元藝術畫廊~歐洲油畫.瓷器.水晶.雕塑

Title / 創作名稱   ：Portrait of an old man  / 肖像 

Artist / 藝術家   ：Wilhelm Lindenschmit  /  德國  1806.3.9~1848.3.12

Signature / 簽名 ：Lower right / 右下方  WL

Media / 媒材     ：Oil on board / 油彩 紙板

Size / 尺寸       ：28 by 33.5 cm / 28 x 33.5cm

Condition / 狀況 ：Good / 良好 

Provenance / 收藏歷史：Private collection Germany  / 私人收藏 德國

Biography / 傳記 ：

Wilhelm Lindenschmit (the Elder) (March 9, 1806 - March 12, 1848) was a history painter who was born in Mainz. He was an older brother to prehistorian Ludwig Lindenschmit (1809-1893), and father to history painter Wilhelm Lindenschmit the Younger (1829-1895).

Lindenschmidt studied art in the academies at Munich and Vienna, and in 1826 returned to Munich as an assistant to Peter von Cornelius (1783-1867). He performed a series of frescos at the Castle of Hohenschwangau.

In 1830 he finished work on the fresco Die Bauernschlacht von Sendling 1705 (The Farmer's Battle of Sendling 1705) on the outer wall of the old parish church of St. Margaret in Sendling. Later in his career, he painted a series of frescos at the ducal castle of Lantlsberg regarding the history of the House of Wettin.

Lindenschmit also painted in oils, several of which are presently in galleries in Karlsruhe, Munich, Mainz and Leipzig. These include Schlacht des Arminius (Battle of Arminius) and Einzug Ottos des Großen in das befreite Augsburg am Abend nach dem Sieg auf dem Lechfeld (Entry of Otto the Great into Augsburg after Victory at the Lechfeld. In 1848 he was commissioned as court painter at Meiningen, but died soon afterwards at the age of 42.

Lindenschmidt出生於德國美因茲，是一位歷史畫家，其弟Ludwig Lindenschmit為史前文化學家，其子亦為歷史畫家。Lindenschmidt在慕尼黑和維也納的學院學習藝術，並在1826回到慕尼黑當Peter von Cornelius (1783-1867)的助理。

生平的重要大型創作很多，例如他在德國南部巴伐利亞的小鎮Hohenschwangau城堡完成了一系列的壁畫。1830年他完成了在慕尼黑自治區Sendling聖瑪格麗特老教區外牆的壁畫Die Bauernschlacht von Sendling 1705 (The Farmer's Battle of Sendling 1705)。創作的後期在Lantlsberg公爵的城堡完成了一系列關於薩克森大公國Wettin皇族歷史的壁畫。

    Lindenschmit也有油畫的創作，有好些作品展示在卡爾斯魯厄、慕尼黑、美因茲和萊比錫的畫廊。其中包括兩幅著名歷史畫：Schlacht des Arminius (Battle of Arminius) Arminius戰役【該役為早期德國部落酋長成功擊潰羅馬大軍】以及Einzug Ottos des Großen in das befreite Augsburg am Abend nach dem Sieg auf dem Lechfeld (Entry of Otto the Great into Augsburg after Victory at the Lechfeld. )奧圖大帝在Lechfeld戰爭大捷後進入奧格斯堡。【再一次建立了神聖羅馬帝國】 在1848年他被委任當邁寧根的宮廷畫家，為大英帝國的威廉四世作畫，但是在42歲不久之後死了。

Auction / 拍賣流通狀況：數量/公司/國家

Watercolor 5

Painting   7

Karl & Faber , Munich

Hartung & Hartung , Munich

Michael Zeller , Lindau

Ketterer , Munich

Palais Dorotheum , Wien

Wiener Kunstauktionen , Wien

Neumeister , Munich

Neumeister , Munich

Sotheby's , Munich

Hugo Ruef , Munich

Germany, Austria/ 德國 奧地利