Friedrich wilhelm schadow biography of martin lewis

He was born in Berlin , the second son of the sculptor Johann Gottfried Schadow , [ 1 ] who gave him his first lessons in drawing. He then turned to painting, and was instructed by Weitsch. In Schadow served as a soldier. In he traveled with his elder brother Rudolph to Rome where he became one of the leading painters of the Nazarene movement.

Following the example of Johann Friedrich Overbeck and others, Schadow, originally a Lutheran, joined the Roman Catholic Church , and held that an artist must believe and live out the truths he essays to paint.

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The sequel showed that Schadow was qualified to shine more as a teacher and mentor than as a painter. In Rome, Schadow was given one of his first major commissions when the Prussian Consul-General, General Jakob Salomon Bartholdy , befriended the young painter, and asked him and three young compatriots Peter von Cornelius , Johann Friedrich Overbeck and Philipp Veit to decorate in fresco a room in his house on the Pincian Hill.

The overall theme selected was the story of Joseph and his brethren, and two scenes, the Bloody Coat and Joseph in Prison , were conferred on Schadow. In , Schadow was appointed professor in the prestigious Berlin Academy of the Arts , and his ability and thorough training gained many devoted disciples. It was during this period that Schadow developed his paintings for churches.

One of his famous students, Heinrich Mucke , carried on the liturgical art with emphasis both in painting and frescoes. The painting of the Wise and Foolish Virgins , considered one of his masterworks, was commissioned in Schadow's fame rests less on his own artistic creations than on the school he formed. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk.