Friedrich August von Kaulbach

Friedrich August von Kaulbach studied at Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg. The recorded working language is German. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Hans Holbein the Younger is recorded as an influence. Places of work recorded in the authority are Munich. Employment is recorded with Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. Work by Friedrich August von Kaulbach is recorded in the collections of Metropolitan Museum of Art, Hermitage Museum, National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina, Bavarian State Painting Collections and Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. Distinctions recorded are Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art.

• Name — Friedrich August von Kaulbach • Born — 4 June 1850 • Birthplace — Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria • Died — 26 July 1920 • Place of death — Ohlstadt, Germany • Known for — portraitist, historical scenes • Training — Kunstgewerbeschule • Notable Works — Spanish Dancer, Girl in the Woods, Girl with her dog • Spouse — Frida Scotta • Children — 3

Friedrich August von Kaulbach was born on 2 June 1850 in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria, to a family that included several well known artists. His brother, Sigmund (1854–1894), was also a painter, as were his half-siblings, Anton and Antonie Kaulbach. His half-sister, Isidore Kaulbach, was a novelist. Friedrich himself began his studies with his father, Friedrich Kaulbach. Von Kaulbach then attended the Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg, where he studied with August von Kreling and Karl Raupp. He transferred to the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, in 1871 and worked with Wilhelm von Diez. In 1883, he became a teacher there himself. Several stays in Paris followed. In 1886, he was appointed Director of the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and was ennobled. He was also a member of the Prussian Academy of Art in Berlin.

In 1872, he married Anna Johanne Wilhelmine Lahmeyer (1849–1925), though the couple later divorced. On 15 May 1897, he married Frida Scotta, a famous Danish violist whom he had met while she was touring in Germany. He an Frida had three daughters: Doris (1898–1950), Henriette (1900–1992), and Mathilde (1904–1986). Henriette, or Hedda, became a renowned painter in Munich and Amsterdam. Their youngest daughter, Mathilde, became a singer and married the painter Max Beckmann. Mathilde and Max stayed at the family villa in Ohlstadt frequently during the 1920s and 30s, where Beckmann used von Kaulbach's former art studio. • Illustration — The Kaulbach Villa in Ohlstadt, built in 1893 In 1893, the Kaulbach Villa was built in Ohlstadt according to his designs. The villa served as the family's second summer residence and was his primary residence from 1910 until his death in 1920. Since 1997, it has been a museum, showing thirty of his paintings, a number of drawings, and his studio which is maintained in its original state.