Christian Friedrich Joachim Bünsow

Christian Friedrich Joachim Bünsow (born April 11, 1745 in Heide , † October 6, 1824 in Kiel ) was a German painter and drawing teacher.

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Christian Friedrich Joachim Bünsow was a member of the Holstein family Bünsow . The father Johann Ludewig Bünsow (* 1718) came from Hamburg and was married to Charlotte Elisabeth, née Ahrens.

Bünsow had his residence in Kiel, where he also worked. According to journeyman's letters, he stayed in Hamburg in 1764/65. In 1772 he designed ornamental wall paintings in the dining room of the manor house of Gut Dobersdorf , which he kept in the rustic style of the Rococo decoration . These paintings were uncovered in 1956.

Bünsow's best-known works include views of Kiel and the surrounding area, which he designed together with his sons. It was mostly colored, sober and modest outline etchings. In doing so, he chose new points of view at the time. In addition, coming from copying, he taught drawing in middle-class circles. The Kunsthalle Kiel recorded the templates he used for this .

On May 1, 1772 Bünsow married Rosina Dorothea Negelin (1751–1845) in Kiel, whose father and cabinet maker Paul Christoffer Negelin had immigrated from Switzerland. The couple had 10 children, u. a. the son Ludwig Johann Christian , who continued his father's drawing lessons, and the son Joachim Johann Friedrich , who also became known as a painter and drawing teacher.

literature

• Lilli Martius : Bünsow, Christian Friedrich Joachim . in: Schleswig-Holstein Biographical Lexicon . Volume 2. Karl Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1971, pp. 87-88.