Wilhelm carl rauber biography

Here we have a German painter by the name of Wilhelm Carl Räuber (), who is mostly known (anymore) for his St. Hubertus painting, but we thought he had some other interesting paintings that deserve a bit of attention.  The white stag in the painting is, of course, a symbol that goes back to pre-Christian times.

White stags played an important role in other pre-Indo-European cultures, especially in the north.  The Celtic people considered white stags to be messengers from the Otherworld, and thus, much like in the Arthurian legend, the pursuit of the animals represents mankind&#;s spiritual quest.  The Celts believed that the white stag would appear when one was transgressing a taboo, whereas King Arthur&#;s knights felt called to go on a quest when they encountered a white stag.  You can find one of these stories in the Mabinogion, for example.

Incidentally, and quite off topic, really:   The white stag makes an appearance in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, in which a large white stag is hunted as part of the quest &#;Ill Met by Moonlight&#;.  Hmmm.

Back to the painter:  Wilhelm Carl Räuber was born July 11th, in Marienwerder in what was then West Prussia, and died on January 25th, in Munich.  He studied in Königsberg, known as Kaliningrad since the end of WWII, and later in Munich. There, Räuber settled for the rest of his life.

Räuber was quite famous in his time and received several golden medals in art exhibitions in Düsseldorf (in ) and Munich (in ).  Today, his paintings are found in the Nationalgalerie in Berlin, as well as in the Deutschen Museum and the Neuen Pinakothek, both in Munich.

The Alps feature quite prominently in two of the three paintings we chose, as a somewhat hazy, and yet majestic backdrop to an otherwise colorful and rather preoccupied group of people.

The people and what they are engaged in, be it a moment of prayer or a probably well-deserved break, speak to us in a very lively manner, as if we were part of their group instead

Wilhelm Räuber was a German portrait, genre and history painter.

Wilhelm Räuber was the son of an Elbląg city councilor. He began his studies from to at the Academy of Fine Arts in Königsberg. In he moved to Munich and studied from April 26, to at the Royal Art Academy in Munich under the direction of Wilhelm von Diez. After graduating, he settled in Munich.

From he took part in numerous exhibitions. In he received the small gold medal at the art exhibition in Düsseldorf, and in he was also awarded the gold medal at the international art exhibition in Munich.

Wilhelm Räuber was mainly concerned with portrait painting, as well as with landscape, genre and history painting ("The surrender of Warsaw at the end of July to the Great Elector and the Swedish General Wrangel", "Gustav Adolf falls in the Battle of Lützen", "Presentation of Otto von Guericke's Magdeburg Hemispheres", "The Conversion of Saint Hubert").

His works are in the collections of the Nationalgalerie in Berlin, the Deutsches Museum and the Neue Pinakothek in Munich.

Wilhelm Räuber (auch Wilhelm Carl Räuber, * Juli in Marienwerder in Westpreußen; † Januar in München) war ein deutscher Porträt-, Genre- und Historienmaler.

Wilhelm Räuber war Sohn eines Elbinger Stadtrates und Kommerzienrates. Er begann sein Studium von bis an der Akademie der bildenden Künste in Königsberg. Im Jahr zog er nach München und studierte seit dem April bis an der Königlichen Kunstakademie in München unter der Leitung von Wilhelm von Diez. Nach dem Studienabschluss ließ er sich in München nieder.

Seit nahm er an zahlreichen Ausstellungen teil. erhielt er die kleine Goldmedaille auf der Kunstausstellung in Düsseldorf, und im Jahre auf der Internationalen Kunstausstellung in München wurde er ebenfalls mit der Goldmedaille ausgezeichnet.

Wilhelm Räuber beschäftigte sich hauptsächlich mit der Porträtmalerei, daneben auch mit der Landschafts-, Genre- und Historienmalerei („Die Übergabe Warschaus Ende Juli an den Großen Kurfürsten und den schwedischen General Wrangel“, „Gustav Adolf fällt in der Schlacht bei Lützen“, „Vorführung der Magdeburger Halbkugeln von Otto von Guerickes“, „Die Bekehrung des Heiligen Hubertus“).

Seine Werke befinden sich in den Sammlungen der Nationalgalerie in Berlin, des Deutschen Museums und der Neuen Pinakothek in München.

Literatur

• Räuber, Wilhelm. In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Begründet von Ulrich Thieme und Felix Becker. Band&#; Piermaria–Ramsdell. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig , S.&#; ().&#;
• Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs, 4. Auflage, Gründ, Paris , Band 11, S.

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