Johann Wilhelm Brücke
Paintings
Berlin, looking at the buildings of the former town hall
Berlin, courtyard entrance to the cadet school in the New Friedrichstrasse
Berlin, Opera Square with equestrian statue of Frederick the Great
Berlin, Unter den Linden at the armory, overlooking the Old Museum and the Cathedral
Berlin, Unter den Linden, Kronprinzenpalais
Berlin, Unter den Linden overlooking Kronprinzenpalais
Berlin, Unter den Linden overlooking armory and New Guard
Berlin, Unter den Linden, Stadtpalais of King Ernst August of Hanover
Johann Wilhelm Brücke (4 March 1800, Stralsund - 1 April 1874, Berlin) was a German landscape and architecture painter.
Life
After completing school in Stralsund, he enrolled at the Prussian Academy of the Arts where he studied under Johann Erdmann Hummel. With the financial support of his teacher and a small grant, he went to Rome in 1829. He remained there for almost five years, producing landscapes and vedute of Roman architecture. Upon his return to Berlin, he set himself up as a free-lance artist and regularly took part in major exhibitions at the Academy.
He found his own style early on and his work is easily recognizable from his use of reddish, sunset colors. However, some of his later paintings are reminiscent of the almost photographically realistic work of Eduard Gaertner. His popularity continued after his death, and his works formed part of a major exhibit at the "Jahrhundertausstellung Deutscher Kunst" (Centennial Exhibition of German Art) in 1906.
Sources and Further reading
Gerhard Hansen: Wilhelm Brücke. Galerie unter den Linden, Berlin 1851. (Exhibition catalog)
Irmgard Wirth: Berliner Malerei im 19. Jahrhundert. Siedler Verlag, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-572-10011-9, pg, 195.
Berlin Museum - Stadtbilder. Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung and Verlag Willmuth Arenhövel, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-87584-212-X, pg. 537.
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