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Arthur Siebelist (21 July 1870,
@ Hamburger Persönlichkeiten, In 1890, he spent a year at the "Royal School of Applied Arts" in Munich. This was followed by study trips to the Netherlands, France, Italy and England. In 1897, he was one of the founding members of the , a project initiated by
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Arthur Siebelist (21 July 1870, Loschwitz
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– 4 January 1945, Hittfeld, Harburg District) was a German Impressionist painter.
Biography
He was raised in Hamburg. He had his first art lessons in 1884 at the commercial studios of , a bookbinder and leather artisan.Brief biography@ Hamburger Persönlichkeiten, In 1890, he spent a year at the "Royal School of Applied Arts" in Munich. This was followed by study trips to the Netherlands, France, Italy and England. In 1897, he was one of the founding members of the , a project initiated by
Alfred Lichtwark
Alfred Lichtwark (14 November 1852 – 13 January 1914) was a German art historian, museum curator, and art educator in Hamburg. He is one of the founders of museum education and the art education movement.
Background and career
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, Director of the Kunsthalle Hamburg
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. Other notable early members included Julius von Ehren, , , , and Thomas Herbst, the eldest member. A common concern was to create an art school that would teach from life, rather than academically.
In 1899, Siebelist created such a school and began holding classes en plein aire. His first students included Friedrich Ahlers-Hestermann, Franz Nölken
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, Fritz Friedrichs and Walter Alfred Rosam. His school received support from Ernst Rump, a wealthy businessman and art collector. In 1902, he painted what is probably his most familiar work "My Students and I".
The following year he married Gertrud Bulcke (1875–1925), one of his students. In 1905, he joined the "" and later became a member of the Deutscher Künstlerbund. In 1908, he settled in Hittfeld, a suburb of Hamburg and took work as a book illustrator.
A major exhibition was held at the Kunsthalle on the occasion of his fiftieth birthday in 1920. Many of his works were destroyed during World War II. His son, , also became a painter of some note.
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References
Further reading
* Carsten Meyer-Tönnesmann: ''Der Hamburgische Künstlerclub von 1897''. Verlag Atelier im Bauernhaus, Fischerhude 1997,External links
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