Friedrich Kaulbach

Theodor Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Kaulbach (8 July 1822 – 17 September 1903) was a German painter from Bad Arolsen.

After a visit to Venice in 1844, he separated from his teachers and painted until 1848, his first independent paintings Adam and Eve find her son killed Abel. As a result, he received a reputation as a professor at the Art Academy of Munich, where he is not followed.

In 1850 he traveled to Paris, where he is more historical photos, and also painted portraits orders for thought. 1850 he was awarded by King Maximilian II of Bavaria the contract, the image coronation of Charlemagne for the Maximilianeum to paint the picture was completed 1861.

Kaulbach was 1856 by King George V, whom he repeatedly portrayed, as a court painter to Hanover called and received a professorship at the University of Hanover. He was the favorite portrait painter of the local aristocracy. The king gave his own studio and residential building, the architect of the Hanoverian Christian Heinrich Tramm 1857-60 on Waterloo Road 1 for Kaulbach built (the house is, though disfigured, still available as part of the Waterloo beer garden). Kaulbachs daughter, the writer Isidore Kaulbach, in their memories (1931) life in his father's home described, which includes Johannes Brahms, Clara Schumann, Franz Liszt, Joseph Joachim, Ernst von Wildenbruch and Anton Rubinstein wrong.

His numerous portraits, including those of the Empress of Austria, the German crown prince, Prince Albrecht, the Count and Countess Stolberg, are extraordinarily detailed, but contained at the time, the taste is often a slightly theatrical oversubscription, superficial elegance and weak color. The best women's portraits succeed him. From the Berlin Art Academy received Kaulbach the small gold medal and became a regular member of the same appointed at the Vienna World Exhibition of 1873, he was awarded the medal.

Frederick Kaulbachs grave found in the town cemetery Engesohde in Hanover. Kaulbachs son Friedrich August von Kaulbach was also a painter.

Works

*Adam and Eve find her son killed Abel (1848)
*Coronation of Charlemagne (1861, Maximilianeum, Munich

References

*Isidore Kaulbach: Friedrich Kaulbach. Memories of my father home. Berlin: mediator 1931.
*Henning Rischbieter: Hannoversches Lesebuch or: What in Hanover, and Hanover written, printed and read the paper. Volume 2: 1850-1950. 2nd Ed Hanover: Schlueter 1991, p. 102-105 (with excerpts from Isidore Kaulbachs memories). ISBN 3-87706-359-4
* Hugo Thielen: Hannoversches biographical dictionary. From its beginnings to the present day. Hanover: Schlueter 2002, p. 195