Friedrich Bindewald

He was born in Busenborn, Schotten on 31 January 1862 to Theodor Bindewald [de], a pastor and writer, and his wife, Luise Christine, née Buff (1832–1913), a great niece of Charlotte Buff. He attended the gymnasium in Laubach from 1875 to 1880, then performed one year of volunteer community service before taking his exams.

From that time until 1888, he was enrolled at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where he studied history painting, anatomical drawing, and perspective. His instructors included Johann Peter Theodor Janssen, Eduard von Gebhardt, Hugo Crola, and Julius Roeting. Until 1890, he was a member of "Tartarus [de]", a nationalistic student organization. From 1888 to 1889, he served a year as a military volunteer, in the 116th Regiment.

After 1889, he was a self-employed genre and landscape painter; with a preference for motifs from the Vogelsberg, the Rhön, and the Bavarian Alps. Later, he became active in the Willingshäuser Artists' Colony [de].

He was a self-confessed antisemite. From 1893 to 1903, and again from 1907 to 1912, he was a member of the Imperial Reichstag, representing the Grand Duchy of Hesse, for the German Reform Party.

In 1896, he married Martha Lange (1865–1919) from Grimma, the daughter of that city's mayor. Their son, Erwin (1897–1950), was also an artist of some note.

He died on 1 February 1940 in Berlin.

• Hans Paffrath, Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Lexikon der Düsseldorfer Malerschule. Vol. 1, F. Bruckmann, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-7654-3009-9, pg.439
• Carola Runge: "Theodor, Friedrich und Erwin Bindewald, eine Vogelsberger Künstlerfamilie in drei Generationen". In: Hessische Heimat, #40, 1990, Vols.3/4
• Helge Dvorak: Biographisches Lexikon der Deutschen Burschenschaft. Vol.1: Politicians, Koblenz 2021, pgs.15–16. (online)

Media related to Friedrich Bindewald at Wikimedia Commons

• Information about Friedrich Bindewald in the Reichstag database
• Bindewald, Friedrich. Hessische Biografie. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).