorf 1929, p. 55
- ↑ Heinz-Toni Wappenschmidt: Studies on the furnishing of the German town hall hall in the second half of the 19th century until 1918 . Habelt, Bonn 1981, p. 74
- ^ Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst , Volume 9, Supplement No. 45 (August 21, 1874), Col. 727 ( Google Books )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Trellenkamp, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German history and portrait painter from the Düsseldorf School |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1826 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sterkrade , Duisburg district |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 14, 1878 |
| Place of death | Orsoy , district of Moers |