Christian Wilhelm Allers

Christian Wilhelm Allers studied at Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe. Training under Ferdinand Keller is recorded. The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is painting and visual arts. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Hamburg, Capri and Karlsruhe. Works named in the authority record are Unser Bismarck, La bella Napoli and Freund Allers. Work by Christian Wilhelm Allers is recorded in the collections of Netherlands Open Air Museum and Alte Nationalgalerie.

• Illustration — Self portrait, 1894 Allers, the son of a merchant, was born in Hamburg. He first worked as a lithographer, and in 1877 he moved to Karlsruhe where he continued to work as a lithographer. In the Kunstakademie (state academy of fine arts) he was a scholar of Prof. Ferdinand Keller. From 1880–81 he served in the German navy in Kiel where Anton Alexander von Werner supported him. In Kiel he got to know Klaus Groth, who became a friend of his. Allers became well known when he published his collection of prints "Club Eintracht" in 1888. Several other books and maps (collections of prints) followed, by way of example Bismarck, so at the beginning of the 1890s he was able to build a villa on Capri. He lived there for many years, also spending some time in Hamburg, Karlsruhe, and travelling around the world. In autumn 1902, there was a scandal. Friedrich Alfred Krupp, another famous person living in Capri, was accused by some Italian newspapers of homosexuality and pederasty. Some weeks later, Allers was accused, by court. Krupp died some weeks later, presumably a suicide. Allers managed to escape before the lawsuit began, which led to a sentence of 4½ years imprisonment, pronounced in absentia. According to Tito Fiorani, "Allers had distinctly homosexual tendencies, and liked to surround himself with boys, whom he often used as models". Allers left Capri and began travelling around the world for more than 10 years, staying some time in New Zealand, Samoa, and Australia. During this time, he often used the pseudonym "W. Andresen", and earned money by making portraits of wealthy people. He died in 1915 in Karlsruhe some months after returning to Germany.

Allers was a naturalist. His drawings are rich in detail and are of realistic style, so they often lack emotions. Although the drawings look realistic, Allers sometimes added persons to scenes who were never at that location. In this respect, he was not a realist. Technically, Allers often used pencil. To start with, his colored drawings were usually in pencil and were colored later (pastel, oil,...). His subjects were: • Everyday life scenes (e.g. Club Eintracht, Spreeathener, Hochzeitsreise) • Travel reports (e.g. La Bella Napoli, Rund um die Welt, Unter deutscher Flagge) • Portraits

He also worked under the name W. The authorities additionally record the headings Andresen (pseudonym), Willy Allers, c. v. allers, christ. W. allers and christ. Willi. Allers. His recorded language was German.

Christian Wilhelm Allers worked in painting and visual arts. His work is associated with Naturalism. He worked at Hamburg, Capri and Karlsruhe.

Works recorded as notable number 3: Unser Bismarck, La bella Napoli and Freund Allers. His recorded genre is portrait.

Christian Wilhelm Allers is recorded as painter, draftsperson, illustrator, lithographer and artist.