Discover painter, court painter Catharina Treu

Catharina Treu

female / German

painter, court painter

Name variations

This field records and makes accessible name variations, as found in sources. Alternate spellings, nicknames, maiden names - with or without the married name - are included in this category.

: Trey, Catharina
Konig-Treu, Catharina
Treu, Katharina
König, Catharina

Monogram: CT
CTP

CT in ligature

Qualifications: painter, court painter
Carl Theodor - Kurfürst von der Pfalz und Bayern

Nationality/school: German

Born: Bamberg 1743-05-21

Deceased: Mannheim 1811-10-11

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: Treu was the youngest daughter of the painter Joseph Marquand Treu. In 1781 she married 'Hofbauern' Jakob König.

See also In this field, you will find references to names of groups or to the artists that made/make up groups. You may also come across references to other artists if there was/is question of collaboration without a joint name. This is the case, for instance, with artists who rendered parts of works by other artists (such as with P.P Rubens and J. Brueghel I).

Carl Theodor - Kurfürst von der Pfalz und Bayern

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Biographical information

Education: Akademie der Bildenden Künste (Düsseldorf)

Active in

Bamberg 1762 - 1766
Würzburg
in 1762 she paints on behalf of Franz Christoph Reichsfreiherr von Hutten zum Stolzenberg three overdoor pieces for the Residence in Würzburg (Saur 1992-)
Bruchsal 1766 - 1768
Düsseldorf (stad) 1768
Mannheim 1769 - 1770
Londen (Engeland) 1770
In 1770 Treu visited London were she worked for the English court.
Mannheim 1770 - 1811
In the service of the elector in Mannheim from 25 November 1769. In 1770 she returned to Mannheim where she remained the rest of her life. From 1776 she was honorary professor at the academy in Düsseldorf.

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Connections with other artists

Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Treu, Marquard

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: portrait, still life, fruit piece, flower piece, still life of luxuries

Literature

Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 33 (1939), p. 385
Gerson 1942/1983 , p. 309, 327
Bénézit 1976 , vol. 10, p. 269
Witt Checklist 1978 , p. 308
Saur 1992- , AKLONLINE
Schmidt-Liebich 2005 , p. 477-478

G.M. Thölken, 'Catharina Treu (1743-1811). Kabinettmalerin unter Kurfürst Carl Theodor in Mannheim', Bericht des Historischen Vereins Bamberg für die Pflege der Geschichte des Ehemaligen Fürstbistums 134 (1998), p. 217-240

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Project: Gerson Digital : Germany (Nachwirkung)

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Creation date: 1992-01-26; Last modified date: 2023-05-16

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