Carl Kretschmar

Johann Carl Heinrich Kretschmar (baptized October 17, 1769 in Braunschweig , † March 2, 1847 in Berlin ) was a German painter .

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Portrait of Amalie Beer . Painting by Carl Kretschmar, around 1803

Kretschmar was the son of a master saddler and was supposed to learn the trade at the age of 15. He broke off his training after the first month to take drawing lessons instead. He became a student of Pascha Johann Friedrich Weitsch and emerged as a portrait and history painter . In 1789 he was taken in with relatives in Berlin after both of his parents had died. In 1800 he received the Grand Academy Prize for his painting The Great Elector Forgives the Prince of Homburg on the Fehrbellin battlefield . From 1803 to 1805 he traveled through Germany, France and Italy to study and returned to Berlin. Kretschmar became a student of Johann Christoph Frisch and Johann Heinrich Meil at the Akademie der Künste , where he was regularly represented at exhibitions from 1789 and of which he became a full member in 1806. In 1817 Kretschmar was appointed professor of history painting. He is known for his history pictures and portrait painting, for example the portrait of Amalie Beer (around 1803). Paintings by Kretschmar can be found in museums in Berlin, Düsseldorf or Nuremberg.

literature

German Biographical Encyclopedia .
Helmut Börsch-Supan: Johann Karl Heinrich Kretschmar , in: Yearbook “The Bear of Berlin”, ed. v. Association for the History of Berlin , 23rd year, Berlin 1978.
Lionel von Donop : Kretschmar, Johann Karl Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 141.
Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 348 .

Web links

Commons : Carl Kretschmar - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 348 .

personal data
SURNAME	Kretschmar, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kretschmar, Johann Carl; Kretschmar, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter
DATE OF BIRTH	baptized October 17, 1769
PLACE OF BIRTH	Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH	March 2, 1847
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 348 .