William Pape

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William Pape , actually Friedrich Georg William Pape, (born September 3, 1859 in Karlshütte near Rendsburg , † December 13, 1920 in Stockholm ) was a German painter and illustrator .

Life

Wilhelm Pape first studied philosophy and natural sciences at the University of Berlin . He then attended the art academy in Berlin there. He received further lessons from Hermann Prell and at the Académie Julian in Paris from Jules-Joseph Lefebvre and Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant . Study trips took him to Italy, Denmark and Russia. He painted vedutas in Berlin, but mainly specialized in history painting . The picture “One Reich, One People, One God”, which was presented on January 18, 1896, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the German Empire , attracted the attention of the Imperial Court, which also bought the picture.

The above picture and the unveiling of the Kaiser Wilhelm I monument in Berlin served as a template for the high permanent values ​​of 5 and 3 Reichsmarks in the stamp series Representative Representations of the German Empire from 1900 onwards . This series was a supplement to the well-known Germania postage stamps for values ​​from one mark and were therefore printed millions of times. The picture of the founding of the empire and the confirmation of the Crown Prince and Prince Eitel Friedrich from 1898 were in the personal possession of Kaiser Wilhelm II. Pape was able to portray both the Kaiser and his family personally several times. He also used the monogram WP.

Pape died in an accident in Stockholm in 1920.

Other works

Laying out of Kaiser Wilhelm I in the cathedral
Imperial couple
  • Laying out Emperor Wilhelm I in the cathedral (1888)
  • King Wilhelm I on the evening of the Battle of Sedan (1901)
  • Kaiser Wilhelm II at the New Year's reception in the Knobelsdorff Opera House (1901), now the Liesborn Abbey Museum
  • Service for the 200th anniversary of the Prussian royal family in the Königsberg Castle Church on September 8, 1901, loss of the war
  • The reception of the emperor at the Sparrenburg ( mural for the new town hall in Bielefeld , 1903)
  • Study of Kaiser Wilhelm II (hung in the Evangelical Hospital Herne , 1903)
  • The last ceremonial meeting of the Royal Academy of Sciences in the old house
  • Luther's last confession (for Martin Luther's house where he died in Eisleben, 1905)

Postage stamps based on his works

  • DR 1918 96BII Kaiser Wilhelm Monument.jpg
  • DR 1918 97BII Reich foundation commemoration.jpg

literature

Web links

Commons : William Pape  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William Pape at Zeno.org
  2. ↑ a b "King in the realm of science". (No longer available online.) In: hu-berlin.de. Archived from the original on December 15, 2014 ; Retrieved January 5, 2015 .
  3. ^ William Pape at Zeno.org
  4. ^ Franz Goldstein: Dictionary of monograms 1. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1999, ISBN 978-3-110-14453-6 , p. 1047. Restricted preview in the Google book search
  5. ↑ 75 years of Rottendorf - cultural activities. In: rottendorf-pharma.eu. September 26, 1996, accessed January 5, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Lost Art Internet Database - Single Object / Search Message. (No longer available online.) In: lostart.de. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved January 5, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Pape, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pape, Friedrich Georg William (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH September 3, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlshütte near Rendsburg
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 1920
Place of death Stockholm