Count Stanislaus Friedrich Ludwig von Kalckreuth (25 December 1820, Kozmin - 25 November 1894,

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) was a German painter who specialized in mountain landscapes.

Biography

He was born into the

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of the

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n nobility with roots in the early 13th century. After completing his primary education at the gymnasium in

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(then Polnisch Lissa), he was briefly a member of a

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. At the age of twenty, he went to

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and became an officer in the

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, but served for only a short time, having decided on a career in art. From 1840 to 1844, he studied with Gustav Wegener, then went to Berlin, where he studied with and

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. In 1845 he married Anna Eleanor Cauer (1829-1881), daughter of the sculptor

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. That same year, he moved again, this time to

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, enrolling at the Kunstakademie and studying with

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from 1846 to 1849. Upon completing the program there, he settled in

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for two years, then returned to Düsseldorf for more lessons with Schirmer until 1853. During these years, he also took study trips to Switzerland, the

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, France and Italy; financed by a government stipend. At the end of his copious studies, King

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named him a Professor. In 1858, he went to

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and was instrumental in creating the Grand-Ducal Saxon Art School; becoming its first Director in 1860 at a grand opening ceremony attended by the King. He quickly devoted himself to establishing a faculty composed of progressive artists. In 1876, he retired and moved to

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, his wife Anna's hometown. In 1883, two years after her death, he moved to Munich, where he died. His son,

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, and daughter,

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also became well-known painters.

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was his great-grandson .

Sources

* Friedrich von Boetticher, "Kalckreuth, Stanislaus, Graf von", In: ''Malerwerke des Neunzehnten Jahrhunderts: Beitrag zur Kunstgeschichte'' Vol.1, Boetticher's Verlag, 1891 pgs.685-68
Online
* * Ralf Weingart, in Hans Paffrath (Ed.): ''Lexikon der Düsseldorfer Malerschule 1819–1918.'' Vol.2: ''Haach–Murtfeldt.'', Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf and the

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. Bruckmann, Munich 1998,

External links

More works by Kalckreuth
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@ Kulturportal West-Ost
''Der Nachlass''
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