Carl Theodor Reiffenstein
Paintings
Frankfurt am Main, Cronstetten Stift, Kranichhof
Frankfurt am Main, Eschenheim Gate
Frankfurt am Main, Eschenheim tower and city wall
Frankfurt am Main, forest house Oberschweinstiege , Stumpfenbrunnen
Frankfurt am Main, Goethe's birthplace , view from the rear windows
Frankfurt am Main, Goethe's birthplace before the conversion
Frankfurt am Main, Graal (Alte Mainzer Gasse 15)
Frankfurt am Main, Grimmvogel (Liebfrauenberg 39, Neue Kräme 34)
Frankfurt am Main, Hammelsgasse 21
Frankfurt am Main, House »Zum Fürsteneck«
Frankfurt am Main, House Ochsenstein (Großer Hirschgraben)
Frankfurt am Main, House Schönemann (Großer Kornmarkt 15)
Frankfurt am Main, Hühnermarkt, House Tante Melber
Frankfurt am Main, Johanniterhof
Frankfurt am Main, Judengasse, Hochzeithaus
Frankfurt am Main, Judengasse, yard
Frankfurt am Main, Judengasse, grocer
Frankfurt am Main, Konstabler Wache next to the Zeughaus
Frankfurt am Main, Kruggasse 11/13
Frankfurt am Main, sexton apartment in front of the south portal of the cathedral
Frankfurt am Main, Leonhardskirche , northern wall of the nave
Frankfurt am Main, Markt 4, Patio (Kleiner Rebstock)
Frankfurt am Main, Markt, Schirn
Frankfurt am Main, Neue Kräme 15, Große Sandgasse 2
Frankfurt am Main, Rahmhof, Urban hippodrome , Taubenhof and Kastenhospitalhof
Frankfurt am Main, Sachsenhausen, Dreikönigsstraße 2, Fuhrmannswirtschaftshof »Zur Blume«
Frankfurt am Main, Sachsenhausen, Fruchtpförtchen in the Löhergasse, view through to the Dom
Frankfurt am Main, Sachsenhausen, Müllermain, Mühlen and Alte Brücke
Frankfurt am Main, Sachsenhausen, Oberpförtchen in the Löhergasse,view through to the Dom
Frankfurt am Main, Sachsenhausen, Ulrichstein am Schaumaintor, Lindenallee
Frankfurt am Main, Schlesinger Gasse, rectory
Frankfurt am Main, Steinernes Haus (Markt 44)
Frankfurt am Main, Trierscher Hof
Frankfurt am Main, orphanage on the Klapperfeld from the Wall to the Friedberger Gate
Frankfurt am Main, Wedel (Neue Kräme 1)
Frankfurt am Main, Wildemannsgasse, Small courtyard
Frankfurt am Main, Zwinger at the Eschenheimer Gate
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Carl Theodor Reiffenstein (12 January 1820, Frankfurt - 6 December 1893, Frankfurt) was a German landscape and architecture painter who created an invaluable historical record of Frankfurt. His father was a brewer and he grew up in a part of the city that largely retained its Medieval character.
His father wanted Carl to take his place as proprietor of the family tavern, but Carl displayed a precocious interest in art, so a live-in drawing tutor was obtained. In 1828, he and his teacher took a trip around Hofheim, Lorsbach and Eppstein. Reiffenstein would later declare that trip to be the most important factor in determining the direction of his career. By 1830, he was already sufficiently advanced to gain paid employment, hand coloring lithographs and prints.
He continued his studies with several other teachers and taught himself from books. At the age of thirteen, with his father's permission, he enrolled at the Städelschule under Friedrich Maximilian Hessemer. Initially, he planned to become an architect but found that he was more interested in Hessemer's architectural drawings so he switched to painting, with Heinrich von Rustige as instructor. When he left the school in 1846, he engaged in several study trips, ranging from ParisParis to Bohemia and Italy.
It is difficult to make a full assessment of his surviving works, as they are widely dispersed in private collections. His known works number over 2,000 (mostly watercolors). It is estimated that if one includes study sheets, sketches etc., that the number would exceed 10,000. The Städelschule alone possesses forty-three volumes of study sheets.
As early as the 1830s, the character of the Altstadt in Frankfurt had begun to change, largely due to what were intended as hygienic improvements. Beginning in the 1850s, he would wander through the area making sketches; sometimes only days before the buildings were razed to make way for new structures or streets. When he was too late, he would make use of every possible resource to reconstruct the scene. He compiled a seven volume work with over 1,600 images and 2,600 pages of extensive notes on architectural details, suspected changes, owners and the age of buildings throughout the Altstadt. These volumes were bequeathed to the Historical Museum and have yet to be fully published, although many of the images have been used; notably in an edition of Goethe's Dichtung und Wahrheit.
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