Conrad Geyer

Franz von Lenbach : Conrad Geyer , 1859

Conrad Geyer (born August 15, 1816 in Nuremberg , † November 4, 1893 in Munich ) was a German artist and copper and steel engraver .

Life

Conrad Geyer initially trained under the Nuremberg painter and illustrator Peter Carl Geissler and under Albert Christoph Reindel at the trade school in Nuremberg , and later in Leipzig under Neher and Jäger . In 1851 Geyer settled in Munich and created a large part of his works there.

Works (incomplete)

The Prince , from: The Ghost Seer
according to A. v. Ramberg ( Schiller Gallery ), around 1859

• around 1850: "Title copper" after Ludwig Richter for Adelbert von Chamisso's poems . DNB 994472803
• for the Nürnberger Kunstvereinsblätter :
  • The walk , after Arthur von Ramberg
  • Joy of motherhood according to Philipp von Foltz
• also: Encounter at the lake after Arthur von Ramberg, as well
• Difficult decision , and homage to Robert Beyschlag
• City and country after Wilhelm Marc
• Seb. Bach with his family at the morning prayer after Toby Edward Rosenthal (Museum zu Leipzig)
• around 1859: 10 steel engravings based on drawings by Friedrich Pecht and Arthur von Ramberg in the Schiller Gallery
• around 1864: Steel engravings based on drawings by Pecht and Ramberg in the Goethe Gallery

literature

• Hermann Alexander Müller : Geyer , in: Biographisches Künstler-Lexikon , Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig, 1882

Web links

Commons : Conrad Geyer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Jutta Assel: Geyer , in Werther - illustrations / image documents as reception history on: Goethezeitportal of the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich
• Jutta Assel, Georg Jäger : Johann Wolfgang von Goethe / Egmont. A tragedy / text and image documents on: Goethezeitportal
• europeana : Conrad Geyer

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hermann Alexander Müller: Geyer, 2) Konrad , in: Biographisches Künstler-Lexikon
2. ↑ ^{a b} Jutta Assel, Georg Jäger : Johann Wolfgang von Goethe / Egmont. A tragedy / text and image documents on: Goethezeitportal
3. ↑ standard data entry (GND 11660347X ) of the German National Library . Query date: December 21, 2017.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Friedrich Pecht: List of Figures , in: Schiller Gallery. Characters from Schiller's works. Drawn by Friedrich Pecht and Arthur von Ramberg, fifty sheets in steel engraving with explanatory texts by Friedrich Pecht , FA Brockhaus , Leipzig 1859; online via google books , pages (without number) right after the foreword
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Peter Hug: Geyer, 2) Konrad
6. ^ List of illustrations , in: Friedrich Pecht: Goethe-Galerie