Theodor Groll
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Theodor Groll, also Theodor Groll the younger (9 February 1857 – 2 April 1913 was a German genre, landscape and architect painter of the Düsseldorf school of painting.
Life[]
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Groll was born in Düsseldorf as the son of a glove maker and writer Theodor Groll (b. 1831). In 1878, he completed his school education at the . He then attended the Berlin Bauakademie, where he graduated as master builder. He later changed his discipline and became a private pupil of the Düsseldorf landscape and veduta painter Caspar Scheuren. Groll undertook numerous study trips, several times to Italy. In April 1890 he visited Rome.[1] From 1892, he stayed in the U.S. for several years. In 1893, he was a judge at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. In 1896, he travelled through southern and central German cities. In 1904, Groll founded the November Group together with the painters , , Carl Ernst Bernhard Jutz, Gustav Rutz, Emil Schultz-Riga and others in Düsseldorf.[2][3] Groll was a member of the and the Malkasten,[4] which he served as chairman for several years. Groll died in Düsseldorf at age 56.[5][6]
Work[]
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Groll made a special name for himself with his fine, detailed architectural painting. Besides Oswald Achenbach, Albert Flamm and others he belongs to the "Italian painters" of the Düsseldorf School.[7] At an international art auction in 2013, Groll's Afternoon in Venice was sold for 58,750 euro.[8]
- Pompei (Blick zum Apollo-Tempel), 1891, Volmer Foundation Collection.[9]
- Markt in Verona, ca. 1891, Museum Kunstpalast.[10]
- Washington Street (Indianapolis At Dusk), Indianapolis Museum of Art[11]
- Auf einer Straße vor Florenz, 1899.[12]
- Titusbogen im Forum Romanum in Rom, 1900
- Riva am Gardasee
- Die Burg Sirmione am Gardasee, 1902
- Schloss Benrath (Blick auf das Corps de Logis)
- Piazza del Campo (Siena), 1906
- Nachmittag in Venedig, 1907
- Venedig (Die Portal della Carta zwischen San Marco und dem Dogenpalast), 1907
- Venezianischer Palazzo
References[]
- ^ Friedrich Noack: Das Deutschtum in Rom seit dem Ausgang des Mittelalters. Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, Stuttgart 1927, vol. 2, p. 220
- ^ Bettina Baumgärtel: Chronik der Düsseldorfer Malerschule 1815–2011. In Bettina Baumgärtel (ed.): Die Düsseldorfer Malerschule und ihre internationale Ausstrahlung 1819–1918. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9, vol. 1, p. 375
- ^ Magdalena M. Moeller: Der Sonderbund. Seine Voraussetzungen und Anfänge in Düsseldorf. Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 1984, ISBN 978-3-79270-798-2, p. 28
- ^ Bestandsliste des Künstlervereins Malkasten, retrieved 16 September 2021
- ^ . Verlag F. Bruckmann, Band 30, Munich 1914, p. XIV
- ^ Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst. Verlag E. A. Seemann, vol. 48, Leipzig 1913, p. CCXLV
- ^ Bettina Baumgärtel: Markt in Verona, um 1891. In Bettina Baumgärtel (ed.), vol. 2, p. 369 (Katalog-Nr. 309)
- ^ Christiane Fricke: Russen liefern sich aufregende Bietgefechte. Artikel vom 22. November 2013 on handelsblatt.com, retrieved 16 September 2021
- ^ Peter Heslin: The Museum of Augustus. The Temple of Augustus in Pompeii, the Portico of Philippus in Rome and Latin Poetry. Getty Publications, Los Angeles 2015, ISBN 978-1-60606-421-4, p. 136, foot note 8 (Google Books)
- ^ Düsseldorfer Malerschule, Werkliste 2011 (PDF)
- ^ In 1893 Groll visited the World’s Columbian Exposition and took the opportunity to visit relatives in Indianapolis. Washington Street, Indianapolis At Dusk. Portal collection.imamuseum.org, retrieved 16 September 2021
- ^ [Theodor Groll: Auf einer Straße vor Florenz]. Portal gemaelde-koers.de, retrieved 16 September 2021
Further reading[]
- Groll, Theodor. In Ulrich Thieme, Fred. C. Willis (ed.): Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. BCreated by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. Vol. 15: Gresse–Hanselmann. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1922, p. 79 (Textarchiv – Internet Archive)
- Galerie G. Paffrath: Theodor Groll. Sonderausstellung Juni–August 1968. Düsseldorf 1968.
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- 19th-century German painters
- 19th-century male artists
- 20th-century German painters
- 20th-century male artists
- German landscape painters
- German genre painters
- 1857 births
- 1913 deaths
- Artists from Düsseldorf