Aegidius Johann Peter Joseph Scheuren

Aegidius Johann Peter Joseph Scheuren (born March 27, 1774 in Aachen ; † June 7, 1844 there ) was a German painter and lithographer .

Live and act

After his training, Scheuren worked as a drawing teacher at the St. Leonhard secondary school for girls. In 1825 he advertised in the Rheinische Flora for his lithographs of the architectural sights of Aachen, the subscription price of which was 18 silver groschen. In the late summer of 1837 he presented a river view at the first contemporary painting exhibition in the Aachen town hall . His oeuvre includes portraits , vedute and landscapes .

Aegidius Scheuren was married to Maria Magdalena Schavoir from Aachen, with whom he had the son Johann Kaspar Nepomuk Scheuren , who also became a well-known painter.

Works (selection)

• 1807: Bishop Markus Antonius Berdolet , portrait, Suermondt Museum Aachen
• 1824: Wilhelm Smets , portrait drawing for the cover picture of the book of poems To my mother published in 1824 , when I visited her in Vienna during the autumn vacation of that year
• 1825 f .: Vedute of Aachen and the surrounding area in watercolor and as lithograph:
  • The Münsterkirche , lithograph of the Aachen Cathedral
  • The town hall , lithograph of the Aachen town hall
  • The new theater , lithograph by the Aachen theater
  • The new mineral fountain , lithography of the Elisen fountain
  • The solemnity of the monarchs on October 18, 1818 in front of St. Adalbertsthor , lithograph of the Aachen Congress

literature

• Johannes Fey: On the history of Aachen painters of the 19th century . In: From Aachen's prehistory. Announcements from the association for customers of the Aachen prehistory . Tenth year 1897, No. 4/8 ( online )