August Riedel
{{short description|German painter}}
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File:August_Riedel.jpg (1827)]]
Johann Friedrich Ludwig Heinrich August Riedel (25 December 1799, Bayreuth – 6 August 1883, Rome) was a German painter who spent much of his career in Italy.
Life and work
His father was the architect {{ill|Karl Christian Riedel|de}}. His mother was Marianne Eleonora (née Tretzel). He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, with {{ill|Robert von Langer|de|Robert von Langer (Maler)}}, then went to Dresden, where he was able to copy works by the Old Masters. Their treatment of color had a great influence on his mature works.
In 1823, he was able to visit Italy, where he met many of the German artists associated with the Nazarene movement. From 1828 to 1829, he returned to Italy and stayed in Florence. After three more years in Munich, he settled permanently in Rome; although he travelled extensively and would occasionally return to Germany to fulfill commissions.
He was especially known for his genre scenes and sensitive portraits of women. One of his best known early works is a portrayal of the Biblical figure, Judith, from 1840.
Although he enjoyed great financial success, receiving commissions from members of the German and Italian nobilities, as well as the Kingdom of Bavaria, he outlived his style and came to be seen as old-fashioned as critical tastes turned to Realism. By the time he had grown old, his fame had greatly diminished.
He was a professor at Accademia di San Luca until his death at age eighty-three and was interred at the Protestant Cemetery, Rome. His works may be seen at the Neue Pinakothek in Munich and the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin.
Selected paintings
File:August Riedel - Frauen aus Albano.jpg|Women from Albano
File:August Riedel Judith 1840.jpg|Judith
File:A Mother from Alvito - August Riedel 1848.jpg|A Mother from Alvito
File:Riedel August - Römerin in Albano.jpg|Römerin in Albano
File:August Heinrich Riedel (1799-1883) - Marianna Verettoni - RCIN 403885 - Royal Collection.jpg|Marianna Verettoni
File:August Riedel - Felice Berardi aus Albano - 1842.jpg|Felice Berardi aus Albano
File:Happy mother (Rome, 1840), by August Riedel.jpg|Happy Mother
Sources
- {{Cite ADB|28|517|519|Riedel, August|Hyacinth Holland|ADB:Riedel, August}}
- Georg Kaspar Nagler; "Riedel, August", In: Neues allgemeines Künstlerlexicon, Vol.13, E. A. Fleischmann, 1843, pp. 151–154 [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_78M-AAAAcAAJ/page/n157/mode/1up Online]
External links
{{commons category|August Riedel}}
- [http://androom.home.xs4all.nl/biography/p026095.htm Biographical notes] @ Androom Archives
- {{DDB|Person|116533390}}
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Category:19th-century German painters