Carl Koch (painter, 1806)

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Johann Carl Koch, drawn by Gustav Jäger , Rome May 4, 1837

Johann Carl Koch (also Karl Koch ; born May 31, 1806 in Hamburg ; † May 11, 1900 in Speyer ) was a German painter, fresco artist, graphic artist, lithographer and draftsman, who is also assigned to the Nazarenes with individual works . One of his most famous works was the fresco Bonifazius inaugurated church and monastery in the basilica of St. Boniface Abbey (Munich) , which was destroyed in World War II .

Artistic career

After attending the drawing school of S. Bendixen 1823–26, Koch turned to Munich from 1827 to be trained by Peter Cornelius , Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld , Joseph Schlotthauer and Heinrich Hess, among others, during his training at the Munich Academy . During this time he made reproductions as lithographs in order to secure his livelihood and came into contact with Victor Emil Janssen and Friedrich Wasmann , among others . In the period that followed, Koch became a member of the Hamburg artists' colony in Munich.

As early as 1833, Heinrich Hess brought Carl Koch in to paint the All Saints Court Church in Munich.

During his stay in Rome from 1836 to 1839, Koch joined Friedrich Overbeck .

His activity from 1854 at the Gewerbeschule Speyer followed from 1866 to 1878 at the Royal Bavarian Realgymnasium there as a school professor in the subject of art.

Koch, who was related to him through his aunt and wife of Johann Christian Jauch senior , made, among other things, engravings after paintings by Jauch's nephew Friedrich Overbeck .

Works

  • 1830: Transparent painting in honor of Peter von Cornelius as a lithograph based on a template by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld
  • around 1833: Double portrait of the two sons Eugen and Max (at a young age) by Heinrich Hess (pencil on wove paper, 18.6 cm × 24.9 cm)
  • 1837: Portrait of the painter Gustav Jäger executed as a drawing
  • around 1844: Lithograph by Carl Gustav Carus
  • 1846: St. Mary with the child and the boy John. , Oil painting on canvas and on wood, glazed and dated 1846 and dimensions 105 cm × 76 cm. With the elimination note from the Hamburger Kunsthalle on the back and a restoration sticker from 1928
  • 1849: Fresco Departure of St. Bernhard in Speyer in the Speyr Cathedral
  • Deduction of St. Bernhard from Speier and like him heals a lame boy from JC Koch
  • 1857: The cathedral facade under construction in Speyer in 1857 as a graphic in the holdings of the Palatinate History Museum

Collections

  • 1827: portrait of a gentleman

Web links

Commons : Johann Carl Koch  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ DBE, 2nd edition, vol. “Hitz – Kosub”, p. 761, digitized
  2. ^ Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG: 1793-1843. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2013, ISBN 978-3-110-29063-9 , p. 21 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  3. ^ Annual report 1870 - digitized
  4. ↑ Transparent painting in honor of Peter Cornelius , accessed on January 3, 2014
  5. ↑ Biblotheca Hertziana , accessed on January 3, 2014
  6. ↑ Image playback ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 3, 2014  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / fichterart.de
  7. ↑ Portrait of a Gentleman in the holdings of the Metropolitan Museum of Art , accessed on January 4, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Koch, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Koch, Johann Carl (full name); Koch, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, fresco artist, graphic artist, lithographer and draftsman
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1806
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH May 11, 1900
Place of death Speyer