Mathias Alten

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Mathias Joseph Alten (February 13, 1871 - Maachị 8, 1938) bụ onye na-ese ihe nkiri German-American na-arụ ọrụ na Grand Rapids, Michigan. 

## Ọrụ
Amụrụ na Gusenburg, Germany, Alten ọrụ dị ka onye na-ese ihe n'etiti 1890 na 1938. Ọ bụ ebe na a mara nke ọma maka ala ya- na oke osimiri, ọ bụkwa onye na-ese ihe ọrụ, onye,  na anụmanụ.  William H. Gerdts, onye na-ebu ụzọ ikike ikike na mpaghara mpaghara America, na-otu ụdị Alten dị ka nke "onye na-ahụ maka ụgbọ nke abụọ."  Alten akwụkwọ akwụkwọ na Académie Julian a ma ama yana na Académie Colarossi ebe ọihe nrite ọla edo maka ụzọ kacha mma.  N'oge ọrụ ya dị ka 1905, a na-akpọ Alten ka ọ gosi ihe osise ya na ihe ngosi nka.  N'oge ndụ ya, e ndị ọrụ ya na National Academy na New York, Ndị Ozi Ọrụ Art nke Chicago, Corcoran Gallery na Washington, DC, Akwụkwọ Akwụkwọ Pennsylvania nke Fine Arts, Ndị Ọrụ Detroit nke Art na ebe ndị ọzọ dị nta.

Dị ka Gerdts si kwuo, "Ka ọ na-erule 1898 Alten na-egosi na ọ dị mkpa maka ngwa ike ka ukwuu na i nwere ike… na ndị zuru ụwa ọnụ na nka nka na ibu."  O mere ọtụtụ njem na Europe;  buru ụzọ ọrụ ya na Paris (site n'ibu nke ndị na-egosi bara uru) na 1899. Mgbe ahụ, dọtara ngwaọrụ na Hague School of Dutch artists, ọ 1910-11 na-arụ ọrụ na Netherlands.  Mgbe e ịhụ, Alten dara n'okpuru ike nke ọrụ onye na-ese ihe na Spain bụ Joaquín Sorolla .  Ọtụtụ njem ọrụ sochiri Spain, nke mbụ bụ na 1912.

Emere ihe ngosi nke akwa akwa akwa akwa nke Alten sitere na 1920 na Holt Galleries na New York City. Akwụkwọ bụ́ *Literary Digest* nke October 12, 1929, ji otu akụkọ na imepụtaghachi otu n’ime ihe nkiri mmiri ndị Spen dị n’ihu ya gosi ihe ngosi ahụ. Nke a nwere ike ịbụ ebe kachasị elu nke nnabata obodo Alten.

Ụbọchị Alten njem dị otú ahụ, anyị nyere ọnọdụ n'oge ahụ - njem ụgbọ mmiri, ụgbọ oloko dị oke ọnụ, ụgbọ agha na-adụkpụ.  Ọ na-eleta ugboro ugboro n'egwu nka ndị a ma ama dị ka Étaples na France;  Old Lyme, Connecticut;  Taos, New Mexico;  Laguna Beach, California na Tarpon Springs, Florida.  A na-ele ya anya dị ka onye nke onye na-ese ihe nkiri Michigan Kreigh Collins .  [1] Ma, ọ bụ ebe na Alten na-ese n'ịkpọma ọtụtụ ndị na-ese ihe, ọ na-adịghị mgbe ọ na-ekiri onye bi na mpaghara ndị na-ese ihe ọ elala.  Ma ọ bụ n'ụzọ, site n'aha ma ọ bụ nhọrọ, ozi onye na-eso "akwụkwọ" dị ka Fauves na France ma ọ bụ Ashcan School of the Depression era.

Alten gara n'ihu na njem ọrụ ya n'ime US nke ọma n'ime 1930s, na-aga n'akụkụ abụọ, Florida, Taos na mgbe niile n'ime West Michigan ọ hụrụ n'anya. Okwu ya dị iche iche nke ọma; Okirikiri ala, ihe ndị ka dị ndụ, oke osimiri, anụmanụ na eserese - ọtụtụ mgbe nke ndị ikpe na Michigan, yana ndị ọzọ ama ama ruo na California na Oregon.

Ụdị ya malitere dabere ma mmasị nke oge na mmasị nke ya. Ọ dịghị mgbe ọ na-enwe mmetụta nrụgide ịbanye n'ụdị "ndị ọgbara ọhụrụ" nke ndị na-ese ihe n'ọgbọ mgbe ọ nakweere ugboro ugboro. 

N'ime afọ ndị gafeworonụ, ụlọ ọrụ dị iche iche na mpaghara (West Michigan) nwere mmekọ nka ikiri Alten dịka onye otu nọmba.  Otu mpaghara na mba chọkwara ịbụ otu ya.  Ka ọ na-erule 1904, ọ sonyeere ndị ọsụ ụzọ Society of Western Artists, otu n'ime ụlọ ọrụ nka kacha emetụta oge ahụ.  Na, na 1916, a set ya ka ọ bụrụ onye otu National Arts Club na New York.  Na mgbakwunye, Alten bụ onye otu ogologo oge na Detroit's prestigious Scarab Club, nke e nyere ya ihe nrite ala edo maka nka ya na 1920. 

Dị ka James A. Straub si kwuo, onye nchịkọta nke Catalog Raisonne ya, a na-akpọkarị Alten dị ka "dean nke Michigan ndị na-ese ihe."  Alten biri na 1593 East Fulton Street na Grand Rapids, Michigan.  Edepụtara ụlọ ahụ ugbu a na Ndebanye aha Mba nke Ebe Akụkọ ihe mere eme .

## Ọnwụ
Na 1937, a chọpụtara na Alten nwere mitral stenosis, mbelata nke valvụ obi.  N'otu afọ ahụ, ọ na-ese ihe osise ikpeazụ ya mara nke ọma, "elf *Portrait, Myself at 66*, nke a na-egosi na ọ na-eguzo jauntily na palette ya na-ese sịga.  Ọ nwụrụ, na Machị 8, 1938, n'ihi nkụchi obi n'ihi mkpụkọ ọbara ( coronary thrombosis ) n'ụlọ ya na Grand Rapids, Michigan. Ọ dị afọ 67.

## Ntụaka

## Njikọ mpụga

* Mathias J. Alten na American Art Gallery
* Mathias J. Alten Akwụkwọ na Grand Valley State University
* Mathias J. Alten Digital Collection na Grand Valley State University
* Mathias J. Alten katalọgụ Raisonné

**Archives nke American Art**

* Mathias Joseph Alten katalọgụ ihe ngosi, 1979
* Mathias Joseph Alten akwụkwọ mpịakọta, 1920-1965