Anton Friedrich Harms

Anton Friedrich Harms (* 1695 in Braunschweig , † 1745 in Kassel ) was a German painter, set designer and art writer.

Life

The son of the painter and set designer Johann Oswald Harms († 1708) chose his father's profession. After his death, he moved to Kassel in 1709. From there he also worked as a decorative painter for the opera house on Braunschweiger Hagenmarkt from 1737 to 1743 . Harms died in Kassel in 1745.

Works (selection)

painting

In 1728 he created the altarpiece "The Ascension of Christ" for the Brunswick Cathedral , which Duke August Wilhelm gave to the church. The quality of his landscape and architectural painting does not come close to that of his father. He created still lifes with the lifelike depiction of dead game, e.g. B. "Nature morte au lièvre, couple de fruits et panier de provisions" from 1733.

Fonts

• Tables historiques et chronologiques des plus fameux peintres anciens et modern , Braunschweig, 1742
• Designation of the artificial and precious paintings in which the galleries and cabinets of the Princely Lust = Schloss Salzthalen are located , 1744 digitalization of the University Library Braunschweig based on the original in the Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum
• Letters on painting, 1744, in: CL Hagedorn, Letters on Art , 1797

literature

• F. Spehr:  Harms, Johann Oswald . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 611 (there Anton Friedrich Harms also biographed)
• Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Günter Scheel (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon. 19th and 20th centuries , p. 301, Hannover 1996