Hermann Friedhold Plüddemann (17 July 1809, Kolberg - 24 June 1868,

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) was a German

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and illustrator.

Life and work

His father was a prosperous merchant and shipowner. He initially studied with

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then, in 1828, he entered the studios of

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in Berlin. Three years later, he enrolled at the

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, where he worked with

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. Together with

Heinrich Mücke Heinrich Karl Anton Mücke (9 April 1806 - 16 January 1891) was a prominent Realist painter known for his liturgical and genre paintings as well as frescoes, which still adorn some of Germany's ancient castles and cathedrals. His paintings ar ...

, he completed a number of frescoes for Count at , including a monumental representation of the Battle of Iconium; from sketches by

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. In 1843, together with Mücke,

Lorenz Clasen Lorenz Clasen (14 December 1812, Düsseldorf - 31 May 1899, Leipzig) was a German history painter and author; best known for his frequently reproduced painting, "Germania auf der Wacht am Rhein" (Germania at Watch on the Rhein), in the town hal ...

and

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, he was chosen to create frescoes depicting the early history of the Germans, up to the

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, at the . He moved to

in 1848, to become a professor at the

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. From 1852 to 1856, he was almost exclusively occupied in creating illustrations for a book of German ballads by , and ''German History in Pictures'', published by . He was best known for his series of paintings depicting the lives of

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and

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. Much of his work was lost during

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Selected illustrations

* '' Album deutscher Künstler in Originalradirungen.'' - Düsseldorf : Buddeus, 1841.
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* ''Deutsche Dichtungen mit Randzeichnungen deutscher Künstler.'' - Düsseldorf : Buddeus, (Vols.1–2) 1843.
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* Reumont, Alfred von. ''Sagas légendes des bords du Rhin : orné de 8 gravures sur acier.'' - Aix-la-Chapelle: Kohnen, 1838.
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* Kugler, Franz. ''Skizzenbuch.'' - Berlin : Reimer, 1830.
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Sources

* * Arthur Schulz: "Hermann Freihold Plüddemann (1809–1868)". In: Martin Wehrmann, Adolf Hofmeister, Wilhelm Braun (Eds.): ''Pommersche Lebensbilder'', Vol.2: Pommern des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts, Stettin 1936, pp. 85–92 * Ekkehard Mai: ''Hermann Freihold Plüddemann. Maler und Illustrator zwischen Spätromantik und Historismus (1809–1868). Ein Werkverzeichnis'', Böhlau, Köln 2004,

In: ''

Meyers Konversations-Lexikon ' or ' was a major encyclopedia in the German language that existed in various editions, and by several titles, from 1839 to 1984, when it merged with the '. Joseph Meyer (1796–1856), who had founded the publishing house in 1826, intended ...

'' 1885–1892, Vol.13, pg.138 * Odila Schütz: "Herrmann Freihold Plüddemann 1809–1868", In: ''Sächsische Heimatblätter'', Jahrgang 1999, Vol.1, pp. 34–40

External links

Biography of Plüddemann
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