Christian August Günther
Christian August Günther (born June 4, 1760 in Pirna ; † March 8, 1824 in Dresden ) was a German painter , draftsman and engraver .
Life
Christian August Günther was the son of a merchant from Pirna and developed a pronounced inclination for painting in his youth.
He was a student of Adrian Zingg at the Dresden Art Academy , who taught him drawing, etching and engraving for eight years .
His light and broad landscape drawings and gouache paintings attracted the attention of art lovers from an early age. He was employed by the conference minister Count Detlev Carl von Einsiedel , who had his goods Ehrenberg and Wolkenburg drawn, as well as by Duke Albert von Sachsen-Teschen , known as a collector . He also gave private lessons to some families for a few years, but gave up because it was too time-consuming.
Due to his artistic success, he was retired at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden in 1789.
In 1810 he was appointed a member of the Dresden Art Academy and in 1815 its extraordinary professor of copper engraving.
During his work he was with Johann Christian Reinhart , Johann Conrad Gessner (1764-1824), later with Johann Gottlob Schumann (1761-1810), Anton Graff , Joseph Grassi , Crescentius Josephus Johannes Seydelmann and Giuseppe Canale (1725-1802) as well as the Professor Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker and Karl August Böttiger known in Weimar .
Christian August Günther was married to a sister of the Dresden legal adviser von Siegel, with whom he had two daughters.
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Artistic work
In his drawings and etchings the references to the stylistic origin of Adrian Zingg are unmistakable, but these are more ornamental. In his drawings for Duke Albert from the 1790s, his romantic feeling for the landscape is already clearly recognizable.
He delivered engravings after Jacob van Ruisdael , Philips Wouwerman , Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich , Johann Christian Klengel , Gottlob Friedrich Thormeyer and Christian Leberecht Vogel .
Works (selection)
In 1794 Christian August Günther delivered views from the Wörlitzer Park near Dessau to the Chalkographische Gesellschaft . He also created views of the Meißner Albrechtsburg , Königstein fortress , Lilienstein , Pillnitz Castle , Seiffersdorf , Loschwitz , Potschappel , Tharandt and Leipzig as well as areas in the Harz Mountains .
He illustrated several travelogues, including Friedrich Christian Schlenkert's Tharand and the four booklets Pitoreskische Reisen durch Sachsen or natural beauties of Saxon regions by Johann Jakob Brückner (1762-1811) with 48 etchings.
literature
- Carl Clauß: Günther, Christian August . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 168.
- Christian August Günther . In: New Nekrolog der Deutschen , 4th year, 1824, 2nd issue. Ilmenau 1826. p. 1086 f.
Web links
- Christian August Günther . In: Image index of art & architecture .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Günther, Christian August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Günther, CA |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, draftsman and engraver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1760 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pirna |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 8, 1824 |
| Place of death | Dresden |