Christian Haldenwang
Christian Haldenwang (born May 14, 1770 in Durlach , † June 27, 1831 in Rippoldsau ) was a German engraver .
Haldenwang visited the studio of the copper engraver Christian von Mechel in Basel , received a call from the Chalkographische Gesellschaft in Dessau in 1796 and in 1804 as court copper engraver in Karlsruhe .
As a landscape engraver, Haldenwang combined strength with grace and the free play of painting with the most delicate perfection. Main leaves from him are:
- The four landscapes after Claude Lorrain , called the times of day, in the Hermitage in Petersburg
- The landscapes after Claude and Ruisdael, for the Musée Napoléon
- The flight to Egypt after Elsheimer
- The Landscape with Diogenes after C. Poussin
- The waterfall to Ruisdael
literature
- Dorothea Stern : Haldenwang, Christian . In: Ulrich Thieme , Fred. C. Willis (Ed.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 15 : Gresse – Hanselmann . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1922, p. 498-499 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
- Alfred Woltmann: Haldenwang, Christian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 406 f.
- Hasso von Haldenwang : Christian Haldenwang, copperplate engraver (1770–1831). Kunstgeschichtliches Inst., Frankfurt am Main 1997, ISBN 3-923813-13-9
Web links
Commons : Christian Haldenwang - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Literature by and about Christian Haldenwang in the catalog of the German National Library
- vonhaldenwang.de Lawyer website of the researcher
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Haldenwang, Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engraver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1770 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Durlach |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 27, 1831 |
| Place of death | Rippoldsau |