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Caspar Wolf (Muri, Aargau, 3 May 1735 – Heidelberg, 6 October 1783) was a Swiss painter, known mostly for his dramatic paintings of the Alps. He was strongly influenced by Albrecht von Haller's poems on the Alps, and the Sturm und Drang movement. After 1773 Wolf mostly painted glaciers, caves, waterfalls and gorges.
Wolf was the son of a furniture maker, who was banned from his city. Wolf was trained in Konstanz, between 1753 and 1759 he worked in Augsburg, Munich, Passau as a decoration painter. Not being able to sell his work he went disappointed back to his home town. For Horben Castle he painted by hand the wallpaper on the first floor. In 1768 Wolf lived in Basel. From 1769 till 1771 he stayed in Paris and worked with Philip James de Loutherbourg. In 1774 he moved to Bern. Wolf made a deal with the local publisher Abraham Wagner who had a geological interest, to deliver 200 paintings. He travelled with Wagner or a minister Jakob Samuel Wyttenbach in Berner Oberland and Wallis. From 1780-1781 he was working in Spa, Cologne, Aix-la-Chapelle and Düsseldorf. He died in poor circumstances in a hospital.
In 1779 his prints were exhibited in Bern but the book failed to sell. Wagner received help from a Swiss army officer in Dutch service and in 1785 thirty aquatints were published in Amsterdam. Till 1948 ninety of these aquatints were exhibited in Keukenhof Castle, but sold. Today these works can be seen in the Kunsthaus in Aarau.
His son Theodor Wolf (1770–1818) was a still life painter.
References
- Willi Raeber (1979) Caspar Wolf 1735-1783. Sein Leben und sein Werk. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Schweizer Malerei des 18. Jahrhunderts.
- G. Jaspers (2009) Kunst, natuur en techniek op en rond kasteel Keukenhof
External links
- Pictures and texts of Collection de vues remarquables des Alpes de la Suisse and of Merkwürdige Prospekte aus den Schweizer-gebürgen und derselben Beschreibung by Caspar Wolf can be found in the database VIATIMAGES.
- Paintings (in German)
- Paintings with commentary (muricultur.ch) (in German)
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[de] Caspar Wolf
Caspar Goar Wolf (* 3. Mai 1735 in Muri AG; † 6. Oktober 1783 in Heidelberg[1]) zählt zu den wichtigsten Schweizer Malern der Vorromantik und gilt als Pionier der Hochgebirgsmalerei. Die europäische Kunstwissenschaft schenkt ihm zunehmend Aufmerksamkeit als einem bedeutenden Vertreter der Aufbruchszeit zwischen Aufklärung und Romantik.[2]- [en] Caspar Wolf
[es] Caspar Wolf
Caspar Wolf (Muri, 3 de mayo de 1735 - Heidelberg, 6 de octubre de 1798) fue un pintor romántico suizo. Destacó en la pintura de paisaje, donde expresó con intensidad el sentido romántico de lo pintoresco. Sus obras suelen situarse en la montaña -generalmente los Alpes-, en grandes cumbres nevadas, representadas de modo casi topográfico, en vistas panorámicas con perspectivas forzadas, grandilocuentes, que dan al espectador sensación de vértigo, provocando ese aire de sobrecogimiento que describía la estética de lo sublime. Entre sus obras destaca El puente del demonio en Schöllenen (1777).[fr] Caspar Wolf
Caspar Wolf, né le 3 mai 1735 à Muri et mort le 6 octobre 1783 à Heidelberg, est un peintre suisse.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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