Karl Rettich


Karl Lorenz Rettich was a German landscape artist and draftsman.

Life

Rettich was born in Rosenhagen near Dassow in Mecklenburg. His father was owner of the manor in this small village near the Bay of Lübeck. The area on the Baltic Sea influenced him at an early age and recover in his later works. Rettich went to high school in Lübeck, then in 1859 to study law in Munich on his father's request. But he came over to landscape painting and became a pupil of Adolf Heinrich Lier. In 1862 he went to the Düsseldorf school of painting where he was until 1867 a student with Albert Flamm and Theodor Hagen. After living in Dresden 1867-70, he went 1871 to Weimar. There he was at the Grand Ducal Saxon School of Arts for further studies of landscape painting as a student with Arnold Böcklin, Franz von Lenbach and also Theodor Hagen. He undertook study trips to Norway, Sweden, as well as Italy. After a few years in Munich he moved to Lübeck and from there in April 1897 he went to Graal-Müritz on the Baltic Sea near Rostock. There he bought a house and spent from now the summer in the small community and the winters in his parents home in Lübeck. With the sale of postcards showing typical landscape motives, he could earn his living. And with the income he also had to build a pavilion in 1898, for the exposition of his paintings. In 1904 he died - suffering from cancer - from the effects of surgery.
Rettich was a member of the German Art Cooperative. He received awards for his works in London, Melbourne and Munich. Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin appointed him for professor. His older brother was, a lord of the manor and member of the German Parliament.

Exhibitions and Works (selection)

Karl Lorenz Rettich was regularly represented with his works at the well known exhibitions of the Royal Academy of Arts in Berlin, the "Great Art Exhibition Berlin" and in the Munich Glass Palace.

Royal Academy of Arts Berlin

  • 1868 Nach dem Sturm, Mondschein
  • 1870 Wrack an der Ostsee
  • 1872 Nach dem Regen
  • 1874 Strand mit Kühen, Motiv bei Farsund in Norwegen, Abendstimmung,
  • 1876 Frühlingslandschaft mit Spaziergängerin, Herbstlandschaft mit Pflügern, Frühlingslandschaft mit Rehen
  • 1877 Strand mit erratischem Block , Norwegischer Strand
  • 1878 Strandlandschaft, Strand mit Schiffbruch
  • 1879 Norwegische Landschaft
  • 1881 Strand mit Wildenten, Strand
  • 1883 Norwegische Küste
  • 1884 Norwegische Küste
  • 1886 Norwegische Küste
  • 1887 Morgenpromenade am Ostseestrand
  • 1888 Frühlingsblüthe , Auf dem Wege nach Anacapri, Blick auf Anacapri
  • 1889 In den Dünen bei aufziehendem Gewitter, In den Ostsee-Dünen
  • 1892 Sturm in den Ostsee-Dünen, ''Ein Sommertag in den Ostsee-Dünen''

Great Art Exhibition Berlin

  • 1893 Norwegische Landschaft
  • 1894 Herbstliche Parkszene, Waldwiese
  • 1895 Eichenallee, Mecklenburgische Ostseeküste
  • 1897 Alte Baumgruppe auf Vilm bei Rügen, Alte Buche auf Vilm
  • 1898 Im Isarbett
  • 1899 Herbstmorgen auf der Vilm, Herbstabend in der Rostocker Haide
  • 1901 Im Zwielicht
  • 1902 Motiv aus Graal, Abendlied
  • 1903 ''Frühling in der Rostocker Heide''

Munich Glass Palace

  • 1879 Strand mit Schiffbruch, Einsamkeit - Motiv aus Norwegen
  • 1883 Norwegische Landschaft, Abend am Waldrande
  • 1888 Ostseestrand bei aufziehendem Gewitter
  • 1889 Ostseestrand im Herbst, Anacapri
  • 1890 Frühstückspause
  • 1891 Norwegische Landschaft
  • 1892 Eichenallee
  • 1893 Altes Kloster bei Bordighera
  • 1900 Am Dorfteich
  • 1901 Mecklenburgische Landschaft
  • 1902 ''In den Ostseedünen''