Anton Auer

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Part of a coffee service with an antique scene, 1804

Anton Auer (born March 4, 1778 in Munich ; † October 25, 1814 ) was a German porcelain painter and set new standards in enamel painting .

life and work

From 1794 Auer received his training in the porcelain factory Nymphenburg , which then took him over in a permanent position. In 1809 the Bavarian King Max I Joseph gave him a scholarship to attend the Vienna Art Academy . For a year he was a student of Hubert Maurer and Franz Anton Zauner .

In 1810, shortly after his return, he was appointed chief painter at the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory. At the end of 1810, Crown Prince Ludwig commissioned him to transfer paintings from the royal picture gallery to a dinner service . According to Ludwig's wishes, it should set new standards. "The most excellent paintings in the Royal Gallery", which are now considered the main works of the Alte Pinakothek , should be reproduced in true copies on plates. The first three works that Auer copied onto plates were works by Bernardino Luini , Giorgio Vasari and Anthonis van Dyck .

When he died in 1814, the work was not finished. His students continued his technique of enamel painting. Christian Adler (* 1787 in Triesdorf ) succeeded Auer as chief painter at the Nymphenburg porcelain factory in 1815 . Together with other porcelain painters, he took on the task of copying the paintings in the royal gallery onto porcelain.

Auer's sons were the painter Maximilian Joseph Auer (1805–1878), who received his first training from his father and worked with Adler in the porcelain factory, and Franz von Paula Auer (1813–1849), who was Ministerialrat and publisher of Munich's municipal law. Auer's widow Juliana, b. Harm, began a relationship with Johann Andreas Schmeller in 1816 , from whom she had three children. Only daughter Emma grew up.

literature

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Directory of the porcelain paintings. Collection in the Neue Königl. Pinakothek in Munich . Munich 1870, p. IV (digitized version)
  2. ↑ Adler, Christian. In: Johannes Andreas Romberg, Friedrich Faber, Lorenz Clasen: Conversationslexicon for fine arts. Volume 1, Romberg's Verlag, Leipzig 1843, p. 73 (digitized version)
  3. ^ Horst Ludwig: Munich painter in the 19th century. Vol. Adam-Gaupp, Bruckmann, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-7654-1801-3 , p. 37 (digitized version)
  4. ^ Hyacinth Holland:  Auer, Maximilian Joseph . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 46, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1902, p. 84.
  5. ^ Johann Michael von Söltl: The fine arts in Munich . Verlag der J. Lentner'schen Buchhandlung, Munich 1842, pp. 334–337 (digitized version )
  6. ↑ Reinhard Bauer, Ursula Münchhoff (ed.): "Lauter mowed meadows for the reaction". The first half of the 19th century in the diaries of Johann Andreas Schmeller. Munich 1990, ISBN 3-492-10884-9 , p. 288.
personal data
SURNAME Auer, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German porcelain painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 4, 1778
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH October 25, 1814