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Ferdinand von Rayski (1806–1890) was a German artist noted for portraits and landscapes. He is seen as the forerunner of
Von Rayski was born on 23 October 1806 in
File:Louis Ferdinand von Rayski - König Johann von Sachsen, 1870.jpg, ''Portrait of King
Ferdinand von Rayski by Otto Grautoff (1923)
1806 births 1890 deaths People from Pegau Artists from the Kingdom of Saxony 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters Kunstakademie Düsseldorf alumni {{Germany-artist-stub
Ferdinand von Rayski (1806–1890) was a German artist noted for portraits and landscapes. He is seen as the forerunner of Impressionism
Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by visible brush strokes, open Composition (visual arts), composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage ...
in Germany.
Life
Von Rayski was born on 23 October 1806 in Pegau
Pegau () is a town in the Leipzig district in Saxony, Germany, situated in a fertile plain, on the White Elster, 18 m. S.W. from Leipzig by the railway to Zeitz.
It has two Evangelical churches, that of St. Lawrence being a fine Gothic structure ...
in Saxony
Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and ...
into an aristocratic Rayski von Dubnitz family. He was son of Johann Karl Rayski von Dubnitz (1763-1813) and Sophie Eleonore Henriette Sichart von Sichartshoff (1776-1859).
From 1816 to 1821 he studied drawing under Traugott Faber at the Freimaurerinstitut in Dresden
Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...
and from 1823 to 1825 studied at Dresden Academy of Fine Arts
The Dresden Academy of Fine Arts (German language, German ''Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden''), often abbreviated HfBK Dresden or simply HfBK, is a vocational university of visual arts located in Dresden, Germany. The present institutio ...
in Dresden
Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...
. He began his career as a professional artist in 1829, painting portraits of his noble relatives in Hannover
Hanover ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Lower Saxony. Its population of 535,932 (2021) makes it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-l ...
and Silesia
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. From 1831 to 1834 he lived in Dresden, where he received numerous portrait commissions. He traveled to Paris in 1834–35, and was influenced by the works of Delacroix, Géricault and Gros. Rayski gained a reputation as a distinguished portrait painter, but also produced animal and hunting scenes, as well as, yet less frequently, military, historical and mythological paintings.
He lived in Dresden from 1840 until his death on his 84th birthday in 1890. He is buried with his family in the Trinitatisfriedhof to the north-east of the city centre.
Recognition
Rayskistrasse in Dresden is named after him.Gallery
John of Saxony John of Saxony is the name of:
* John the Old Saxon an Anglo-Saxon scholar and abbot of Athelney
* John I, Duke of Saxony (1249–1285, Duke 1260–1282)
* John of Saxony (astronomer) (fl. 1327–1355).
* John, Elector of Saxony
Joh ...
'', 1870
File:Ferdinand von Rayski Bildnis Eugen von Bardeleben.jpg, ''Eugen von Bardeleben'', before 1884
File:Rayski Parklandschaft mit Teich.jpg, Landscape
File:Ferdinand von Rayski Der Strolch.jpg, ''Der ''
References
External links
Ferdinand von Rayski by Otto Grautoff (1923)
1806 births 1890 deaths People from Pegau Artists from the Kingdom of Saxony 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters Kunstakademie Düsseldorf alumni {{Germany-artist-stub