Woldemar Friedrich
Woldemar Friedrich (born August 20, 1846 in Gnadau , † September 16, 1910 in Berlin ) was a German painter and illustrator. He was a member of the Willingshausen painters' colony .
Life
Friedrich trained with Carl Steffeck at the Art Academy in Berlin from 1863 and went to Weimar in 1865 , where he continued his studies with Arthur von Ramberg , Charles Verlat and Bernhard Plockhorst . During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and 1871, he also worked as a draftsman, especially for the Daheim magazine, and provided the illustrations for Georg Hiltl's work on the Franco-German War. After a trip to Italy, he returned to Weimar in 1873, where he partly worked as an illustrator, partly executed decorative paintings (including in Hummelshain Castle ) and also painted some genre pictures. In 1881 he became a professor at the art school in Weimar .
In 1885 he was appointed to teach the subject of life drawing at the art academy in Berlin, where in the following year he showed his talent for monumental painting by painting the dome in the state exhibition building . In 1886 he received the Small Golden Medal of the Berlin Art Exhibition, trained Fritz Grotemeyer as a studio student from 1887 and then went on a trip to India , the fruits of which, in addition to a series of watercolors and paintings, the illustrations for the work Six Months in India (Leipzig 1893, with Text by E. von Leipziger).
Of his later decorative paintings are the Reichstag in Worms in the auditorium of the high school in Wittenberg , the allegorical paintings in the bookseller's house in Leipzig ( art and science, book trade and book printing ) and a mural for the Niederbarnim district house in Berlin when the citizens of Bernau return after the defeat of the Hussites in April 1432 . Woldemar Friedrich was a member of the Berlin Academy of the Arts.
From 1898 on, Woldemar Friedrich was a member of the jury on behalf of Ludwig Stollwerck to evaluate designs from competitions for Stollwerck collector's pictures and albums. Other judges were Professors Franz Skarbina , Emil Doepler the Elder . J. and Bruno Schmitz from Berlin and a partner in the Stollwerck company.
Woldemar Friedrich died in Berlin at the age of 64. He was buried on September 20, 1910 in the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Cemetery in Charlottenburg - Westend . The grave has not been preserved.
Illustrated books
- Georg Hiltl : The French War of 1870 and 1871 Bielefeld and Leipzig, Velhagen and Klasing, 1871
- August Gottlob Eberhard : Hannchen and the little cakes . New pocket edition. 25th edition Leipzig, Gebhardt, (1875)
- Karl Immermann : The Oberhof. Idyll from the "Münchhausen" , Berlin, Grote 1875
- Goethe 's works: Wilhelm Meister's Wanderjahre or Die Abstagenden , Volume 13, Berlin, Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1876.
- K. Trebitz: Thiermärchen for sensual readers , Wolfenbüttel: Julius Zwißler Verlag 1879
- Hans Hopfen : My Uncle Don Juan (1880)
- Woldemar Friedrich: Goethe's life in pictures . Based on the biography of GH Lewes. In ink drawings by Woldemar Friedrich, professor at the Grand Ducal Art School in Weimar, Munich, Friedrich Adolf Ackermann Kunstverlag, 1885
- Brigitte Augusti (d. I. Auguste Plehn): Edelfalk und Waldvögelein. Cultural history stories from the 13th century . Hirt & Son, Leipzig 1885.
- Brigitte Augusti: Under the spell of the free imperial city . Hirt & Sohn, Leipzig 1886.
- Julius Wolff : The Wild Hunter (1887)
- Fedor von Köppen : The German Chancellor Prince Otto von Bismarck and the places of his work , Leipzig: Titze 1889
- Woldemar Schwebel : The Hohenzollern. Portraits of the Brandenburg-Prussian rulers , Berlin Grote'sche Verlagbuchhandlung 1890
- Brigitte Augusti: twin sisters. Experiences of two German girls in Scandinavia and England . Hirt & Son, Leipzig 1891.
- Brigitte Augusti: Under palm trees. Descriptions from the life and missionary work of the Europeans in East India. Hirt & Son, Leipzig 1893.
- Six months in India. Hunting and travel pictures , with text by E. von Leipziger. Adalbert Fischer's Verlag, Leipzig 1893.
- Friedrich August Leo : About many little things that worry your parents .. Nuremberg, Ströfer, undated (approx. 1895)
- Carl Röchling & Richard Knötel & Woldemar Friedrich: Queen Luise in 50 pictures for young and old , Paul Kittel (ed.), Berlin (1896)
- A [nna] Becker: On the Wild , Verlag Trowitzsch & Sohn Berlin, (1899)
- Anna Stein (d. I. Margarethe Wulff ): Book of Life , Winckelmann, Berlin, ca.1900
- Johann von Wildenradt : Johann von Renys, the fight for the Marienburg. A story from the time of the German Order in Prussia , Munich: Lehmann 1899
- Karl August Müller : Rübezahl, the Lord of the Giant Mountains . Told for the youth, Leipzig, Abel & Müller, (ca.1900)
Individual evidence
- ^ Westfälische Nachrichten : Fritz Grotemeyer , Münster, July 28, 2016
- ^ Karl Hofacker, in Kunstgewerbeblatt 9th year, Leipzig, 1898.
- ^ The funeral service for Professor Woldemar Friedrich . In: Berliner Tageblatt , September 21, 1910, morning edition, 1st supplement, pp. 1–2. Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 473.
Web links
- Literature by and about Woldemar Friedrich in the catalog of the German National Library
- Goethe's life . Woldemar Friedrich's delightful illustrations presented on postcards from the turn of the century
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Friedrich, Woldemar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 20, 1846 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gnadau |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 16, 1910 |
| Place of death | Berlin |