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Carl Peter Burnitz (14 January 1824,
Polytechnic House, formerly the Burnitz House, Untermainanlage 5, Frankfurt
/ref> Most of his paintings are in private collections, as is the case with a majority of the artists who worked at Kronberg.
Dissertation,
ArtNet: Five pages of paintings by Burnitz
{{DEFAULTSORT:Burnitz, Peter 1824 births 1886 deaths German landscape painters Burials at Frankfurt Main Cemetery 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters
Carl Peter Burnitz (14 January 1824, Frankfurt
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- 18 August 1886, Frankfurt) was a German landscape painter who began as a lawyer.
Life and work
He became an orphan at the age of nine and was placed under the care of his uncle, the architect Rudolf Burnitz. After graduating from the local schools, he entered theUniversity of Berlin
The Humboldt University of Berlin (, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin, Germany.
The university was established by Frederick William III on the initiative of Wilhelm von Humbol ...
, where he studied law. In 1844, he moved to the University of Göttingen
The University of Göttingen, officially the Georg August University of Göttingen (, commonly referred to as Georgia Augusta), is a Public university, public research university in the city of Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany. Founded in 1734 ...
, then to the University of Heidelberg
Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg (; ), is a public university, public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1386 on instruction of Pope Urban VI, Heidelberg is List ...
where he received his ''Doktor Juris'' (Doctor of Law) degree in 1847.
That summer, he began an extensive tour of Rome, Naples and Palermo. He returned to Frankfurt in 1849, briefly practicing law but, feeling dissatisfied with the legal profession and inspired by what he had seen in Italy, he took another trip in 1852, visiting Algiers
Algiers is the capital city of Algeria as well as the capital of the Algiers Province; it extends over many Communes of Algeria, communes without having its own separate governing body. With 2,988,145 residents in 2008Census 14 April 2008: Offi ...
and Madrid. There he met the painter Fritz Bamberger who suggested that Burnitz go to Paris to study art. With Bamberger's recommendation, he made contact with the lithographer Karl Bodmer
Johann Carl Bodmer (11 February 1809 – 30 October 1893) was a Switzerland, Swiss-France, French printmaker, etcher, lithographer, zinc engraver, draftsman, draughtsman, painter, illustrator, and hunter. Known as Karl Bodmer in literature and p ...
, who introduced him to the Barbizon School. He soon began studying with Emile Lambinet.
In 1857, he returned to Frankfurt where he made friends with Anton Burger
Anton "Toni" Burger (19 November 1911 – 25 December 1991) was a (Captain) in the German Nazi SS, in Greece (1944) and of Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Military career
Anton Burger was born in Neunkirchen, Austria, the son of a statio ...
and Jakob Fürchtegott Dielmann
Jakob Fürchtegott Dielmann (9 September 1809, Frankfurt - 30 May 1885, Frankfurt) was a German illustrator, genre and landscape painter. He was also one of the co-founders of the Artists' Colony at Kronberg.
Life
He was the son of a garde ...
, who convinced him to live at the art colony in Kronberg
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. By 1878, he was successful enough to purchase a large, multi-story home in Frankfurt. However, following a common custom among the newly rich, he never lived there himself. Instead, it became the residence of fellow artist Eduard von Steinle
Eduard von Steinle (2 July 1810 – 19 September 1886) was a painter and a printmaker. He was born in 1810 in Vienna, Austria and died in 1886 in Frankfurt, Germany
Frankfurt am Main () is the most populous city in the German state o ...
./ref> Most of his paintings are in private collections, as is the case with a majority of the artists who worked at Kronberg.
References
Further reading
* * F. Fried: ''Peter Burnitz, ein Frankfurter Meister.'' In: ''Frankfurter Zeitung.'' Nr. 276 of 6 October 1900. * Leopold LevisDissertation,
Johann Wolfgang Goethe University
Goethe University Frankfurt () is a public research university located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was founded in 1914 as a citizens' university, which means it was founded and funded by the wealthy and active liberal citizenry of Frankfurt ...
, Frankfurt (1937)
External links
ArtNet: Five pages of paintings by Burnitz
{{DEFAULTSORT:Burnitz, Peter 1824 births 1886 deaths German landscape painters Burials at Frankfurt Main Cemetery 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters