Christian Wilhelm Steinauer
Christian Wilhelm Steinauer (born September 4, 1741 in Leipzig , † December 31, 1826 in Naumburg ) was a Leipzig merchant and a senior employee of the Meissen porcelain factory .
Life
His grandfather was Johann Christian Steinauer , who donated the “Stone Album” in Großjena in 1722 . He himself was the son of the Leipzig merchant Johann Christian Steinauer (1707–1786). Steinauer was a successful businessman. Even Goethe had placed orders with Steinauer. From 1780 he was chief controller in the Meißner porcelain factory. Since August 28, 1795 Steinauer was active as 3rd commissioner. He held this position until his retirement in 1814. Steinauer was not only contractor of Goethe and Friedrich Justin Bertuch in Weimar , but he was also friends with them, as can be seen from their letters. On November 14th, 1805 Steinauer received the citizenship of the city of Naumburg .
Steinauer was also friends with Corona Schröter . It is possible that Christoph Martin Wieland got to know her through Steinauer. When Corona Schröter moved from Leipzig to Weimar in 1776, Steinauer was at least involved. Goethe's letters to Steinauer indicate a certain familiarity. He also made designs. So Steinauer z. B. the title page of Wieland's Singspiel Alceste , which was premiered in Weimar in 1773.
literature
- Alfred Bergmann : Christian Wilhelm Steinauer. A sketch of his personality . With a plate, in: Yearbook of the Kippenberg Collection, No. 10, 1935. pp. 155–180. Full text
- Walther Scheidig : Steinauer, Cristian Wilhelm . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 31 : Siemering – Stephens . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1937, p. 548 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Steinernes Album , naumburg.de, accessed on June 18, 2020
- ↑ Alessandro Monti: The price of the white gold. Munich: Oldenbourg 2011. p. 279.
- ^ Pauline Gräfin von Spee, Die Klassizistische Porzellanplastik der Meißener Porzellanmanufaktur from 1764–1814 , Diss. Bonn 2004, p. 78.
- ↑ Bürgerbuch Naumburg accessed on June 18, 2020
- ↑ Peter Braun: Corona Schröter: Goethe's secret love , Düsseldorf and Zurich 2004, p. 37 f.
- ↑ Braun, Corona Schröter, p. 40 and p. 51 f.
- ^ Annette Seemann : Weimar. A cultural story . Munich 2012, p. 81 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Steinauer, Christian Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Merchant |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1741 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 31, 1826 |
| Place of death | Naumburg |