Marie Ellenrieder
{{Short description|German painter}}
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| birth_place = Konstanz, Germany
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| death_place = Konstanz, Germany
| nationality = German
| education = Academy of Fine Arts Munich
| field = Painting
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Marie Ellenrieder (20 March 1791 – 5 June 1863) was a German painter, known for her portraits and religious paintings.
Life and career
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.{{Cite book|title=Women Artists|last=Buchholz|first=Elke Linda|publisher=Prestel|year=2003|location=New York|pages=58–59}}
In 1813, she enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts Munich, making her the first woman admitted to an art academy in Germany. She thus paved the way for many other women to train professionally as artists at the Munich Academy. She studied there under the miniature painter Joseph Einsle. 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.
File:Ellenrieder Jesus als Kinderfreund 1845.jpg Blessing Little Children]]
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. 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.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofwome01gaze|title=Dictionary of women artists|date=1997|publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers|others=Gaze, Delia.|isbn=1884964214|location=London|oclc=37693713|url-access=registration}}{{cite book|last=Sutherland Harris, Ann and Nochlin|first=Linda|title=Women Artists: 1550-1950|year=1976|publisher=Knopf|location=New York|page=51}} In 1829, she became court painter to Grand Duchess Sophie of Baden.
Ellenrieder returned to her home town in the 1840s and continued producing religious images. 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.
She also taught painting, one of her notable students was Caroline Mezger.{{Cite web |date=11 November 2008 |title=Mezger, Caroline |url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/022528/2008-11-11/ |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (HLS) |language=de}}{{Cite web |date=31 October 2011 |title=Mezger, Caroline |url=https://www.oxfordartonline.com/benezit/display/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.001.0001/acref-9780199773787-e-00122122 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=Benezit Dictionary of Artists |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en |doi=10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00122122}} She died in her home town of Konstanz in 1863.
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.http://www.marieellenrieder.com {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.thedaultoncollection.com/|title=The Daulton Collection|website=www.thedaultoncollection.com}}
Selected paintings
File:Ellenrieder Maria 1824.jpg|Mary and the Infant Jesus
File:Marie Ellenrieder Jesus von Kindern umgeben 2.jpg|Jesus Among the Children
File:Ellenrieder Maria 1833.jpg|Mary Writing the Magnificat
File:Marie Ellenrieder Maria mit dem Jesusknaben 1822.jpg|Mary with baby Jesus
File:Marie Ellenrieder Blumenbekränztes Mädchen mit Harfe.jpg|Flower-wreathed girl with harp, 1850
File:Marie ellenrieder, il battesimo della lidia, 1861.jpg|The baptism of Lydia of Thyatira, 1861
File:Marie Ellenrieder - Kniendes Mädchen, einen Blumenkorb ausschüttend - 515 - Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe.jpg|Kneeling girl, pouring out a basket of flowers, 1841
File:Marie Ellenrieder - Drei Jungfrauen - 517 - Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe.jpg|Three virgins, 1849
File:Marie Ellenrieder, Saint Stephen, oil on board, 1857, The Daulton Collection.jpg|Saint Stephen
Among the Angels, 1857, oil on mill-board, The Jack Daulton Collection, Los Altos Hills, California{{cite web |url=http://www.marieellenrieder.com/ |title=Home |website=marieellenrieder.com}}
File:Marie Ellenrieder - Kopf eines Kindes - 1747 - Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe.jpg|Head of a child, 1833
File:Marie Ellenrieder Portrait eines jungen Mannes.jpg|Portrait of a bearded young man, circa 1817, oil on canvas, The Jack Daulton Collection{{cite web | url=http://marieellenrieder.com/youngmanc1817.html | title=Web Site Name }}
File:Marie Ellenrieder (1791-1863) - Christ in the Temple - RCIN 406228 - Royal Collection.jpg|Christ in the Temple
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Marie Ellenrieder}}
- [http://www.marieellenrieder.com Collection of Works by Marie Ellenrieder]
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Category:19th-century German painters