Theodor Groll

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Theodor Groll

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[]

Group leaders of the Malkasten-Redoute in 1912, from left to right: Theodor Groll, , , architect Thilo Schneider, , , Carl Murdfield, Fritz von Wille

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  [de]. 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  [de],  [de], Carl Ernst Bernhard Jutz, Gustav Rutz, Emil Schultz-Riga and others in Düsseldorf.[2][3] Groll was a member of the  [de] and the Malkasten,[4] which he served as chairman for several years. Groll died in Düsseldorf at age 56.[5][6]

Work[]

Washington Street (Indianapolis At Dusk) – abendliche Straßenszene in Indianapolis vor dem alten Marion County Courthouse, 1893

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[]

  1. ^ Friedrich Noack: Das Deutschtum in Rom seit dem Ausgang des Mittelalters. Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, Stuttgart 1927, vol. 2, p. 220
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Magdalena M. Moeller: Der Sonderbund. Seine Voraussetzungen und Anfänge in Düsseldorf. Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 1984, ISBN 978-3-79270-798-2, p. 28
  4. ^ Bestandsliste des Künstlervereins Malkasten, retrieved 16 September 2021
  5. ^  [de]. Verlag F. Bruckmann, Band 30, Munich 1914, p. XIV
  6. ^ Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst. Verlag E. A. Seemann, vol. 48, Leipzig 1913, p. CCXLV
  7. ^ Bettina Baumgärtel: Markt in Verona, um 1891. In Bettina Baumgärtel (ed.), vol. 2, p. 369 (Katalog-Nr. 309)
  8. ^ Christiane Fricke: Russen liefern sich aufregende Bietgefechte. Artikel vom 22. November 2013 on handelsblatt.com, retrieved 16 September 2021
  9. ^ 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)
  10. ^ Düsseldorfer Malerschule, Werkliste 2011 (PDF)
  11. ^ 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
  12. ^ [Theodor Groll: Auf einer Straße vor Florenz]. Portal gemaelde-koers.de, retrieved 16 September 2021

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