Daniel Berger (copperplate engraver)

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Portrait of Daniel Berger, 1786

Gottfried Daniel Berger (born October 25, 1744 in Berlin ; † November 17, 1825 there ) was a German engraver .

Berger initially received artistic instruction from his father Friedrich Gottlieb Berger , who was also a copperplate engraver, and then from 1757 drawing instruction from the French painter and director of the Prussian Academy of Arts Blaise Nicolas Le Sueur . From May 1764, the training was supplemented by the court copper engraver Georg Friedrich Schmidt , whose long-term employee was Berger. In addition, Berger continued to receive professional support from Le Sueur.

Through Le Sueur's mediation, Berger was able to establish contacts with influential personalities, including the painter and director of the Sanssouci picture gallery Matthias Austria , the bank director and art connoisseur Carl Philipp Caesar and the anatomy professor Johann Friedrich Meckel . As a result, Berger received numerous important orders such as the production of illustrations for medical and biological works or reproductions of paintings.

In 1778 Berger became a full member of the Akademie der Künste, in 1787 he was admitted to the rectorate and appointed professor of copperplate engraving . In 1816 Berger became vice director of the academy.

View from Kavalierberg near Hirschberg to Warmbrunn

Works (selection)

  • "View from Kavalierberg near Hirschberg to Warmbrunn ", colored etching after an oil painting by Reinhardt , 1793, see picture
  • “View of the snow dome in the area of Arensdorff in Silesia ”, colored etching by Daniel Berger after an oil painting by Reinhardt, 1794, Schlesisches Museum Görlitz , see
  • “The city of Hirschberg in Silesia”, colored etching after an oil painting by Reinhardt
  • “Area from Hirschberg to Schmiedeberg in Silesia”, colored etching after an oil painting by Reinhardt
  • “Area of Flinsberg in Silesia”, colored copper engraving after an oil painting by Reinhardt
  • “ Castle Fürstenstein near Freyburg in Silesia”, colored copper engraving after an oil painting by Reinhardt
  • “View from Fürstenstein in Silesia”, colored copper engraving after an oil painting by Reinhardt
  • “The Falcon Mountains from the Midnight Side in Silesia”, colored copper engraving after an oil painting by Reinhardt
  • "The ruins of the Gräditzberg in Silesia from the evening side ", colored copper engraving after an oil painting by Reinhardt
  • “Area of ​​the Künast with the Hermsdorf Office in Silesia”, colored copper engraving after an oil painting by Reinhardt
  • “Area around Stonsdorf near the so-called monkey bush in Silesia”, colored copper engraving after an oil painting by Reinhardt
  • “The Prellerische Hüttenwerk in Schlesien”, colored copper engraving after an oil painting by Reinhardt

literature

  • Carl Ludwig Oesfeld , August Wilhelm Crayen: Advertisement of all works by Mr. Daniel Berger, rector and teacher of copper engraving at the Royal Prussian Academy of Arts and Mechanical Sciences in Berlin. No. I. Edited with the permission of the artist and arranged according to chronological order. Along with his portrait. Rostische Kunsthandlung, Leipzig 1792.
  • Joseph Heller : Practical Handbook for Engraving Collectors Or Lexicon Of The Most Excellent And Popular Engravers, Form Cutters, Lithographers Etc. Etc .: In addition to the indication of your best and most sought-after prints, the difference in the impressions, the size, the shop and antiquarian prices, as well as the auction prices of the same in the most important auctions in Germany and abroad; In addition to a chronological index of the engravers etc. and the portrait of the author. Second completely revised and greatly increased edition. Publishing house TO Weigel, Leipzig 1850.
  • Robert Dohme :  Berger, Daniel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 373 f.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich August Schmidt (ed.): New Nekrolog der Deutschen . Second year 1824. Second issue. Printed and published by Bernhardt Friedrich Voigt, Ilmenau 1826, p. 1214. General artist lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples . Volume 9. KG Saur, Munich and Leipzig 1994, p. 344 (article on Berger).
  2. ↑ Norbert Willisch: Pictures by Reinhardt (accessed on February 14, 2016)
  3. ↑ ZVAB - Schlesien - Hirschberg (accessed on February 14, 2016)
  4. ↑ Picture in the Silesian Museum Görlitz (accessed on February 14, 2016)

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personal data
SURNAME Berger, Daniel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Berger, Gottfried Daniel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engraver and professor
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1744
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH November 17, 1825
Place of death Berlin