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JOHANN WILHELM KRAFFT
(1808 Berlin - after 1850 Vienna)
Portrait of a Young Man
Graphite, 238 -240 x 164 -166 mm
Signed at the bottom right: “Wilh. Krafft / Düsseldorf im Septbr.
1836.”
Well preserved
Krafft was a pupil of the portrait painter Wilhelm Ternite (1786
-1871) at the Academy in Berlin, who considered him as one of his
best pupils. In 1834 he went to Düsseldorf to continue his studies
under Wilhelm von Schadow (1788 – 1862).
Most likely he left Düsseldorf for Vienna in 1850. He often
exhibited in the Akademische Kunstausstellung Berlin and was
mentioned in the catalogues for the following years: 1828 page 68;
1830 page 32; 1832 page 31; 1836 page 120; 1844 page 47.
General literature:
Andreas Wartmann: Studien zur Bildnismalerei der Düsseldorfer
Malerschule (1826–1876. Uni Press Hochschulschriften Band 80. Lit
Verlag, Münster 1996.
Bettina Baumgärtel (Hrsg.), Die Düsseldorfer Malerschule 1819 -1918
Ausstellungskatalog 2. Bände Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011 |
