Plüddemann, Hermann |
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BORN 17 Jul 1809, Kolberg, Westpommern - DIED 24 Jun 1868, Dresden, Sachsen BIRTH NAME Plüddemann, Hermann Freihold GRAVE LOCATION Dresden, Sachsen: Alter Annenfriedhof, Chemnitzer Strasse 32 (W 219) |
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Hermann Plüdemann was born into a family of ship owners from Kolberg. He studied with Carl Sieg in Magdeburg, Carl Joseph Begas in Berlin and Friedrich Wilhelm von Schadow in Düsseldorf (in 1831). From 1832 he exhibited in Düsseldorf. For the garden hall of Castle Heltorf he created a monumental frescoe, "Die Erstürmung von Ikonium" ("The Storming of Iconium") (1840/1841), based on a model by Carl Friedrich Lessing. In 1846 he moved to Dresden where he continued his career as a history painter and an illustrator. His letters from his travels to Italy and Switzerland have been preserved and are of cultural interest. Work: "Der Tod Friedrich Barbarossas" (1846); Heinrich IV. in Canossa (1863); Luther auf dem Reichstag in Worms (1864). Related persons • was pupil of Schadow-Godenhaus, Wilhelm von |
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 The grave of Hermann Freihold Plüddemann at the Alter Annenfriedhof, Dresden. Picture by Androom (06 Aug 2016) |
 The grave of Hermann Freihold Plüddemann at the Alter Annenfriedhof, Dresden. Picture by Androom (06 Aug 2016) |
Sources • Hermann Plüddemann - Wikipedia (DE) |
