Theodor Groll Explained

Theodor Groll, also Theodor Groll the younger (9 February 1857 – 2 April 1913) was a German genre, landscape and architect painter of the Düsseldorf school of painting.

Life

Groll was born in Düsseldorf as the son of a glove maker and writer Theodor Groll (b. 1831). In 1878, he completed his school education at the . He then attended the Berlin Bauakademie, where he graduated as master builder. He later changed his discipline and became a private pupil of the Düsseldorf landscape and veduta painter Caspar Scheuren. Groll undertook numerous study trips, several times to Italy. In April 1890 he visited Rome.^[1] From 1892, he stayed in the U.S. for several years. In 1893, he was a judge at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. In 1896, he travelled through southern and central German cities. In 1904, Groll founded the November Group together with the painters,, Carl Ernst Bernhard Jutz, Gustav Rutz, Emil Schultz-Riga and others in Düsseldorf.^{[2] [3]} Groll was a member of the and the Malkasten,^[4] which he served as chairman for several years. Groll died in Düsseldorf at age 56.^{[5] [6]}

Work

Groll made a special name for himself with his fine, detailed architectural painting. Besides Oswald Achenbach, Albert Flamm and others he belongs to the "Italian painters" of the Düsseldorf School.^[7] At an international art auction in 2013, Groll's Afternoon in Venice was sold for 58,750 euro.^[8]

• Pompei (Blick zum Apollo-Tempel), 1891, Volmer Foundation Collection.^[9]
• Markt in Verona, ca. 1891, Museum Kunstpalast.^[10]
• Washington Street (Indianapolis At Dusk), Indianapolis Museum of Art^[11]
• Auf einer Straße vor Florenz, 1899.^[12]
• Titusbogen im Forum Romanum in Rom, 1900
• Riva am Gardasee
• Die Burg Sirmione am Gardasee, 1902
• Schloss Benrath (Blick auf das Corps de Logis)
• Piazza del Campo (Siena), 1906
• Nachmittag in Venedig, 1907
• Venedig (Die Portal della Carta zwischen San Marco und dem Dogenpalast), 1907
• Venezianischer Palazzo

Further reading

• Groll, Theodor. In Ulrich Thieme, Fred. C. Willis (ed.): Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. BCreated by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. Vol. 15: Gresse–Hanselmann. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1922, (Textarchiv – Internet Archive)
• Galerie G. Paffrath: Theodor Groll. Sonderausstellung Juni–August 1968. Düsseldorf 1968.

External links

• Auction results

Notes and References

1. [Friedrich Noack]
2. [Bettina Baumgärtel]
3. Magdalena M. Moeller: Der Sonderbund. Seine Voraussetzungen und Anfänge in Düsseldorf. Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 1984,,
4. http://malkasten.org/archiv/2005/07/bestandsliste.php Bestandsliste des Künstlervereins Malkasten
5. . Verlag F. Bruckmann, Band 30, Munich 1914,
6. Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst. Verlag E. A. Seemann, vol. 48, Leipzig 1913,
7. Bettina Baumgärtel: Markt in Verona, um 1891. In Bettina Baumgärtel (ed.), vol. 2, (Katalog-Nr. 309)
8. http://www.handelsblatt.com/panorama/kultur-kunstmarkt/alte-kunst-russen-liefern-sich-aufregende-bietgefechte/9114924.html Christiane Fricke: Russen liefern sich aufregende Bietgefechte
9. Peter Heslin: The Museum of Augustus. The Temple of Augustus in Pompeii, the Portico of Philippus in Rome and Latin Poetry. Getty Publications, Los Angeles 2015,,, foot note 8 (Google Books)
10. Düsseldorfer Malerschule, Werkliste 2011 (PDF)
11. In 1893 Groll visited the World’s Columbian Exposition and took the opportunity to visit relatives in Indianapolis. Washington Street, Indianapolis At Dusk. Portal collection.imamuseum.org, retrieved 16 September 2021
12. Theodor Groll: Auf einer Straße vor Florenz