Emil Orth
Emil Orth (born October 17, 1814 in Heilbronn ; † April 23, 1876 ibid) was a German painter , portrait painter , lithographer and photographer .
Life
Orth came from the long-established Heilbronn patrician family Orth, who had provided several Heilbronn mayors from Philipp Orth (1534–1603) to Heinrich Karl Philibert Orth (1733–1795) . He was the younger son of the factory owner Johann Georg Orth (1774–1835), a grandson of the mayor Johann Heinrich Orth (1653–1733), and Friederike Feyerabend. His older brother Robert Orth (1807-1893) continued the commercial activities of his father, so that the way to an artistic education was free for Emil.
From 1831 to 1833/1834 he studied painting at the Munich Art Academy as a pupil of Joseph Karl Stieler's painting and worked in Heilbronn as a portrait painter, miniaturist and lithographer. In April 1841 the Heilbronn publishing bookstore Drechsler advertised a lithograph by Orth showing Justinus Kerner .
Orth turned to the daguerreotype early on. On May 14th, 1842 he announced with an advertisement in the Heilbronner Intellektivenblatt that by the end of the month he was ready to “produce daguerreotype pictures for a cheap fee” in the Orthischer Garten. In the following years he continued to place advertisements for his Daguerreotypes, but also continued to advertise his paintings, for example in the Heilbronner Tagblatt of September 1848 (p. 1017) “several portraits made here in oil for viewing by an admirable public”. Later he also worked as a photographer; the Heilbronn address book of 1855 listed him as one of two photographers in the business directory .
Emil Orth was still listed as a photographer in the Heilbronn address book from 1875. He died on April 23, 1876 in Heilbronn.
His only son Theodor Orth († November 15, 1915) was a master painter in Heilbronn. His sons Emil († 1914 in Russia) and Robert († 1915 in Serbia) died in the First World War before their father's death, so that the Orth family, which had been in Heilbronn since 1533, and Emil's son Theodor died out in the male line in Heilbronn in 1915.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 01815 Emil Orth. In: Matriculation Book. Volume 1: 1809-1841. Academy of Fine Arts, Munich ( matrikel.adbk.de ).
- ↑ Ulrike von Hase-Schmundt: Joseph Stieler, 1781-1858. Prestel, Munich 1971, p. 19.
literature
- Georg Kaspar Nagler : Orth, Emil . In: New general KünstlerLexicon, or messages from the life and works of painters, sculptors, architects, engravers, die cutter, lithographer, illustrator, Medals and Ivory, etc . 3. Edition. Schwarzenberg & Schumann, Leipzig 1936, p. 498 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Moriz von Rauch: The Heilbronn merchant and councilor family Orth. In: Heilbronn Historical Association. Heilbronn 1925, p. 93.
- Orth, Emil . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 26 : Olivier – Pieris . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1932, p. 64 .
Web links
- Daguerreotype at stadtarchiv-heilbronn.de
- Photography at stadtarchiv-heilbronn.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Orth, Emil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, portrait painter, lithographer and photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 17, 1814 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heilbronn |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 23, 1876 |
| Place of death | Heilbronn |