Johann Wilhelm Brücke (4 March 1800,
Stralsund - 1 April 1874, Berlin) was a German landscape and
architecture painter.
Life
After completing school in Stralsund, he enrolled at the
Prussian Academy of the Arts
The Prussian Academy of Arts (German: ''Preußische Akademie der Künste'') was a state arts academy first established in Berlin, Brandenburg, in 1694/1696 by prince-elector Frederick III, in personal union Duke Frederick I of Prussia, and late ...
where he studied under
Johann Erdmann Hummel. With the financial support of his teacher and a small grant, he went to Rome in 1829. He remained there for almost five years, producing landscapes and
vedute
A ''veduta'' (Italian for "view"; plural ''vedute'') is a highly detailed, usually large-scale painting or, more often, print of a cityscape or some other vista. The painters of ''vedute'' are referred to as ''vedutisti''.
Origins
This genre ...
of Roman architecture. Upon his return to Berlin, he set himself up as a free-lance artist and regularly took part in major exhibitions at the Academy.
He found his own style early on and his work is easily recognizable from his use of reddish, sunset colors. However, some of his later paintings are reminiscent of the almost photographically realistic work of
Eduard Gaertner
Johann Philipp Eduard Gaertner (2 June 1801, Berlin – 22 February 1877, Flecken Zechlin, in Rheinsberg) was a German painter who specialized in depictions of urban architecture.
Early life and work
Education
In 1806, he moved with his ...
. His popularity continued after his death, and his works formed part of a major exhibit at the "Jahrhundertausstellung Deutscher Kunst" (Centennial Exhibition of German Art) in 1906.
Sources and Further reading
* Gerhard Hansen: ''Wilhelm Brücke''. Galerie unter den Linden, Berlin 1851. (Exhibition catalog)
* Irmgard Wirth: ''Berliner Malerei im 19. Jahrhundert''. Siedler Verlag, Berlin 1990, , pg, 195.
* ''Berlin Museum - Stadtbilder''. Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung and Verlag Willmuth Arenhövel, Berlin 1987, , pg. 537.
External links
Arcadja: More works by Brücke*
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1800 births
1874 deaths
Landscape painters
Prussian Academy of Arts alumni
19th-century German painters
19th-century German male artists
German male painters