Stain artist
As spot artists were referred to the 19th century people who had specialized in the removal of stains of all kinds. The term has no relation to the modern art of tachism (stain or stain art ).
In contrast to other craftsmen, stain artists did not belong to any guild , as Johann Heinrich Moritz von Poppe mentions in his Technological Lexicon . The independent activity of the stain artist is also indirectly mentioned in Daniel Völter's description of Paris, where he appears as a dégraisseur (remover of grease stains) and offers his art to potential customers in "funny and graceful tailoring".
Namesake for self-help literature
The job title stain artist established itself as the title for some books that contain advice on how to remove stains (mostly from fabrics and paper or from precious metals ). However, only two anonymously published works from the 18th century are documented that call themselves stain artists. It is noticeable that both advertise magical methods for removing stains or re-coloring the affected areas.
The first appeared in 1773 from gold and silver pieces, as well as [...] all kinds of towels and witness [...] Oil- lard rust Dinten- pitch and the like out-bringing stain artist promises to its mission, also " to teach all kinds of sympathetic, antipathetic, spagyric and magical art pieces ”. A similar advertising strategy is used by The Perfect Spot Artist , which also advertises in the first edition of 1797 with “many previously kept secret arts” that are now to be made available to the public.
In 1809 the chemical stain artist appeared as a translation of Jean-Antoine Chapter's Principe chimique sur l'art du teinturier-dégraisseur with the subtitle "The only possible way to practice this art with certainty", which suggests that the stain artist's profession was not extinct at that time. The stain cleaner and fine washer, which was first published in 1824, sees itself as a “handbook for real stain artists” and has seen four new editions.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b stain artist . In: Johann Heinrich Moritz von Poppe (ed.): Technological Lexicon . Second part: D - G. Cotta'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung , Stuttgart / Tübingen 1816, p. 436 ( google.at ).
- ↑ Spot artist . In: Johann Heinrich Moritz von Poppe (Hrsg.): Real-Lexikon der Handwerks- und Fabrikenkunde in all their branches, according to the progress of the industry up to the most recent times . Published by Friedrich Schultheß, Zurich 1847, p. 121 ( google.at ).
- ↑ Karl Friedrich Vollrath Hoffmann: The earth and its inhabitants . 6th edition. Second special part. Rieger'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1867, p. 1302 ( google.at ).
- ↑ The stain artist who produces oil, lard, rust, ink, pitch and the like from books and paper from gold and silver pieces, as well as silk, velvet, scarlet, wool and all sorts of cloths and witnesses . Frankfurt / Leipzig 1782 ( google.at ).
- ↑ The perfect stain artist . Tobias Loeffler, Mannheim 1797 ( uni-goettingen.de ).
- ↑ Jean-Antoine Chaptal: The stain artist based on chemical principles . Kupffer and Wimmer, Vienna 1809 ( google.at ).
- ↑ The stain cleaner and delicate washer . Bernhard Friedrich Voigt , Ilmenau 1824 ( google.at ).