Friedrich Emil Neumann

Friedrich Emil Neumann was born on August 7, 1842 in Pojerstieten, Fischhausen district, East Prussia, and died on January 4, 1903 in Kassel. He was a respected German painter whose artistic career was characterized by remarkable versatility and talent.

Neumann began his artistic training as a student at the Königsberg Art Academy under the guidance of the renowned painter August Behrendsen. He later continued his studies at the art academy in Kassel under August Bromeis. After completing his studies, he initially worked as a drawing teacher and then developed a successful career as a freelance artist.

During his travels to Norway and Holland, Neumann was able to further deepen his artistic skills and refine his understanding of landscapes and depictions of the sea. After the death of his teacher, August Bromeis, he took over his position at the Kassel Academy in 1881. In recognition of his outstanding abilities, he was appointed professor in 1891.

Friedrich Emil Neumann distinguished himself above all as a landscape and marine painter. His works, which captured the beauty and splendor of nature in all its facets, were first presented to the public at major exhibitions in Berlin, Dresden and Hanover from 1879 onwards.

Neumann’s artistic talent also seemed to extend to his sons, the artists Ernst and Hans Neumann. Both sons had also studied painting and thus contributed to the continuation of the Neumann family’s artistic heritage.