Carl Heideloff (painter)

Carl Heideloff (full name Johann Friedrich Carl Heideloff , the last name was occasionally written Haidlof ; * July 22, 1770 in Stuttgart , † March 17, 1816 in Weimar ) was a German theater decoration and stage painter who worked in Weimar since 1798 and there was court painter since 1811 .

Friedrich Schiller reads Die Räuber to his friends in 1778 by Johann Friedrich Carl Heideloff

Life

Heideloff was the son of Carl Heideloff (1737–1803) and his wife Theresia born in Stuttgart. Malterre (1731-1779). He was born into a family of artists, because his two grandfathers, the sculptor Franz Joseph Ignatz Anton Heideloff (1676–1772) and the dance master at the Charles School, Peter Heinrich Malterre (or Malter), can without a doubt be viewed as artists. His parents had eight children, including the painter Viktor Heideloff , the engraver Nikolaus Heideloff , the sculptor and painter Heinrich Heideloff and the gilder Jean Heideloff.

Heideloff first painted in Stuttgart before he was recommended as a decorative painter in Weimar in 1798 by Friedrich Schiller , who had been friends with his brother Viktor since the High Charles School . He went there with Nikolaus Friedrich von Thouret . He was involved in the painting of the Weimar shooting house , where he executed the muse frieze , which goes back to a design by Heinrich Meyer . He also painted countless decorations for the old court theater , the so-called Komödienhaus by Anton Georg Hauptmann , which were lost in a fire in 1825. His son Alfred Heideloff , whom he taught from 1814, was born in Weimar in 1802 . (He later went to Paris .) Heideloff should have made a good name for himself in Weimar. However, he died at the age of 46. It was an accident at work that occurred during the painting work in the residential palace - he fell off a ladder and died a few hours later.

Individual evidence

↑ [1] Stuttgart memorial calendar; Year of death given as 1814
↑ According to Nagler (see literature), the date of death is often given as 1814. This information is wrong, however, because the following entry can be found in Goethe's diary: Heideloff's death. On March 17th. "At two o'clock in the afternoon the court painter, Herr Hendlaß <Johann Friedrich Carl Heideloff>, fell from a ladder in the Princely House when he was about to paint, and two hours later he died, but was splendidly buried." (Gesky, p. 55) - Johann Wolfgang Goethe: Diaries , Vol. V, 1: 1813-1816, ed. by Wolfgang Albrecht , Stuttgart, Weimar 2007, p. 349. In Commentary Volume V, 2, p. 878. (The Princely House already means the residential palace and not the Princely House of Weimar .)
^ ^A ^b Georg Kaspar Nagler: New general artist lexicon . Vol. 6, Munich 1838, p. 57.
↑ The Origin of Goethe's Works in Documents , founded by Momme Mommsen, continued and edited by Katharina Mommsen, Vol. VII: Hackert - Indische Dichtungen, Berlin, Munich, Boston 2015, p. 396, note 1 f.

literature

Georg Kaspar Nagler : New general artist lexicon . Volume 6, Munich 1838, p. 57 f. ( Digitized version )

Web links

Commons : Carl Heideloff - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

personal data
SURNAME	Heideloff, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Heideloff, Johann Friedrich Carl; Haidlof, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German decorative painter and stage painter; Court painter in Weimar
DATE OF BIRTH	July 22, 1770
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH	March 17, 1816
Place of death	Weimar

[1] [1] Stuttgart memorial calendar; Year of death given as 1814

[2] According to Nagler (see literature), the date of death is often given as 1814. This information is wrong, however, because the following entry can be found in Goethe's diary: Heideloff's death. On March 17th. "At two o'clock in the afternoon the court painter, Herr Hendlaß <Johann Friedrich Carl Heideloff>, fell from a ladder in the Princely House when he was about to paint, and two hours later he died, but was splendidly buried." (Gesky, p. 55) - Johann Wolfgang Goethe: Diaries , Vol. V, 1: 1813-1816, ed. by Wolfgang Albrecht , Stuttgart, Weimar 2007, p. 349. In Commentary Volume V, 2, p. 878. (The Princely House already means the residential palace and not the Princely House of Weimar .)

[Nagler-3] A ^b Georg Kaspar Nagler: New general artist lexicon . Vol. 6, Munich 1838, p. 57.

[4] The Origin of Goethe's Works in Documents , founded by Momme Mommsen, continued and edited by Katharina Mommsen, Vol. VII: Hackert - Indische Dichtungen, Berlin, Munich, Boston 2015, p. 396, note 1 f.