Marie Ellenrieder
Marie Ellenrieder | |
|---|---|
 Self portrait, 1818 | |
| Born | 20 March 1791 Konstanz, Germany |
| Died | 5 June 1863 (aged 72) Konstanz, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Known for | Painting |
Marie Ellenrieder (20 March 1791 – 5 June 1863) was a German painter, known for her portraits and religious paintings.
Life and career
[edit]Ellenrieder was born in Konstanz, Germany in 1791, the daughter of Konrad and Anna Maria Herrmann, and the granddaughter of Franz Ludwig Herrmann. She was considered to be the most important German woman artist of her time.[1][2][3]
In 1813, she enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts Munich, making her the first woman admitted to an art academy in Germany.[4][5] She thus paved the way for many other women to train professionally as artists at the Munich Academy.[4][5] She studied there under the miniature painter Joseph Einsle.[3] Her early portraits were similar in style to those of Angelica Kauffman and had a more relaxed naturalism than was usual in German portraiture of the time.[1]
Between 1822 and 1824, during a study trip in Rome, Ellenrieder met the Nazarenes and became a disciple of Johann Friedrich Overbeck. The Nazarenes' objective was to lead a renewal of religious art in the spirit of the Italian Renaissance master Raphael, an ideal Ellenrieder adopted.[1] After this journey, and further influenced by her friend and patron Baron von Wessenberg, she began painting religious images in the style of the Italian Renaissance, including Martyrdom of St. Stephen for the Church of St. Stephen in Karlsruhe in 1828.[6][7] In 1829, she became court painter to Grand Duchess Sophie of Baden.[3][5][7]
Ellenrieder returned to her home town in the 1840s and continued producing religious images.[7] Her two paintings Der 12 jährige Jesus im Tempel / The 12 year old Jesus in the Temple of 1849 (oil on canvas, 203,2 x 139,7 cm) and Hl Felicitas und ihre sieben Söhne / Holy Felicitas and her Seven Sons of 1847 (oil on canvas, 127 x 177,8 cm) were acquired by Queen Victoria, who had been introduced to her work by the Prince Consort, who in turn had encountered the artist on his travels to Rome. They are now part of the Royal Collection in Osborne House.[8][3]
She also taught painting, one of her notable students was Caroline Mezger.[9][10] She died in her home town of Konstanz in 1863.[7]
The largest collection of the work of Marie Ellenrieder in the United States is held by the Jack Daulton Collection in Los Altos Hills, California.[11][12]
Selected paintings
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Mary and the Infant Jesus -
Jesus Among the Children -
Mary Writing the Magnificat -
Mary with baby Jesus -
Flower-wreathed girl with harp, 1850 -
The baptism of Lydia of Thyatira, 1861 -
Kneeling girl, pouring out a basket of flowers, 1841 -
Three virgins, 1849 -
![Saint Stephen Among the Angels, 1857, oil on mill-board, The Jack Daulton Collection, Los Altos Hills, California[13]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b5/Marie_Ellenrieder%2C_Saint_Stephen%2C_oil_on_board%2C_1857%2C_The_Daulton_Collection.jpg/120px-Marie_Ellenrieder%2C_Saint_Stephen%2C_oil_on_board%2C_1857%2C_The_Daulton_Collection.jpg)
Saint Stephen
Among the Angels, 1857, oil on mill-board, The Jack Daulton Collection, Los Altos Hills, California[13] -
Head of a child, 1833 -
![Portrait of a bearded young man, circa 1817, oil on canvas, The Jack Daulton Collection[14]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Marie_Ellenrieder_Portrait_eines_jungen_Mannes.jpg/250px-Marie_Ellenrieder_Portrait_eines_jungen_Mannes.jpg)
Portrait of a bearded young man, circa 1817, oil on canvas, The Jack Daulton Collection[14] -
![Saint Stephen Among the Angels, 1857, oil on mill-board, The Jack Daulton Collection, Los Altos Hills, California[13]](/wiki/File:Marie_Ellenrieder,_Saint_Stephen,_oil_on_board,_1857,_The_Daulton_Collection.jpg)
![Portrait of a bearded young man, circa 1817, oil on canvas, The Jack Daulton Collection[14]](/wiki/File:Marie_Ellenrieder_Portrait_eines_jungen_Mannes.jpg)
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Buchholz, Elke Linda (2003). Women Artists. New York: Prestel. pp. 58–59. ISBN 9783791329673. OCLC 52947695. OL 3324355M. Retrieved 25 June 2025 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Wood, James, ed. (1920). The Nuttall Encyclopædia, being a concise and comprehensive dictionary of general knowledge (Revised ed.). London: Frederick Warne & Co. p. 220. OCLC 61601104. Retrieved 25 June 2025 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d Schmid, F. Carlo (2024). "'Talent and Untiring Diligence': The Print Legacy of Angelika Kauffmann, Marie Ellenrieder, and Maria Katharina Prestel". In Martinez, Cristina S.; Roman, Cynthia E. (eds.). Female Printmakers, Printsellers, and Print Publishers in the Eighteenth Century: The Imprint of Women, c. 1700–1830. Cambridge University Press. pp. 56–72. doi:10.1017/9781108953535.006. ISBN 978-1-108-95353-5. OCLC 1381733115. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
- ^ a b Conrad, Christin (Autumn 2016). "'Das Bild hat einigen historischen Werth und deshalb wird es vielleicht ausgestellt …' Zum Ausstellungsdebüt Julie Hagens in München: Das Porträt des Freundes und Mentors Moritz Rugendas" [“The picture has some historical value and therefore it may be exhibited…” On Julie Hagen’s exhibition debut in Munich: The portrait of her friend and mentor Moritz Rugendas]. Baltic Journal of Art History (in German). 12: 29. doi:10.12697/BJAH.2016.12.03. ProQuest 1884184201.
Die Münchner Kunstakademie ließ mit Marie Ellenrieder (1791–1863) 1813 die erste Künstlerin in Deutschland zum Studium zu, der schnell weitere folgten, so dass insgesamt circa 50 Frauen an der Münchner Akademie studieren konnten.
[In 1813, the Munich Academy of Fine Arts admitted Marie Ellenrieder (1791–1863), the first female artist in Germany, to study there. Others quickly followed, so that a total of approximately 50 women were able to study at the Munich Academy.] - ^ a b c Facos, Michelle (2011). An Introduction to Nineteenth-Century Art (PDF). Routledge. p. 179. ISBN 9780203833070. OCLC 713021664. Retrieved 25 June 2025 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Mainz, Valerie (1997). "Marie Ellenrieder". In Gaze, Delia (ed.). Dictionary of Women Artists. Vol. 1. London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. pp. 39–43. ISBN 1884964214. OCLC 37693713 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b c d Sutherland Harris, Ann; Nochlin, Linda (1976). Women Artists: 1550-1950. New York: Knopf. p. 51. ISBN 9780394411699. OCLC 2542396. Retrieved 25 June 2025 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Collection: Marie Ellenrieder (1791-1863) - St Felicitas and her Seven Sons". Royal Collection Trust. Archived from the original on 26 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
- ^ von Roda, Hortensia (11 November 2008). "CarolineMezger". Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (in German). Archived from the original on 23 March 2025. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ "Mezger, Caroline". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford University Press. 31 October 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00122122. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ Daulton, Jack. "Self-Portrait as a Teenager making a Self-Portrait". marieellenrieder.com. The Daulton Collection. Archived from the original on 15 August 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
- ^ Daulton, Jack. "About the Collection". The Daulton Collection. Archived from the original on 11 February 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
- ^ "Saint Stephen among the Angels". marieellenrieder.com. The Daulton Collection. Archived from the original on 15 August 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
- ^ "Portrait of a Young Man". marieellenrieder.com. The Daulton Collection. Archived from the original on 24 April 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
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