Adam Friedrich von Löwenfinck
Adam Friedrich Löwenfinck (* 1714 in Biała; † November 13, 1754 in Hagenau ) was a German porcelain and faience painter .
life and work
The oldest and most gifted of the three Löwenfinck brothers was born in 1714 in a small town called Biała, a part of Godziesze Wielkie near Kalisz in what is now the Greater Poland Voivodeship . His father was a poor sergeant named Heinrich Wilhelm von Löwenfink, his mother Anna Magdalena nee. Sachse (* before August 4, 1687, the day of baptism, in Wiehe ; † 1754 in Hagenau) the daughter of a Würzkrämer. His father is mentioned as a crockery painter in the Meissen porcelain factory in 1731 .
Löwenfinck is considered one of the most influential ceramic painters . In 1727, at the age of thirteen, he began an apprenticeship in the Meißner porcelain factory, where Johann Gregorius Höroldt directed him. In 1734 he became a journeyman and was entrusted with demanding work. Two years later he fled to Bayreuth, later to Ansbach and in 1741 to Fulda. In 1746, together with Johann Christoph Göltz, he founded the Höchst Porcelain Manufactory in Höchst am Main .
Löwenfinck, who converted to Catholicism, married Maria Schick in Fulda on October 28, 1747 , the daughter of the princely court painter Philipp Schick, who herself was an important faience painter and, after his death, headed the faience manufactories in Haguenau (German: Hagenau) (1754 –1760), Strasbourg (1760–1761) and Ludwigsburg (1763–1795).
After financial quarrels with Göltz, Löwenfinck left Höchst in May 1749 and went to Strasbourg, where he took over the management of the Hannong faience factory in Haguenau. There he died at the age of only 40.
Löwenfinck is considered the most original and versatile porcelain painter who emerged from the Höroldt workshop. His painting is characterized by strong contours that surround high-contrast areas of color - this makes his painting appear extremely clear. His subjects are fairytale-like and grotesque: trees covered in lichen, shaggy animals, birds of paradise, strange incidents. He also painted hunting and riding scenes. Today there are still around 200 porcelains and faiences that he painted.
literature
- Rainer Rückert: Biographical data of the Meißner manufacturers of the 18th century. Bavarian National Museum, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-925058-13-3 , pp. 171-173.
- Otto Walcha : Meissen porcelain . Bertelsmann-Lexikonverlag, Gütersloh 1975, ISBN 3-570-01638-2 , pp. 67-70 (reprint of the Dresden 1973 edition).
- Hermann Jedding: Löwenfinck, Adam Friedrich (von). In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-428-00196-6 , p. 92 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Ulrich Pietsch: FANTASTIC WORLDS - painting on Meissen porcelain and German faience by Adam Friedrich von Löwenfinck (1714–1754). Edited by the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. Stuttgart 2014, ISBN 978-3-89790-420-0 (catalog for the exhibition "Fantastic Worlds" in the Dresden Porcelain Collection from October 1, 2014 to February 22, 2015)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rückert (1990), p. 171.
- ↑ Lisa Werner-Art: Fantastic on porcelain - exhibition for the 300th birthday of Adam Friedrich von Löwenfinck with 100 works in Dresden porcelain collection. In: Dresdner Latest News. No. 229 of October 1, 2014, p. 9.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Löwenfinck, Adam Friedrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Löwenfing, Adam Friedrich; Löwenfingk, Adam Friedrich; Löwenfinken, Adam Friedrich; Löwenfinf, Adam Friedrich; Löwenfeind, Adam Friedrich; Lötenfink, Adam Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German porcelain and faience painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1714 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Biała |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 13, 1754 |
| Place of death | Haguenau |