Andreas Stech

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Self-portrait, ca.1675

Andreas Stech (* 1635 in Stolp in Pomerania ; † 1697 in Danzig ) was an important German painter in Danzig.

Life

Danzig patrician , 1685, Muzeum Narodowe Gdańsk

The father was the painter Heinrich Stech from Lübeck , the mother Anna Krasen. In 1642 the family settled in Danzig.

From 1653, Andreas Stech probably learned from Adolf Boy , whose daughter he later married. In 1658 he submitted his apprenticeship to the painters' guild, in 1662 his masterpiece. In 1667 he received citizenship of the city of Danzig.

Andreas Stech had personal relationships with the sculptor Andreas Schlueter , whose child he was godfather in 1668, and with whom he worked in Pelplin, Oliva and Warsaw. Since 1673 he has held leading positions in the painters' guild, including three times that of senior man (chairman, 1675, 1680, 1696).

Create

Alongside Daniel Schultz, Andreas Stech is considered the most important painter of his time in Poland-Lithuania. He created large paintings in monastery churches in Danzig, Pelplin and Oliva. In the Artus Court he painted allegorical scenes. Stech depicted landscape motifs and still lifes in paintings, as well as numerous portraits of Gdańsk personalities.

His painting style is strongly influenced by Flemish and Dutch models, although no trip from him is known to date.

Works (selection)

The winter panorama of Gdansk , 1678
  • His oil painting The Winter Panorama of Danzig (on linen, 71.5 cm × 127 cm), created in 1678, hangs today (2008) in the upper main hall of the Danzig City Hall (Langgasse).
Stroll in front of the gates of Danzig , between 1670 and 1685, Herzog Anton August Museum Braunschweig
  • The oil painting Walk in front of the gates of Danzig from 1670/85 is considered one of his most important works, which combines portraits and landscapes on a high artistic level. It is in the Herzog-Anton-Ulrich-Museum in Braunschweig and is probably the only work by him in Germany
  • Around 1686 he painted the main altar and several side altars by Andreas Schlueter in the monastery church Oliva

literature

  • Danuta Natalia: The floral still lifes of Andreas Stech . In: Acta historiae artium Balticae 1 (2005), pp. 101-137
  • Teresa Grzybkowska: Andreas Stech as a portrait painter . In: Low German Contributions to Art History 18 (1979), pp. 149–184
  • Teresa Grzybkowska: The Hevelius portraits by Andreas Stech . In: Low German contributions to art history 15 (1976), pp. 167–186
  • Boleslaw Makowski: The Danzig painter Andreas Stech . In: Journal of the West Prussian History Association 52 (1910), pp. 139–197
  • Leni Telger: Andreas Stech . In: Walter Menn (arr.), Pommersche Lebensbilder , Böhlau, Cologne 1966 (= publications of the Historical Commission for Pomerania, 5; research on Pomeranian history, 15), pp. 36–52

Web links

Commons : Andreas Stech  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Daniel Schultz and Andreas Stech Dutch and Flamish painting in European perspective, with paintings (English)
personal data
SURNAME Stech, Andreas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Steg, Andreas; Stecher, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION important German painter in Danzig
DATE OF BIRTH 1635
PLACE OF BIRTH Stolp , Pomerania
DATE OF DEATH 1697
Place of death Gdansk , Poland-Lithuania