Ernst Grünewald
Ernst Friedrich Grünewald (born March 1, 1801 in Darmstadt ; † November 26, 1848 there ) was a German engraver , graphic artist and writer.
Life
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)
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
- Grünewald, Ernst Friedrich. In: Stadtlexikon Darmstadt
- Grünewald, Ernst Friedrich. In: Manfred H. Grieb : Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon. Walter de Gruyter, 2007, p. 519 ( online in the Google book search).
- Hans Vollmer : Grünewald, Ernst Friedrich . In: Ulrich Thieme , Fred. C. Willis (Ed.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 15 : Gresse – Hanselmann . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1922, p. 131–132 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Alfred Woltmann : Grünewald, Ernst Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 52.
Web links
- Grünewald, Ernst Friedrich in the Hessian biography
- Grünewald, Ernst Friedrich in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Grünewald, Ernst Friedrich in the German biography
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Grünewald, Ernst in the Hessian biography
- ^ Alfred Woltmann : Grünewald, Ernst Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 52.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Illustration at Zeno.org
personal data | |
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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 |