THE PRUSSIAN GEOSCIENTIST, ENGINEER AND PAINTER AUGUST VON HEYDEN (1827–1897): AN ARTISTIC CHRONICLER OF THE WORLD OF MINING DURING THE MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY
| Autor: | Barbara A. R. Mohr |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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| Zdroj: | Earth Sciences History. 37:403-415 |
| ISSN: | 1944-6187 0736-623X |
| DOI: | 10.17704/1944-6178-37.2.403 |
| Popis: | August von Heyden's (1827–1897) life was exceptional in several ways. His first career as a geologist and mining engineer gave him inspirations for his second career as a painter. Partly he found the themes for his oeuvre in his immediate surrounding, namely in- and outside of mines, which made him a chronicler of mining activities for his times. The work of this Prussian painter was highly appreciated during the last third of the nineteenth century, also known as the Wilhelminian era. Today his book illustrations, paintings and frescos are usually seen as those of an artist of late romanticism and realism based on some of the mythological scenes and the ‘glory of the Middle Age’ which he depicted on canvas. His paintings have received little attention from art historians, even though he might be considered to have been the forerunner of several different styles that were in vogue during the first third of the twentieth century. Nevertheless, his unusual abilities to catch moments of everyday life in his drawings are very refreshing. |
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