Eduard Daege


Eduard Wilhelm Daege was a German painter who served as Director for both the Prussian Academy of Art and the National Gallery.

Life

In 1820, he entered the Prussian Academy of Art, where he studied under Johann Gottfried Niedlich and later with the Court Painter Karl Wilhelm Wach. In 1821, he may have been involved in painting the frescoes for Karl Friedrich Schinkel's Schauspielhaus at the Gendarmenmarkt. From 1832 to 1833, he accompanied Karl Eduard Biermann on a study trip to Rome and Naples.
He became a member of the Academy in 1835 and, beginning in 1838, taught drawing classes there. In 1840, he was appointed a Professor. He participated in painting the murals at the Neues Museum and in the chapel at the Berliner Stadtschlosses. From 1861 to 1874, he was Director of the Academy, a position which included managing the newly founded National Gallery.

Major works