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Eduard Wilhelm Daege (10 April 1805, in
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1805 births 1883 deaths 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters Artists from Berlin Prussian Academy of Arts alumni Academic staff of the Prussian Academy of Arts {{Germany-painter-stub
Eduard Wilhelm Daege (10 April 1805, in Berlin
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– 6 June 1883, in Berlin) was a German painter who served as Director for both the Prussian Academy of Art and the National Gallery
The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The current Director ...
.''Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers'', ed. by Michael Bryan and George Williamson. G. Bell & Sons, 1903.
Life
In 1820, he entered the Prussian Academy of Art, where he studied under Johann Gottfried Niedlich and later (in 1823) with the Court Painter Karl Wilhelm Wach. In 1821, he may have been involved in painting the frescoes forKarl Friedrich Schinkel
Karl Friedrich Schinkel (13 March 1781 – 9 October 1841) was a Prussian architect, city planner and painter who also designed furniture and stage sets. Schinkel was one of the most prominent architects of Germany and designed both neoclassic ...
's Schauspielhaus at the Gendarmenmarkt
The Gendarmenmarkt ( en, Gut Market) is a square in Berlin and the site of an architectural ensemble including the Berlin concert hall and the French and German Churches. In the centre of the square stands a monumental statue of poet Fri ...
. From 1832 to 1833, he accompanied Karl Eduard Biermann on a study trip to Rome and Naples.
He became a member of the Academy in 1835 and, beginning in 1838, taught drawing classes there. In 1840, he was appointed a Professor. He participated in painting the murals at the Neues Museum
The Neues Museum (English: ''New Museum'') is a listed building on the Museum Island in the historic centre of Berlin. Built from 1843 to 1855 by order of King Frederick William IV of Prussia in Neoclassical and Renaissance Revival styles, ...
and in the chapel at the Berliner Stadtschlosses. From 1861 to 1874, he was Director of the Academy, a position which included managing the newly founded National Gallery.
Major works
* 1846–52: ''Geburt Christi'' (The Nativity), ''Anbetung der Hirten'' (Adoration of the Shepherds) and twenty-four assorted angel figures/heads at the Stadtschlosses. * 1847–55: ''Rome'', ''Jerusalem'', ''Constantinople'' and ''Aachen'', allegorical murals in the north dome-hall of the Neues Museum. * 1856: Altarpiece in the convent at the monastery inRibnitz-Damgarten
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The border between the historical regions of Mecklenburg and ...
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References
Further reading
* ''Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon : die bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker''. K. G. Saur, Munich 1992, Vol.23.External links
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1805 births 1883 deaths 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters Artists from Berlin Prussian Academy of Arts alumni Academic staff of the Prussian Academy of Arts {{Germany-painter-stub