Clemens Kissel

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Clemens Kissel (born May 3, 1849 in Mainz , † December 25, 1911 there ) was a German engraver , draftsman and writer in Mainz.

Life

He was the eldest son of the Mainz engraver Heinrich Emil Kissel , who lived in the Mittlere Bleiche house . As a 17-year-old he probably took an active part in the German War . He first learned the craft of chemigrapher from his father and thus the production of printing plates . Afterwards he was a student of Joseph Boudin at the Mainz trade school.

Since 1887 he ran his “court art institute for zinc etching ” at Zanggasse 13 , and had his private apartment at Gärtnergasse 22. Among other things, he was known for his artistic ex-libris and coats of arms.

Bookplate by the artist Clemens Kissel from the book Zunft-Wappen und Handwerker-Insignien / zsgest. by Alfred Grenser. Frankfurt am Main: Rommer, 1889. Signature of the Mainz City Library: 23/257

Kissel was and is considered an extremely talented and versatile artist of the 19th century. In 1875, when he was only 27 years old, he was commissioned by the Mainz Cathedral Chapter to make the second large astronomical clock of the priest mechanic Alexius Johann in the episcopal palace , damaged by the powder tower explosion on November 18, 1857, functional again, which he also succeeded with with the help of watchmakers . In the Mainzer Tagblatt of January 18, 1876 and in the Mainzer Journal of May 23, 1876 he reported in detail about this watch.

His artistic versatility is also evident from the fact that he even designed the first two uniforms for the Mainz Prinzengarde in 1883 and 1888 - similar in cut and color to the outfit of the Electoral Mainz fusiliers of the late 18th century. In 1893 he designed the third uniform in the style of the Wallenstein riders.

Works

literature

  • Heike Kornfeld: The development of the printing industry in Mainz from the beginning of the 19th century to the outbreak of the First World War (1816-1914) , dissertation University Main 1996, in: Contributions to the history of the city of Mainz , Volume 31, Stadtarchiv Mainz (Ed.) , ISBN 3-924708-22-3
  • Elke Schutt-Kehm: The man who was called Clemens Kissel, born 150 years ago, a versatile Mainz artist of the 19th century , in: Vierteljahreshefte für Kultur ,politik, Wirtschaft, Geschichte , Volume 20 (2000), Issue 1, page 86 -92, Mainz 2000
  • Elke Schutt-Kehm: A man from Mainz with many talents. Clemens Kissel (May 3, 1849 - December 25, 1911) , in: DEG Jahrbuch 2003. Bookplate art and graphics , pages 10–18, Deutsche Exlibris-Gesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main 2003

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Clemens Kissel: Memories of the year 1866 , 1902
  2. ↑ Clemens Kissel on Joseph Boudin
  3. ↑ Ex-libris note in the Gutenberg library
  4. ^ Heinz Gauly : The Johann Brothers from Steinach, builders of astronomical clocks and designers of "Weltmaschinen" , Sendner & Neubauer publishing house, Bad Neustadt 2010
  5. ↑ The Mainz Prinzengarde in the mirror of the times
  6. ^ Prinzengarde uniform from 1893 ( Memento of March 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Kissel, Clemens
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kissel, Klemens
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engraver and writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH Mainz
DATE OF DEATH December 25, 1911
Place of death Mainz