Joseph Firmenich
Joseph Firmenich (also spelt Josef Firmenich) (1821–1891) was a German painter. Firmenich was born in 1821 in Cologne and died in 1891 in Berlin.[1] According to art historian Gustav Ebe, Firmenich was an autodidact who was a court painter in the Grand Duchy of Hesse, and painted natural landscapes from Tyrol and other regions.[1] Other sources say that Firmenich was a student of Simon Meister.[2] While visiting France, he once entered into a wager (worth a few champagne bottles and witnesses by artists) that German painters could paint more accurately than French painters. Firmenich painted an oak tree within an hour and won the challenge.[3][4][5]
- Paintings by Joseph Firmenich
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A Southern Landscape with Palms in the Evening Light (1878) -
Alte Deutsche Kaisereiche (1882) -
Quelle der heiligen Rosalia Palermo (1884)
References[edit]
- ^ a b Ebe, Gustav (1898). Der deutsche Cicerone: Malerei deutsche Schulen (in German). O. Spamer. p. 377.
- ^ Firmenich, Joseph. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford University Press. 2011-10-31. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00064563.
- ^ Rainold, Carl Eduard (1859). Erinnerungen an merkwürdige Gegenstände und Begebenheiten, verbunden mit erheiternden Erzählungen. Hrsg. von K. E. Rainold (in German). Haase.
- ^ Nordböhmischer Gebirgsbote: Nebenblatt der Rumburger Zeitung (in German). H. Pfeifer. 1858.
- ^ Würzburger Stadt- und Landbote: allgemeiner Anzeiger für Würzburg und Umgebung. 1859,1/6 (in German). Pschiebel. 1859.
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