Bartholomäus Ignaz Weiss

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Bartholomäus Ignaz Weiß (* 1730 in Munich ; † December 26, 1814 there ) was a Munich painter and etcher.

Born as the son of the painter Franz Josef Weiß, his father trained as a painter. He continued his apprenticeship in the galleries in Munich and in the Schleißheim palace complex . He also studied the original drawings by the painter Andreas Wolff .

In 1770 he became a member of the newly established Royal Academy of Arts in Munich . A few years later he was appointed court miniature painter. He created the portraits of Elector Maximilian III. Joseph and his wife, the Electors Karl Theodor and Maximilian Josef IV , as well as other members of the Bavarian court.

In addition to the miniature pictures, he also created oil paintings and etchings, some based on his own compositions and some based on models by famous masters.

literature

• Georg Kaspar Nagler , Neues Allgemeine Künstler-Lexicon XXI, 249–255, Munich 1851
• Johann Georg von Dillis , directory of the paintings in the royal Bavarian gallery in Schleissheim , Munich 1831. P. 73, no. 416.
• Joseph Maillinger , picture chronicle of the royal main u. Residence city of Munich . Munich 1876. I, 1483-1510
• Friedrich Pecht , History of Munich Art in the 19th Century , Munich 1888. p. 20
• Catalog of the painting collection in the Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck. Innsbruck 1890. No. 805
• Thieme / Becker 1907–1950, Vol. 35 (1942)
• Witt Checklist 1978, p. 325
• Ludwig 1978, vol. 4
• Bénézit 1999, vol. 14, p. 521
• Saur 1999-2000, Vol. 10, p. 461

Web links

Commons : Bartholomäus Ignaz Weiß  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Hermann Arthur Lier:  White, Bartholomäus Ignaz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 41, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 559.