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August Friedrich Carl von Brandis (12 May 1859 in Berlin-Haselhorst - 18 October 1947 in Aachen) was a German impressionist painter, best known for his interiors. He painted Aachen Cathedral in several works.

August von Brandis
Born	(1859-05-12)12 May 1859 Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	19 October 1947(1947-10-19) (aged 88) Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Resting place	Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Nationality	German
Alma mater	Prussian Academy of Arts, Berlin
Known for	Painting
Movement	Impressionism
Spouse(s)	Bertha von der Kuhlen ​ ​ (m. 1876)​
Awards	Gold Medal for Art by the Emperor Wilhelm II, Gold Medal of the Glaspalast Exhibition in Munich
Elected	Dean of the RWTH Aachen

Biography

August von Brandis came from the old noble family of Brandis from Alfeld an der Leine. Brandis attended the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin where he was taught by Hugo Vogel and Anton von Werner.

From 1884 he taught art at the Technical University of Gdansk, where he became a professor in 1904. Brandis worked together with Adolf Hölzel at his painting school "Neu-Dachau" and was a member of the Künstlerkolonie Dachau (artists’ colony of Dachau). Originally being an artist of historism in Dachau Brandis changed his style to impressionism. He received in 1910 and 1911 Gold Medal for Art by the Emperor Wilhelm II. at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition and 1911, and the Gold Medal of the Art Exhibition in Munich.

In 1909 he succeeded Alexander Frenz at the Faculty of Architecture of the RWTH Aachen as a full "professor of figure and landscape painting", and became dean in 1929.[1] In Aachen Brandis had his most successful and creative years. In Kaldenkirchen his parents-in-law had a house with a large garden, August von Brandis spent many time in the Rokoko pavilion.

He died in 1947 and was interred at the Waldfriedhof à Aachen.

Notes

Further reading

• Hammer, Wolfgang; Petzold, Andreas: August von Brandis 1859–1949, Monschau/Aachen, 1999.

External links

• Literature by and about August von Brandis in the German National Library catalogue

На других языках

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[de] August von Brandis

August (Friedrich Carl) von Brandis (* 12. Mai 1859 in Haselhorst; † 18. Oktober 1947 in Aachen) war ein deutscher Maler und Zeichner. Er gilt als wichtigster Interieurmaler des deutschen Impressionismus[1] und genoss bereits zu Lebzeiten hohes internationales Ansehen.

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- [en] August von Brandis

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[fr] August von Brandis

August Friedrich Carl von Brandis dit August von Brandis (né le 12 mai 1859 à Berlin-Haselhorst en royaume de Prusse - mort le 18 octobre 1947 à Aix-la-Chapelle en Allemagne) est un artiste-peintre allemand.

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[it] August von Brandis

August Friedrich Carl von Brandis (Berlin-Haselhorst, 12 maggio 1859 – Aquisgrana, 18º ottobre 1947) è stato un pittore tedesco.

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