Emil Franz Adam (20 May 1843, in

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and ...

– 19 January 1924, in Munich) was a German equestrian

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ...

Life

Adam was the son of

animal painter An animal painter is an artist who specialises in (or is known for their skill in) the portrayal of animals. The '' OED'' dates the first express use of the term "animal painter" to the mid-18th century: by English physician, naturalist and wr ...

Benno Adam Benno Rafael Adam (15 July 1812, Munich - 8 March 1892, Kelheim) was a German animal painter. Life He was the eldest son of the painter Albrecht Adam, and distinguished himself especially by his depictions of game animals, hunting dogs and pets ...

. He initially intended to devote himself to science, but, carried away by the example of his grandfather, the equestrian painter

Albrecht Adam Albrecht Adam (16 April 1786 – 28 August 1862) was a Bavarian painter, who accompanied Napoleon Bonaparte during the 1812 Russian campaign. He was attached as an official artist to the Bavarian contingent in Bonaparte's Grande Armée. Thr ...

, he decided to be a painter. He studied painting under the guidance of his uncle, the painter

Franz Adam Franz Adam (May 4, 1815 – September 30, 1886) was a German painter, chiefly of military subjects, born and active for much of his life in Italy. Life Adam was born in Milan, Italy, to painter Albrecht Adam, a German who had spent the prior ...

, and later under

Jean-François Portaels Jean-François Portaels or Jan Portaels (3 April 1818 – 8 February 1895) was a Belgian painter of genre scenes, biblical stories, landscapes, portraits and orientalist subjects. He was also a teacher and director of the Academy of Fine Arts ...

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

. He became one of the last great masters in depicting horses, horse portraits and hunting scenes. Adam married Josephine Marie, née Wurmb. They had two sons, the painter Richard Benno Adam (1873–1937) and the priest Ernst Adam (1884-1955). Adam's work consisted primarily of horse paintings, equestrian

portraits A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expressions are predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For thi ...

, and hunting scenes. He was invited, along with his father to Pardubice, Bohemia, in 1867, to paint the hunting club members portrait, a group of 60 people.

Gallery

File:Emil Adam St Galmier.jpg, St Galmier File:Emil Adam A fenékpusztai ménes.jpg, The herd of Fenékpuszta File:Sceptre by Emil Adam.jpg,

Sceptre A sceptre is a staff or wand held in the hand by a ruling monarch as an item of royal or imperial insignia. Figuratively, it means royal or imperial authority or sovereignty. Antiquity Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia The '' Was'' and other ...

File:Emil Adam Mettalist 1885.jpg, Mettalist, 1885 File:Kincsem.jpg,

Kincsem Kincsem (; Hungarian for "My Precious" or "My Treasure"; March 17, 1874 – March 16, 1887) was a Hungarian Thoroughbred racehorse who has the longest undefeated record of any racehorse after winning all of her 54 races. The next closest in this ...

, 1887 File:Emil Adam (1843-1924) - Persimmon - RCIN 402433 - Royal Collection.jpg,

Persimmon The persimmon is the edible fruit of a number of species of trees in the genus '' Diospyros''. The most widely cultivated of these is the Oriental persimmon, ''Diospyros kaki'' ''Diospyros'' is in the family Ebenaceae, and a number of non-per ...

, 1896 (in the

Royal Collection The Royal Collection of the British royal family is the largest private art collection in the world. Spread among 13 occupied and historic royal residences in the United Kingdom, the collection is owned by King Charles III and overseen by the ...

)

Illustrations of works

https://artuk.org/discover/artists/adam-emil-18431924

External links

*
Entry for Emil Adam
on the

Union List of Artist Names The Union List of Artist Names (ULAN) is a free online database of the Getty Research Institute using a controlled vocabulary Control may refer to: Basic meanings Economics and business * Control (management), an element of management * Cont ...

1843 births 1924 deaths 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists Equine artists Vanity Fair (British magazine) artists {{Germany-painter-stub

Life

Gallery

See also

Illustrations of works

External links