Карл Фридрих Лессинг Karl Friedrich Lessing биография работы

I greet everyone. We continue to consider the works of artists. Let's get acquainted with their biography. Karl Friedrich Leisinger. German painter and novelist. Representative of the Düsseldorf school. Data from Wikipedia. Leisinger was the grandson of the nephew of the famous poet and playwright, Gotthold Ephraim Leisinger. He was born on February 15, 1808. In the family of a judiciary officer. The childhood of the future artist took place in the idyllic areas of Silesia with its old towns, castles and dense forests. Even in his young years, Leisinger was awakened by love for nature and the history of his home country. At the age of 14, Leisinger went to Berlin, where he studied at Karl Friedrich Schinkel's Academy of Fine Arts. In 1823, without the consent of his parents, he decides to become an artist. In 1823-1826, he studies at the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts. Then, together with his friend Shadov, he enters the Düsseldorf Academy of Fine Arts. The first success came to the young artist in 1825, after writing a painting, Circus Courtyard with Ruins of Snow, which received positive reviews from critics and was successfully sold at the Berlin Exhibition. In the first half of his artistic career, Leisinger painted evangelical and romantic landscapes in the style of Friedrich, as well as paintings for literary and legendary plots. None of his contemporaries could so poetically and romantically express the beauty of German forests and wild rocks of Garz and Aachen. Reproductions of Leisinger's paintings were often printed in many magazines in Germany in the 19th century. Later, he turned to historical themes. In 1832-1867, the artist wrote almost exclusively historical paintings. So, at the request of Count von Spree, Leisinger decorates his castle Hilfort under Düsseldorf with frescoes from the life of Friedrich Barbarossa. Leisinger belonged to the Düsseldorf School of Painting. He was a member of the Berlin Academy since 1832. In 1848, he was awarded the title of Professor by the Russian king Friedrich Wilhelm IV. He was a Cavalier of the Order of the Paule Le Merite in Prussia, as well as many other German and foreign medals and medals, a member of various German and foreign academies and art societies. Leisinger died on June 5, 1880, at the age of 72. So, in short, from the translation Wikipedia about the German painter of romance, a representative of the Düsseldorf School, Karl Friedrich Leisinger. Bye, bye, goodbye, watch the work.