August von Bayer
Illustration — Das Strassburger Muenster im Mittelalter by August von Bayer • Illustration — Ritter Toggenburg, a ballad by Friedrich Schiller. Drawing by Bayer in the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe. August von Bayer (1803–1875) was a German painter of architectural subjects
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August von Bayer
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- Born
- 1803 · Rorschach.
- Died
- 1875 · Karlsruhe.
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Occupation
- architect · painter · draftsperson · curator · conservator
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Das Strassburger Muenster im Mittelalter by August von Bayer • Illustration — Ritter Toggenburg, a ballad by Friedrich Schiller. Drawing by Bayer in the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe. August von Bayer (1803–1875) was a German painter of architectural subjects
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Life
Bayer was born in May 1803 into a patrician Catholic family in Rorschach. He studied architecture under Weinbrenner, at Karlsruhe. In the mid-1820s he went to Munich, with the intention of pursuing a career in architecture, but soon turned to painting instead. His architectural education did, however provide him with a knowledge of construction rare amongst painters. He combined this knowledge with outstanding gifts as a colourist, which allowed him to tackle the most subtle effects of light. In the early 1840s he moved to Baden-Baden, where his work came to the attention of a wider circle of prominent admirers, including Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Hanover, and Queen Augusta of Prussia. He spent the winters in Karlsruhe. In 1853 he was appointed him conservator of the monuments and antiquities in the Grand Duchy of Baden, a post to which he brought more of an aesthetic than a scientific outlook. His last years were clouded by illness. He died in Karlsruhe on 2 February 1875.
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Works
Among his best works are: • The interior of the Frauenkirche at Munich. • A portion of the Cathedral at Chur. • The Convent of Maulbronn. • The Organ Player (lithographed hy Fr. Hohe). • An interior of a Cloister (lithographed by Fr. Hohe). There are four works by him in the Pinakothek at Munich.
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August von Bayer is recorded as architect, painter, draftsperson, curator and conservator.
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1803
August von Bayer was born in 1803 at Rorschach.
1875
August von Bayer died in 1875 at Karlsruhe.
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Rorschach.
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- 1.Peter Müller und ADB.
- 2.Richard Grünberger: Die Rorschacher Kaufmannsfamilie von Bayer. In: Rorschacher Neujahrsblatt. 62. Jahrgang (1972), S. 31 (Digitalisat).
- 3.Richard Grünberger: Die Rorschacher Kaufmannsfamilie von Bayer. In: Rorschacher Neujahrsblatt. 62. Jahrgang (1972), S. 34 (Digitalisat).
- 4.Carl Brun (Hrsg.): Schweizerisches Künstler-Lexikon. 1. Band, Frauenfeld 1905, S. 96 (Digitalisat).
- 5.Conversations-lexikon: Allgemeine deutsche Real-Encyklopadie, Volume 3: Bayer
- 6.Matrikelbuch der Akademie.
- 7.Da er bei der Ordensverleihung 1857 unter den Inländern geführt wurde, muss er zuvor die badische Staatsangehörigkeit erlangt haben.
- 8.Friedrich Pecht: August von Bayer. In: Badische Biographien. Erster Theil, S. 53 (Digitalisat).
- 9.Friedrich Pecht: August von Bayer. In: Badische Biographien. Erster Theil, S. 54 (Digitalisat).
- 10.Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Grossherzogthums Baden 1853, S. 20 (Digitalisat).
- 11.Krins: Die Gründung der staatlichen Denkmalpflege in Baden und Württemberg. 1983, S. 34.
- 12.Großherzoglich Badisches Regierungs-Blatt Nr. XIX vom 17. Mai 1853, S. 172, Google-Books.
- 13.20161023100729. Der erste Konservator Badens August von Bayer. In: Website der [[Staatliche Schlösser und Gärten Baden-Württemberg. 2024-04-18.
- 14.Krins: Die Gründung der staatlichen Denkmalpflege in Baden und Württemberg. 1983, S. 41.
- 15.Krins: Die Gründung der staatlichen Denkmalpflege in Baden und Württemberg., 1983, S. 42, Fußnote 21.
- 16.Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Grossherzogthums Baden. 1865, S. 75 (Digitalisat).
- 17.Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreichs Bayern. 1863, S. 88 (Digitalisat); im folgenden Jahr im Regierungsblatt für das Königreich Bayern, Nr. 35 vom 14. Juli 1859, Spalte 726, verkündet (Digitalisat).
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