Eduard Daege-Selbstbildnis in jugendlichem Alter

Eduard Wilhelm Daege (10 April 1805, in

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

– 6 June 1883, in Berlin) was a German painter who served as Director for both the

Prussian Academy of Art The Prussian Academy of Arts () was a state arts academy first established in 1694 by prince-elector Frederick III of Brandenburg in Berlin, in personal union Duke Frederick I of Prussia, and later king in Prussia. After the Accademia dei Linc ...

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 more than 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The current di ...

.''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 Karl (or Carl) Wilhelm Wach (11 September 1787 – 24 November 1845) was a German painter. Life Wach was born in Berlin in 1787, studied art at the Prussian Academy of Arts and was a pupil of painter Karl Kretschmar. At the age of just 20, Wach ...

. In 1821, he may have been involved in painting the frescoes for

Karl Friedrich Schinkel Karl Friedrich Schinkel (13 March 1781 – 9 October 1841) was a Prussian architect, urban planning, city planner and painter who also designed furniture and stage sets. Schinkel was one of the most prominent architects of Germany and designed b ...

's Schauspielhaus at the

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. 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

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and in the chapel at the

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es. 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 in

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Arcadja: Works by Eduard Daege
1805 births 1883 deaths 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists Painters from the Kingdom of Prussia German male painters Painters from Berlin Prussian Academy of Arts alumni Academic staff of the Prussian Academy of Arts {{Germany-painter-stub

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