Charles Mielatz

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Charles Mielatz (also: Charles Frederick Mielatz ; full name Charles Frederick William Mielatz ; born May 24, 1864 in Breddin , Province of Brandenburg ; † June 2, 1919 in New York ) was a German-American etcher , graphic artist , painter and lithographer . He is considered a pioneer of multi-plate color etching.

Life

Jumping fish: “A clean break”, 1900
One of several engravings by Mielatz illustrating the Annual report of the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of the State of New York , 1899
Rockwood Hall, artist's signature , dated 1911

He was born as the son of Carl Mielatz and his wife Wilhelmina nee Wolff in the Prussian province of Brandenburg in the Ostprignitz district and was baptized with the name Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Mielatz . At the age of six he emigrated to the USA with his parents . In Chicago he was trained as a student at the School of Design there .

In the early 1880s Mielatz moved to New York City, where he made his first etching in 1883. The pioneer of multi-plate color etching produced numerous etchings with landscapes, cityscapes and historical scenes. In 1904 he became one of the first etching teachers at the New York National Academy of Design .

He was a member of the New York Etching Club and the Brooklyn Society of Etchers , but from 1906 also an associate member of the National Academy of Design.

Well-known works (selection)

literature

See also

Web links

Commons : Charles Frederick William Mielatz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Kenneth T. Jackson (ed.), Lisa Keller, Nancy V. Flood et al. : Mielatz, Charles (Frederick William) , in: The Encyclopedia of New York City (in English), second edition, London: Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1995, ISBN 9780300114652 and ISBN 0-300-05536-6 ; Preview over google books
  2. ↑ a b Ericsson's Day - No. 2 on the metmuseum.org site
  3. ↑ According to other information, 1860
  4. ^ Peter C. Merrill : German Immigrant Artists in America. A Biographical Dictionary , Lanham, Md. Et al .: Scarecrow Press, 1997, ISBN 0-8108-3266-6 , p. 182; Preview over google books
  5. ^ A b c Franz Goldstein: Monogram Lexicon 1st international directory of monograms by visual artists since 1850 , 2nd edition, reviewed and supplemented by Ruth Kähler and Hermann Kähler, Berlin; New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1999, ISBN 978-3-11-080453-9 and ISBN 978-3-11-014453-6 and ISBN 3-11-014453-0 , p. 1030; Preview over google books
  6. ↑ a b c d e Katharina Bott: German Artists in America, 1813-1913. American Artists in Germany, 1813-1913 , 1st edition, Kromsdorf: VDG Weimar - Publishing House and Database for the Humanities, 1996, ISBN 978-3-932124-03-7 and ISBN 3-932124-03-0 , p. 169; Preview over google books
  7. ^ Otto Spengler: The German element of the city of New York , 1913, p. 189.
  8. ↑ [ = place:% 22Rhode + Island% 22 & edan_fq [] = date:% 221910s% 22 & edan_fq [] = culture:% 22Native + Americans% 22 Object number 1979.136.154 ]
personal data
SURNAME Mielatz, Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mielatz, Charles Frederick; Mielatz, Charles Frederick William (full name); Mielatz, Karl Friedrich Wilhelm (German name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American painter, lithographer, etcher and art teacher; Pioneer of multi-plate color etching
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH Breddin , Brandenburg Province
DATE OF DEATH June 2, 1919
Place of death new York