Franz Paul Massau

Franz Paul Massau (born August 31, 1818 in Cologne , † April 4, 1900 in Düsseldorf ) was a German engraver of the Düsseldorf School .

Life

Ecce homo (Jesus is brought before Pilate) , after Friedrich Overbeck , 1847

Infanticium ( child murder in Bethlehem ) , after Friedrich Overbeck, 1849

Christi ingressus in Jerusalem (Entry of Christ into Jerusalem) , after Friedrich Overbeck, 1851

Massau attended the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1841 to 1850. There he was a pupil of Joseph Keller's engraving class . Massau created devotional pictures for his association for the dissemination of religious images . Massau also took lessons from Ernst Deger , whose works he later engraved. After completing his studies, Massau set out to engrave the “Cologne cathedral image” on the altar of the city patron by Stefan Lochner . This work, which was completed in 1855, earned him great recognition. In 1860 his son Edmund was born, who became a history, genre and landscape painter. Both were members of the Düsseldorf artist association Malkasten .

Works (selection)

• Ecce homo (Jesus is brought before Pilate) , after Friedrich Overbeck , 1847
• Infanticium ( child murder in Bethlehem ) , after Friedrich Overbeck, 1849
• Christi ingressus in Jerusalem (Entry of Christ into Jerusalem) , after Friedrich Overbeck, 1851
• Cologne Cathedral (Triptych of the Three Kings Altar) , after Stefan Lochner , 1855
• Mignon , after Christian Köhler , 1855
• St. Catherine , after Fra Angelico
• Mater regis coeli , after an old Cologne master
• See, the Lord is coming to Egypt! And the idols of Egypt tremble before Him (Isaiah 19) , according to Lorenzo Monaco
• Christ as World Savior , after Ernst Deger ( Apollinariskirche Remagen )
• Mater Amabilis (Madonna with two angels) , after Ernst Deger

literature

• Thieme-Becker , Volume 24, p. 218
• Massau, Franz Paul . In: Hermann Alexander Müller : Biographical Artist Lexicon . Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1882, p. 357
• Massau, Franz Paul . In: Friedrich von Boetticher : painter works of the nineteenth century. Contribution to art history . Volume I, Dresden 1891, p. 947

Web links

• Portrait of Franz Paul Massau (1818–1900), Cologne draftsman and copperplate engraver , website in the portal bildindex.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Inventory list , website in the malkasten.org portal , accessed on September 2, 2016
2. ^ Rudolf Wiegmann : The Royal Art Academy in Düsseldorf . Verlag der Buddeus'schen Buch- und Kunsthandlung (Ed. Schulte), Düsseldorf 1856, p. 422 ( Google Books )
3. ^ Dreikönigsaltar - Altar of the city patron of Cologne , data sheet in the portal bildarchivaustria.at , accessed on September 2, 2016
4. ↑ Andreas Andresen (adaptation): Handbook for copper engravers . Second volume, TO Weigel, Leipzig 1873, p. 136 f. ( Google Books , digitized version )