Paul Ehrenberg
Illustration — Paul Ehrenberg, self portrait, 1913 Paul Ehrenberg (1876–1949) was a German violinist and impressionist painter, brother of Carl Ehrenberg and half-brother of Hilde Distel. Ehrenberg was a student of the painter Heinrich von Zügel. He was a member of the Luitpoldsgruppe and Künstlergenossenschaft.
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- Paul Ehrenberg was born on 8 August 1876.
- Died
- Paul Ehrenberg died on 14 October 1949.
- Nationality
- Paul Ehrenberg is recorded as a citizen of Germany.
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- Paul Ehrenberg is recorded with the occupation painter.
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Illustration — Paul Ehrenberg, self portrait, 1913 Paul Ehrenberg (1876–1949) was a German violinist and impressionist painter, brother of Carl Ehrenberg and half-brother of Hilde Distel. Ehrenberg was a student of the painter Heinrich von Zügel. He was a member of the Luitpoldsgruppe and Künstlergenossenschaft.
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His work, shown in many Munich exhibitions, included portraits, still lifes, landscapes, and animal paintings. He married the painter Lilly Teufel. Ehrenberg was an excellent violinist, who often played chamber music with Thomas Mann. Based on the evidence of Thomas Mann's letters and diaries, Mann was infatuated with Ehrenberg, and they had an intense personal relationship from 1899 to about 1903. Mann based several characters in his published writings on him.
The authorities additionally record the headings Ehrenberg, p. ehrenberg and Paul Friedrich Emil Ehrenberg. His recorded language was German. His recorded confession was Lutheranism. He was the child of Carl Ehrenberg and Sophie Elise Johanne Georgine Ehrenberg. He married Lilly Teufel.
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1876
Paul Ehrenberg was born on 8 August 1876.
1949
Paul Ehrenberg died on 14 October 1949.
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Paul Ehrenberg was born at Dresden.
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- 1.Immatrikulation am 16. August 1897; 01719 Paul Ehrenberg, Matrikelbuch 1884–1920, https://matrikel.adbk.de/matrikel/mb_1884-1920/jahr_1897/matrikel-01719
- 2.Hermann Kurzke: Thomas Mann. Das Leben als Kunstwerk. Eine Biographie. Beck, München 1999, S. 121, 132–150
- 3.Thomas Manns unglückliche Liebe zu einem Künstler. 2024-11-18.
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