Eduard Friedrich Pape
German, 1817-1905
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Eduard Friedrich Pape was a German theater, decorative and landscape painter.
Pape was the son of the porcelain painter Friedrich Pape. From 1839 to 1843, he studied landscape painting at the Berlin Academy under Carl Blechen and Wilhelm Schirmer. He earned his living in the studio of the theater and decorative painter Johann Gerst, who also trained him as a decorative painter. In 1845, Pape went on a study trip to Tyrol, Switzerland and Italy. From 1849 to 1853, he took part in the painting of the Neues Museum in Berlin, mainly with reconstructions of ancient architecture based on Friedrich August Stüler's designs in the Greek and Roman Halls. In 1853, Eduard Pape was made a royal professor and member of the Berlin Academy in recognition of his achievements. In 1857, a serious illness led to a longer break in his work.
Pape was married to Dorothee Wilhelmine Schultz. This marriage produced Max von Pape (1851-1926), who later became a lieutenant general and was elevated to the Prussian nobility in 1913.
Suffering from a severe eye condition in old age, he was almost blind towards the end of his life.
Eduard Pape died after a short illness on April 15, 1905 in Berlin at the age of 88. The funeral took place on April 18. His grave was in one of the cemeteries in front of Hallesches Tor. Pape was buried in the Jerusalems- and Neue Kirchengemeinde II.
