Ernst Grünewald

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Ernst Friedrich Grünewald (born March 1, 1801 in Darmstadt ; † November 26, 1848 there ) was a German engraver , graphic artist and writer.

Life

The interior of the old Kursaal in Wiesbaden , colored steel engraving , around 1828

Ernst Grünewald was a son of the Darmstadt businessman and councilor Philipp Grünewald (1752–1811) and his wife Anna Dorothea, née. Schnepp (1761-1808). After attending the grammar school in his hometown, he learned the art of copperplate engraving from Johann Conrad Susemihl in Darmstadt and then from Karl Ludwig Frommel in Karlsruhe .

In Karlsruhe he came into contact with Ludwig Robert , Joseph von Auffenberg and Aloys Schreiber , who supported him in the development of his poetic talent. As a result, a volume "Dichtungen" (1827) with lyrical and dramatic works was published. In 1842–43, two smaller volumes of “Grotesques” with humorous and satirical poems followed.

After returning to Darmstadt, he acquired the title of court copper engraver in 1829 and married Helene Katharina Kern on December 3, 1829. The following years of study and traveling led him to a. 1837 to London and 1840 to Hamburg. Back in his homeland, he founded a graphic workshop, which he and the Englishman William John Cooke junior from 1841 onwards. (1796–1865) in operation. Under the name Grünewald & Cooke, they increasingly dealt with the steel engraving, which is important for book production . Grünewald worked together with the Darmstadt-based CW Leske Verlag for almost two decades .

Works (selection)

Darmstadt from the west side ,
G. Markwort (draftsman);
Ernst Grünewald (steel engraver)

as an author

  • Seals, 1827
  • Grotesques, 2 volumes, 1842, 1843.
  • The birthday or: the mother-in-law. Comedy in two acts by Charles Mathews , German by EF Grünewald, Hayn, Berlin 1844
  • The diamond jewelry. Comedy in five acts, Kern, Darmstadt 1846

as an engraver and graphic artist

  • Views of Darmstadt and its surroundings / Vues de Darmstadt et ses environs , Leske, Darmstadt 1830
  • Monuments of romantic architecture on the Rhine. F. Geier and R. Görz (eds.), S. Schmerber, successor H. Keller, Frankfurt / Main 1846
  • View of the Hamburg horse market with St. Jacobi
  • Old and New Jungfernstieg on the Inner Alster . (Both based on drawings by Johann Heinrich Sander ).

literature

Web links

Commons : Ernst Grünewald  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Grünewald, Ernst in the Hessian biography
  2. ^ Alfred Woltmann :  Grünewald, Ernst Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 52.
  3. ↑ Claudia Grund: German-language master works of the 19th century on neo-Romanesque and neo-Gothic: a critical bibliography based on the holdings of the Eichstätt University Library. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 1997, p. 147 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  4. ↑ Illustration at Zeno.org
personal data
SURNAME Grünewald, Ernst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grünewald, Ernst Friedrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engraver, graphic artist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1801
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 1848
Place of death Darmstadt