Heinrich von Rustige

Heinrich von Rustige studied at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Training under Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow is recorded. Philipp Rumpf and Theodor Christoph Schüz are recorded as having studied under Heinrich von Rustige. The recorded working language is German. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape, genre, history and portrait. Employment is recorded with State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart. Positions recorded include volunteer serving one year and professor. Works named in the authority record are Horseman Returning and The Castle Ferry. Work by Heinrich von Rustige is recorded in the collections of Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Alte Nationalgalerie, Westphalian State Museum of Art and Cultural History and Landesmuseum Württemberg. Distinctions recorded are Cross of Honour of the Württemberg Order of the Crown, ennoblement, honorary citizenship and honorary citizen of Werl.

• Illustration — The Romance (1843) From 1828, he was a student of Wilhelm von Schadow at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. After 1832, he began participating in exhibitions there. In 1836, he settled in Frankfurt am Main and made that his base for student trips to Vienna, Dresden, Berlin, France and England. Beginning in 1845, he taught at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart, where he also served as "Inspector" of the art gallery and the engraving collections. From 1865 to 1866 he had his won house built; designed by the architect, Christian Friedrich von Leins. It was demolished in 1951. The relief sculptures of the "Four Seasons", by Bertel Thorvaldsen, which adorned the house, may now be seen at the Städtisches Lapidarium Stuttgart. He gave up his teaching post in 1887, but continued as the gallery Director until 1897. He was awarded the Knight's Cross, First Class of the Order of the Crown (Württemberg), which conferred a title of nobility. In 1890, he was made an Honorary Citizen of Werl. His works cover a wide range of subject matter, including historical scenes, genre scenes, landscapes and portraits. His paintings may be seen at the National Gallery (Berlin), the Städtisches Museum Am Rykenberg and the Museum Kunstpalast.

Rustige is also known as a poet. A volume of lyrical poems in 1845 was followed by the historical verse dramas "Filippo Lippi" (1851), "Attila" (1853), "Konrad Widerhold" (1856) and "Eberhard im Bart" (1863). "Kaiser Ludwig, der Baier" (1860) has been reprinted by the Nabu Press (2012). He wrote a popular military song, "Deutscher Marsch," set to music by Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken.

• Illustration — The "Eau-de-Cologne Family" Farina in Front of their Hagerhof estate near Bad Honnef (1837) • "Die Überschwemmung" (The Flood, National Gallery, Berlin) • "Herzog Alba im Schloss zu Rudolstadt" (The Duke of Alva in the Castle of Rudolstadt, Galerie zu Stuttgart) • "Überführung der Leiche Kaiser Ottos III nach Deutschland" (The Transfer of Emperor Otto III's Body to Germany, Municipal Museum Werl) • "Friedrich II und sein Hof in Palermo" (Frederick II and his Court in Palermo, Municipal Museum Werl)