Hermann Pluddemann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hermann Pluddemann

German artist

Date of Birth: 17-Jul-1809

Place of Birth: Kołobrzeg, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 24-Jun-1868

Profession: illustrator, painter, university teacher

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Hermann Friedhold Pluddemann, German historical painter, was born at Colberg in 1809.
His first master was Carl Sieg in Magdeburg, and in 1828 he entered the studio of Carl Joseph Begas in Berlin, and went in 1831 to Düsseldorf, to the atelier of Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow, with whom he remained six years.
In company with Heinrich Mücke he completed a number of frescoes for Count Spee in his schloss at Heltorf, and in 1843 he painted a wall in the Rath-haus of Elberfeld.
He went in 1848 to reside at Dresden, where he died in 1868.
Among his pictures may be named: Loreley 1833 The Death of Roland, 1834 Columbus Catching Sight of Land, 1836 (Berlin Nat.
Gallery). The Battle of Iconium (fresco); after Lessing, 1839 Columbus in La Rabida, 1845 The Finding of Barbarossa's Corpse, 1846 The Landgrave Ludwig, 1849 Prince Hal and Falstaff 1860 Henry at Canossa, 1863