Christian Bernhard Rode ( German: Christian Bernhard Rode ; July 25, 1725 , Berlin - June 28, 1797 , Berlin ) is a German historical painter of the second half of the 18th century. He was close to the Berlin Enlightenment and in his work spread his ideas.
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- 1 Biography
- 2 notes
- 3 Literature
- 4 References
Biography
Bernhard was the son of a jeweler, his brother Johann Heinrich was an engraver, and his brother Philip was a potter. He received his first lessons in art from his father, then spent four years in the workshop of the court artist Antoine Pan , concentrating on portraiture. In 1748 he went to travel. A year and a half he lived in Paris, where he worked in the workshops of Jean Restou and Charles Andre van Loo and was carried away by historical painting. In Venice and Rome he studied the heritage of old masters. In 1755 he returned to Berlin.
In 1757, the artist married, he had no children. Thanks to the life annuity from his father’s inheritance, Rode had financial independence and could determine the work technique, format and theme of his works. He could afford to give his paintings. Since 1785, Rode had health problems, but continued to work until his death.
The Berlin Enlightenment included representatives of the scientific community and friends of the publisher and writer Friedrich Nikolai: poet and philosopher Karl Wilhelm Ramler , philosophers Johann Georg Sulzer and Thomas Abbt , as well as occasionally Gotthold Efraim Lessing and Moses Mendelssohn . Bernhard Rohde did not enter directly into this circle, but was friendly with many enlighteners.
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Literature
- Helmut Börsch-Supan: Die Kunst in Brandenburg-Preußen. Ihre Geschichte von der Renaissance bis zum Biedermeier, dargestellt am Kunstbesitz der Berliner Schlösser . Verlag Mann, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-7861-1273-8 .
- Helmut Börsch-Supan / Claudia Pryzborowski: Christian Bernhard Rode und die Ausstattung von Hertzbergs Landhaus in Britz. In: 300 Jahre Schloss Britz. Ewald Friedrich Graf von Hertzberg und die Berliner Aufklärung . Berlin 2006. ISBN 978-3000188466 .
- Anton F. Büsching: Beschreibung seiner Reise von Berlin über Potsdam nach Rekahn unweit Brandenburg, welche er vom 3. bis 8 Junius 1775 gethan hat . Frankfurt und Leipzig 1780.
- Frank Büttner (Hrsg.): Kunst im Dienste der Aufklärung. Radierungen von Bernhard Rode . Kunsthalle, Kiel 1986, ISBN 3-923701-17-9
- Herbert von Einem: Deutsche Malerei des Klassizismus und der Romantik 1760-1840 . Beck, München 1979, ISBN 3-406-03206-0
- Renate Jacobs: Das graphische Werk Bernhard Rodes . LIT-Verlag, Münster 1990, ISBN 3-88660-643-0
- Gisold Lammel: Tagträume. Bilder im Lichte der Aufklärung . Verlag der Kunst, Dresden 1993, ISBN 3-364-00263-0
- Rainer Michaelis: Fridericiana. Christian Bernhardt Rode (1725-1797) . Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-88609-376-X
- Friedrich Nicolai: Beschreibung der königlichen Residenzstädte Berlin und Potsdam, aller daselbst befindlicher Merkwürdigkeiten und der umliegenden Gegend . Berlin 1786.