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Oskar Begas (31 July 1828 in Berlin – 10 November 1883 in Berlin) was a German portrait and history painter.[1]

This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (October 2022)

Life and career

He took his first lessons from his father, the well-known painter Carl Joseph Begas, and began by doing portraits of his family. He was soon collaborating on works with his father and, at the age of thirteen, received his first commission. Later, at the Prussian Academy of Arts, he specialized in history painting. From 1849 to 1850, he studied at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts under Eduard Bendemann. He lived in Italy on a scholarship for two years, from 1852 to 1854.[1]

He returned to Berlin after his father's death, completing an unfinished series of portraits depicting Knights who had received the Pour le Mérite.[1] Afterwards, he received many of his own commissions from King Friedrich Wilhelm IV, producing portraits of Heinrich Friedrich Link, August Böckh, Johannes von Müller and Johann Lukas Schönlein, among others. In 1866, he was named a Professor at the Academy, remaining in demand and exhibiting widely. Toward the end of his life, he concentrated on landscapes. Since his death, his style has come to be considered rather formulaic.

He also did some decorative work, including lunettes in the Rotes Rathaus and small murals in the ballroom of the Kaisergallerie (a sort of early shopping mall) on Unter den Linden. Little of these remains, however. A detailed diary he kept from 1843 to 1848 has been of great use to cultural historians. The three-volume manuscript is in the collection of the Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin.

His brother Adalbert was also a painter. His brothers Karl and Reinhold were both sculptors.

References

Further reading

• Irmgard Wirth: Berliner Malerei im 19. Jahrhundert. Siedler Verlag, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-572-10011-9, S. 328.
• Stadtmuseum Berlin/Berlin-Museum/Märkisches Museum: Gemälde I,1: 16.-19. Jahrhundert. Verzeichnis der Bestände des künftigen Stadtmuseum Berlin. Mit einem kritischen Katalog der Gemälde des Berlin Museums, edited by Sabine Beneke and Sybille Gramlich, Berlin 1994.

External links

Media related to Oskar Begas at Wikimedia Commons

На других языках

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[de] Oscar Begas

Hiob Carl Oscar Begas, auch Oskar Begas (* 31. Juli 1828 in Berlin; † 10. November 1883 Berlin) war ein deutscher Porträt- und Historienmaler. Der älteste Sohn von Carl Joseph Begas gen. „der Ältere“ und Bruder von Reinhold Begas, Adalbert Begas sowie Carl Begas d. J. gelangte insbesondere in der höfischen und bürgerlichen Porträtmalerei zu hohem Ansehen und Anerkennung. Nach seinem Tod geriet er wie viele akademisch geprägte Künstler seiner Generation bald in Vergessenheit. Das Grab von Oscar Begas, seiner Frau Marie-Elise geb. Beerend und seiner Kinder befindet sich auf dem Alten Friedhof Wannsee.

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- [en] Oskar Begas

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[es] Oskar Begas

Oskar Begas (31 de julio de 1828 en Berlín - 10 de noviembre de 1883 en Berlín) fue un pintor alemán de retratos y temas históricos.[1]

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[fr] Oscar Begas

Hiob Carl Oscar Begas (ou Oskar Begas), né le 31 juillet 1828 à Berlin et mort le 10 novembre 1883 à Berlin, est un peintre prussien de portrait et d'histoire[1].

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[ru] Бегас, Оскар

Хиоб Карл Оскар Бегас (нем. Oskar Begas; 31 июля 1828, Берлин — 10 ноября 1883, Берлин) — немецкий художник-портретист, историк, педагог. Сын художника Карла Бегаса. Брат скульпторов и художников Карла, Рейнгольда и Адальберта.

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