Rethel, Alfred

(äl`frĕt rā`təl), 1816–59, German historical painter and draftsman. He gained a reputation in Frankfurt, where he painted Daniel in the Lions' Den and Guardian Angel of Emperor Maximilian. His major work was half of a fresco cycle (1847–52) for the town hall of Aachen, depicting scenes from the life of Charlemagne. Rethel also made a series of remarkable drawings for wood engravings for Another Dance of Death (1849), in which he depicted events from the Revolution of 1848.

Rethel, Alfred

Born May 15, 1816, in Diepenbend, near Aachen; died Dec. 1, 1859, in Düsseldorf. German painter and graphic artist; representative of the Düsseldorf school.

Rethel studied at the Düsseldorf Academy of Arts with F. W. von Schadow from 1829 to 1836 and in Frankfurt am Main with P. Veit from 1836 to 1847. Romantic in character, his severe and powerful art gravitates toward heroic, idealized images from medieval Germany, toward mystical symbolism, and toward monumental stylized forms. It also expresses nationalistic feelings (for example, the frescoes depicting the history of Charlemagne in the Aachen Town Hall, 1840–51). In the cycle of drawings Yet Another Dance of Death (woodcuts, 1849), events from the Revolution of 1848 are depicted in a pessimistic way.

REFERENCE

Franck, H. Alfred Rethel. [Berlin] 1937.

单词	rethel, alfred
释义	Rethel, Alfred Rethel, Alfred (äl`frĕt rā`təl), 1816–59, German historical painter and draftsman. He gained a reputation in Frankfurt, where he painted Daniel in the Lions' Den and Guardian Angel of Emperor Maximilian. His major work was half of a fresco cycle (1847–52) for the town hall of Aachen, depicting scenes from the life of Charlemagne. Rethel also made a series of remarkable drawings for wood engravings for Another Dance of Death (1849), in which he depicted events from the Revolution of 1848. Rethel, Alfred Born May 15, 1816, in Diepenbend, near Aachen; died Dec. 1, 1859, in Düsseldorf. German painter and graphic artist; representative of the Düsseldorf school. Rethel studied at the Düsseldorf Academy of Arts with F. W. von Schadow from 1829 to 1836 and in Frankfurt am Main with P. Veit from 1836 to 1847. Romantic in character, his severe and powerful art gravitates toward heroic, idealized images from medieval Germany, toward mystical symbolism, and toward monumental stylized forms. It also expresses nationalistic feelings (for example, the frescoes depicting the history of Charlemagne in the Aachen Town Hall, 1840–51). In the cycle of drawings Yet Another Dance of Death (woodcuts, 1849), events from the Revolution of 1848 are depicted in a pessimistic way. REFERENCE Franck, H. Alfred Rethel. [Berlin] 1937.
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