Friedrich Georg Weitsch
Friedrich Georg Weitsch (born August 8, 1758 in Braunschweig , † May 30, 1828 in Berlin ) was a German painter and etcher .
Life
He began his training as a painter with his father Pascha Johann Friedrich Weitsch and continued this from 1776 with HW Tischbein in Kassel . A job at the Braunschweig lacquerware manufacturer Stobwasser was followed by a continuation of training at the Düsseldorf Academy in 1783 . There was Lambert Krahe his teacher.
Brunswick court painter
Weitsch stayed in Amsterdam and Italy from 1784 to 1787, where he visited Rome, Naples and Florence, among others, and was appointed court painter to Brunswick by Duke Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand on his return . On behalf of the duke he made copies of portraits in the picture gallery Schloss Salzdahlum and portrayed members of the ducal family, the court preacher abbot Jerusalem and his father.
Academy Rector and Royal Court Painter in Berlin
Weitsch became a member of the Berlin Art Academy in 1794 and took up residence in Berlin in 1795. As the successor to Bernhard Rode , who died in 1797 , he taught history painting at the academy and was rector of the institution in 1798. In the same year he was appointed royal court painter.
Weitsch died in Berlin in 1828. He was married to Christiane Elisabeth Schröder since 1794. The marriage remained childless.
Works
His work includes depictions of landscapes, historical and religious subjects, but above all portraits of princely and bourgeois clients. Weitsch's portrait art is influenced by Anton Graff . Works by Weitsch are owned by the Städtisches Museum Braunschweig , the Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum and the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum .
Paintings (selection)
- Self-portrait with his wife, around 1800, Braunschweig City Museum
- Portrait of Alexander von Humboldt , 1806, Alte Nationalgalerie Berlin
- Humboldt and Aime Bonpland at the foot of the Chimborazo volcano, 1810
Friedrich Wilhelm III. , Queen Luise and Alexander at the coffin of Frederick II (1806)
Alexander von Humboldt (1806)
Humboldt and Aime Bonpland at the foot of the Chimborazo (1810)
Nikolai Kamensky (1810)
Karl August von Hardenberg (1822)
literature
- Paul Zimmermann : Weitsch, Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 41, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 629 f.
- Weitsch, Friedrich Georg . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 35 : Libra-Wilhelmson . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1942, p. 349-350 .
- Walther G. Oschilewski: Memory of Friedrich Georg Weitsch. His work as court painter and academy director in Berlin. In: Association for the history of Berlin (ed.): Yearbook "The Bear of Berlin". 23rd year, Berlin 1978.
- Norman-Mathias Pingel: Weitsch, Friedrich Georg. In: Manfred Garzmann , Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf (Hrsg.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon . Supplementary volume. Joh. Heinr. Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig 1996, ISBN 3-926701-30-7 , p. 136 .
- Gert-Dieter Ulferts: Weitsch, Friedrich Georg. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 644 .
- Reimar F. Lacher: Friedrich Georg Weitsch (1758–1828). Painter, connoisseur, academician. Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-7861-2321-7 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Friedrich Georg Weitsch in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Friedrich Georg Weitsch in the German Digital Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ “Laughter: Friedrich Georg Weitsch. 2005, pp. 48/49. "
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weitsch, Friedrich Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and etcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1758 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunschweig |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 30, 1828 |
| Place of death | Berlin |