Christian Köhler (13 October 1809, Werben - 30 January 1861, Montpellier) was a German painter, associated with the Düsseldorfer Malerschule, although his style owes much to the Nazarene movement.

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Life and work

While working as a groom for the writer, Heinrich Clauren, he became acquainted with the painter, Friedrich Wilhelm von Schadow.[1] When Schadow moved from Berlin to Düsseldorf, he followed and became one of his private students. In 1827, he enrolled at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where he progressed to the master classes by 1837. That same year, he participated in the exhibition at the Palais Brühl [de] that established the "Düsseldorfer Schule".[1]

In 1851, he took part in a major exhibition at the Salon des Bruxelles [fr].[1] From 1852, he was a Professor and assistant to Theodor Hildebrandt at the Kunstakademie; succeeding him as head of the Antikensaals (antiquities collection) in 1855, when Hildebrandt became too ill to work. During the school year of 1859/60, he became ill himself and went to Southern France, seeking a cure. He died there the following year.

He was a member of the progressive artists' association, Malkasten. His well known students include Heinrich von Angeli, Carl Hertel, Olaf Isaachsen, Vincent Stoltenberg Lerche, Zdzisław Suchodolski and Fredrik Wohlfahrt [de].[1] Many of his works were reproduced as engravings or lithographs.

References

Further reading

• Moritz Blanckarts (1882), "Köhler, Christian", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) (in German), vol. 16, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 438–439
• "Köhler, Christian". In: Friedrich von Boetticher: Malerwerke des 19. Jahrhunderts. Beitrag zur Kunstgeschichte. Vols. 1/2, Heideck–Mayer, 1895, pp. 724–725 (Online)
• Hans Vollmer, "Köhler, Christian", In: Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker (Eds.), Vol.21, Knip–Krüger, E. A. Seemann, 1923
• Wend von Kalnein: Die Düsseldorfer Malerschule. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1979, pg. 365 f. ISBN 3-8053-0409-9

External links

Media related to Christian Köhler at Wikimedia Commons

На других языках

[de] Christian Köhler (Maler)

[fr] Christian Köhler