Eberhard von Wächter

Ludovike Simanowiz : Portrait of Eberhard von Wächter , around 1791

Eberhard von Wächter: Job and his friends , 1797–1824, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart

Eberhard Georg Friedrich Wächter , from 1831 von Wächter , (born February 28, 1762 in Balingen , † August 14, 1852 in Stuttgart ) was a German painter .

Life

Eberhard von Wächter, son of the senior bailiff, later Privy Councilor and Consistorial Director Friedrich Christoph Wächter, as well as Sibylle Regine née Harpprecht, attended the art department of the Hohen Karlsschule in Stuttgart from 1781 to 1783 , and then continued his autodidactic training before he worked from 1785 to 1792 Studied painting with Jean-Baptiste Regnault , Jacques-Louis David and Antoine-Jean Gros in Paris .

In the same year Eberhard von Wächter went to Italy and met, among others, Asmus Jakob Carstens and Joseph Anton Koch in Rome . In 1808 he moved to Vienna , where he worked as an illustrator for Cottasche publishing products. In 1808 he returned to Stuttgart, where he was custodian of the royal cabinet of copper engravings from 1810 to 1817.

Eberhard von Wächter - he was initially influenced by Nicolas Poussin and Jacques-Louis David - is one of the outstanding painters of German classicism with his paintings based on ancient and biblical motifs, including Telemach's return . His main work is Hiob and his friends , created between 1797 and 1824, today in the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart .

Honors

In 1831 Eberhard von Wächter was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown , which was associated with the personal title of nobility.
The city of Stuttgart named Wächterstrasse in 1873 and the Wächterstaffel in 1902 after him.

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Guardian, Georg Friedrich Eberhard von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 52nd part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1885, p. 59 f. ( Digitized version ).
August Wintterlin : Guardian, Georg Friedrich Eberhard . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 40, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, pp. 431-434.
Walther Killy , Rudolf Vierhaus (ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . Volume 10. KG Saur Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-23163-6 , p. 271.
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie, 21st edition , Volume 29. Bibliographisches Institut & FA Brockhaus, Mannheim 2006, ISBN 3-7653-4145-2 , p. 303.
Werner Gebhardt: The students of the Hohen Karlsschule. A biographical lexicon . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-17-021563-4 , pp. 540 .

Web links

Commons : Eberhard von Wächter - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ ADB and Brockhaus give the nonexistent February 29, 1762 as the date of birth.
↑ Royal Württemberg Court and State Handbook 1839, p. 33.
^ The Stuttgart street names, Silberburg Verlag, Tübingen 2. A 2007 ISBN 978-3-87407-748-4 .

personal data
SURNAME	Guardian, Eberhard von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Guardian, Eberhard Georg Friedrich von (full name); Guardian, Eberhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter
DATE OF BIRTH	February 28, 1762
PLACE OF BIRTH	Balingen , Duchy of Württemberg , Holy Roman Empire
DATE OF DEATH	August 14, 1852
Place of death	Stuttgart , Kingdom of Württemberg

[1] ADB and Brockhaus give the nonexistent February 29, 1762 as the date of birth.

[2] Royal Württemberg Court and State Handbook 1839, p. 33.

[3] The Stuttgart street names, Silberburg Verlag, Tübingen 2. A 2007 ISBN 978-3-87407-748-4 .