Friedrich August Krubsacius

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Friedrich August Krubsacius (born March 21, 1718 in Dresden ; † November 28, 1789 there ) was a German architect and architectural theorist. He is one of the most important academic teachers and builders of the late Dresden Baroque .

life and work

His father, Friedrich August Krubsacius the Elder. Ä. (* around 1679; buried on June 8, 1735), was Electoral Saxon. & kgl. Polish secret. Registrar in Dresden.

Krubsacius became a Saxon court architect in 1755 , a professor of architecture at the Dresden Art Academy in 1764, and an Oberland architect in 1776 as the successor to Julius Heinrich Schwarze .

Country house in Dresden, front
Landhaus, Wilsdruffer Straße (formerly garden side)

Krubsacius stood in the tradition of the French classicist baroque , which Zacharias Longuelune had introduced in Dresden from 1713 and which Johann Christoph Knöffel had developed into the Saxon Rococo. Like black people, Krubsacius was a pupil of Knöffel.

Krubsacius contributed significantly to the development of classicism in Saxony and thus had a great influence on the following generation of Dresden architects. The name of the university professor is closely linked to the development of architectural theory. As a supporter of the theories of Vitruvius and Palladios , he professes himself in his theoretical writings to the classicizing architects of France, whereby he emphasizes Nicolas-François Blondel and Jacques-François Blondel , Germain Boffrand and Ange-Jacques Gabriel . He is considered to be the translator of the Essai sur l'architecture by the Jesuit priest Marc Antoin Laugier.

In accordance with the ideas of Bienséance developed there, Krubsacius also documented his idea of ​​a classically-oriented, noble architecture that strives for functional purpose and elegance when building the Dresden country house. While the entrance front presents itself in the austerity of classicist architecture, the former garden front and the staircase still have a rococo-like appearance, similar to his early work, the elegant Martinskirchen Castle , which was currently only renovated on the outer shell, an empty and neglected building.

Krubsacius did not shy away from a conflict with the Dresden master builders who were oriented towards the Italian high baroque ( Gaetano Chiaveri at the Catholic Court Church and the Bähr student Johann George Schmidt at the Kreuzkirche ).

Some of his students were a. Johann August Giesel , Christian Friedrich Schuricht , Gottlob August Hölzer and Christian Heinrich Eigenwillig .

He was an honorary member of the Leipzig Economic Society .

Major works

Martinskirchen Castle

Footnotes and individual references

  1. ↑ Dresdner Wochenzettel, signature 2.1.3.C.XXI.20-22
  2. ^ Hagen Bächler and Monika Schlechte: Guide to the Baroque in Dresden , Dortmund 1991, p. 114ff.
  3. ^ "Sixth advertisement of the Leipzig economic society" as "Beylage for the 20th piece" of the Leipzig Intelligence Journal. 1766, p. 182

literature

  • Brockhaus' Konversationslexikon . Berlin and Vienna, 14th edition, 1894–1896, p. 513
  • Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments , Saxony; Brandenburg
  • Walter May:  Krubsacius, Friedrich August. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , p. 93 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Lutz Reike: The history of the Dresden country house and its master builder Friedrich August Krubsacius in: Dresdner Geschichtsbuch, Volume 10, 2004, pp. 132–154
  • Jörg Biesler: BauKunstKritik. German architectural theory in the 18th century. Berlin 2005, pp. 198-219, 263 f.
personal data
SURNAME Krubsacius, Friedrich August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and architectural theorist
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1718
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 1789
Place of death Dresden