Carl Conti

Carl Conti , also Karl Conti (born April 17, 1741 in Vienna ; † October 26, 1795 there ), was an Austrian engraver .

Life

Carl Conti's father came from Lorraine , probably came to Vienna with the court of Franz Stephen of Lorraine and worked as the first confectioner at the imperial court . Conti initially trained as a painter before studying with Jacob Matthias Schmutzer at his copper engraving academy in Vienna from 1766 .

He worked from 1778 to 1786 as a proofreader and from 1787 to 1795 as an adjunct at the copper engraving school of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna . He also taught drawing at the academy. His copper engraving, dedicated to Joseph von Sperges , based on the painting Assault on Travelers by the baroque painter Philips Wouwerman, found widespread use . He also created several etchings around 1790 with the Upper Austrian motifs Gmunden , Lambach and Traunfall .

In 1780 Conti married Theresia Ueberracker (1762–1835) from Vienna. In addition to his wife, three of his children survived him.

The poet Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was a contemporary of Carl Conti and possibly named the figure of the painter Conti in his tragedy Emilia Galotti after him. The Contiweg traffic route in Vienna- Aspern has been named after Carl Conti since 1934 .

literature

Felix Czeike (Ed.): Conti Carl. In: Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 1, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-218-00543-4 , p. 591 ( digitized version ).
Conti, (Carl) . In: Hans Heinrich Füssli (Hrsg.): General Artist Lexicon, or: Brief message about the life and works of the painters, sculptors, builders, copper engravers, art cutters, steel cutters, cc Along with attached lists of teachers and students; also of the portraits of the artists contained in this lexicon . Second part, which contains the continuation and addition of the first. First section: A - C. Orell, Füeßli und Compagnie, Zurich 1806, p. 220 ( digitized version ).
Conti, Carl . In: Georg Kaspar Nagler (ed.): New general artist lexicon or news from the life and works of painters, sculptors, builders, copper engravers, form cutters, lithographers, draftsmen, medalists, ivory workers, etc. Third volume: Cleomenes - Dumesnil . EA Fleischmann, Munich 1836, p. 70 .
Conti Karl . In: Rudolf Schmidt (Hrsg.): Österreichisches Künstlerlexikon. From the beginning to the present . tape 4 : Byss to Daringer. Tusch, Vienna 1978, ISBN 3-85063-091-9 , p. 347 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d news from two Viennese artists . In: Johann Georg Meusel (Hrsg.): New Miscellaneus of artistic content for artists and art lovers. Continuation of the Neues Museum for artists and art lovers . Ninth piece. Gerhard Fleischer, Leipzig 1799, p. 48 .
↑ ^a ^b Felix Czeike (Ed.): Conti Carl. In: Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 1, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-218-00543-4 , p. 591 ( digitized version ).
^ Conti, (Carl) . In: Hans Heinrich Füssli (Hrsg.): General Artist Lexicon, or: Brief message about the life and works of the painters, sculptors, builders, copper engravers, art cutters, steel cutters, cc Along with attached lists of teachers and students; also of the portraits of the artists contained in this lexicon . Second part, which contains the continuation and addition of the first. First section: A - C. Orell, Füeßli und Compagnie, Zurich 1806, p. 220 ( digitized version [accessed February 28, 2020]).
^ Rudolf Lehr : LandesChronik Oberösterreich. 3000 years in data, documents and images . Brandstätter, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-85498-331-X , p. 184 .
^ Gotthold Ephraim Lessing: Emilia Galotti. A tragedy in five acts. Historical-critical edition . Ed .: Elke Monika Bauer. Max Niemeyer, Tübingen 2004, ISBN 3-484-10848-7 , pp. XI .
↑ Felix Czeike (Ed.): Contiweg. In: Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 1, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-218-00543-4 , p. 591 ( digitized version ).

personal data
SURNAME	Conti, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Conti, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian engraver
DATE OF BIRTH	April 17, 1741
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	October 26, 1795
Place of death	Vienna

[Meusel_48-1] ws from two Viennese artists . In: Johann Georg Meusel (Hrsg.): New Miscellaneus of artistic content for artists and art lovers. Continuation of the Neues Museum for artists and art lovers . Ninth piece. Gerhard Fleischer, Leipzig 1799, p. 48 .

[Czeike-2] Felix Czeike (Ed.): Conti Carl. In: Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 1, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-218-00543-4 , p. 591 ( digitized version ).

[3] Conti, (Carl) . In: Hans Heinrich Füssli (Hrsg.): General Artist Lexicon, or: Brief message about the life and works of the painters, sculptors, builders, copper engravers, art cutters, steel cutters, cc Along with attached lists of teachers and students; also of the portraits of the artists contained in this lexicon . Second part, which contains the continuation and addition of the first. First section: A - C. Orell, Füeßli und Compagnie, Zurich 1806, p. 220 ( digitized version [accessed February 28, 2020]).

[4] Rudolf Lehr : LandesChronik Oberösterreich. 3000 years in data, documents and images . Brandstätter, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-85498-331-X , p. 184 .

[5] Gotthold Ephraim Lessing: Emilia Galotti. A tragedy in five acts. Historical-critical edition . Ed .: Elke Monika Bauer. Max Niemeyer, Tübingen 2004, ISBN 3-484-10848-7 , pp. XI .

[6] Felix Czeike (Ed.): Contiweg. In: Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 1, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-218-00543-4 , p. 591 ( digitized version ).