Johann Erdmann Hummel

Born: Kassel, 11 September 1769

Died: Berlin, 26 October 1852

Nationality: German


Works by this Artist

Granite Bowl in the Berlin Lustgarden
Johann Erdmann Hummel, 1832

Studies

Kassel Art Academy (1782-92)

Career

1792 - moves to Rome

1799 - returns to Kassel; moves to Berlin

1809 - appointed professor of Perspective, Architecture, and Optics at Berlin Art Academy

1840 - publishes study of Vitruvius (Die Säuleordnung nach Vitruv)

Travels

Italy/Rome (1792-99)

Important Artworks

Schloss Wilhelmshöhe with the Habichts Forest, Kassel, c. 1800 (Neue Galerie, Kassel)

Chess Players, 1818-19 (Nationalgalerie, Berlin)

Readings

Morton, Marsha L. “Johann Erdmann Hummel and the Flemish Primitives: The Forging of a Biedermeier Style,” Zeitschift für Kunstgeschichte, vol. 52, no. 1 (1989): 46-67

Norman, Geraldine. Biedermeier Painting, 1815-1848: Reality Observed in Genre, Portrait, and Landscape. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1987

Ozeki, Miyuki. Die Rolle der Perspktive in der Kunst Johann Erdmann Hummels. Dissertation. Berlin: Freie Universität, 2002 (in German)

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