Franz Joseph Manskirsch
Franz Joseph Manskirsch , also Franz Josef Manskirsch (born October 6, 1768 in Ehrenbreitstein , † March 16, 1830 in Danzig ) was a German portrait and landscape painter.
Manskirsch came from a family of artists, born the son of the landscape painter Bernhard Gottfried Manskirsch (1736–1817) and grandson of the painter Jakob Manskirsch (1710–1766).
He was a student of his father and his uncle, the flower painter Peter Joseph Manskirsch (1742-1809).
From 1790 he worked in the Rhineland and from 1793 in England. There he portrayed the future Prime Minister George Canning . In London he provided illustrations to Rudolph Ackermann (1764–1834)
He spent the period from 1805 to 1806 at the court of Empress Joséphine in Aachen . From 1793 to 1819 he exhibited his works at the Royal Academy of Arts in London , and in 1819 he showed his works at a solo exhibition.
After a stay in Frankfurt from 1819 to 1822 he was appointed professor at the Royal School of Arts and Crafts in Danzig, of which Johann Adam Breysig was the director.
In addition to the portraits, he created landscape paintings, including a view of the Siebengebirge on the Rhine from the land side, view of Vallendar on the Rhine, landscape with cattle, Chepstow Castle in Wales, Battle of Waterloo, view of Oliva, view of the fairway, view of Frankfurt View of the new library and the Main Bridge to Frankfurt.
literature
- Luise Straus-Ernst: Franz Josef Manskirsch In: Wallraf-Richartz Jahrbuch 5, 1928, pp. 85–94.
- Horst Gerson : Spread and aftermath of Dutch painting of the 17th century. Haarlem 1942, p. 310.
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| SURNAME | Manskirsch, Franz Joseph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Manskirsch, Franz Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German portrait and landscape painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 6, 1768 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ehrenbreitstein |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 16, 1830 |
| Place of death | Danzig |