Friedrich Erhard Wagner
Friedrich Erhard Wagner (also Wagener, * 1759 in Koethen , † 1813 in Berlin ) was a German portrait painter.
From 1777 Wagner studied at the Berlin Art Academy under Johann Heinrich Meil. After completing his studies, he moved to Dresden in 1788 , where he was able to continue studying with Giovanni Battista Casanova thanks to a scholarship from the Duke of Köthen .
Daniel Chodowiecki praised the young artist in a letter to the Countess von Solms-Laubach and predicted a successful future for him. In 1807 Wagner left Dresden and went back to Berlin.
He mostly painted in pastel and only rarely portraits in oil, which were often used as models for engravers. He also copied portraits of old masters. Most of the portraits painted by Wagner have only survived as copperplate copies.
literature
- Hans Heinrich Füssli : General Artist Lexicon, or: Brief message about the life and works of painters, sculptors, builders, engravers, art founders, Zweyter Part, which contains the continuation and addition of the first. Eleventh section: W. Orell, Füessli und Compagnie, Zurich 1820, p. 4068 ( digitized version ).
- Georg Kaspar Nagler : New general artist Lexicon or messages from the life and works of painters, sculptors, architects, engravers, die cutter, lithographer, illustrator, Medals and Ivory, etc . Vol. 21, EA Fleischmann, Munich 1851, p. 55 ( digitized version ).
- Wagner, Friedrich Erhard . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 35 : Libra-Wilhelmson . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1942, p. 34 .
- Neil Jeffares: Dictionary of pastellists before 1800 . 2006
Web links
- Friedrich Erhard Wagner in the German biography
- Copper engravings after portraits by Friedrich Erhard Wagner in the portrait gallery in Trier
- Friedrich Erhard Wagner. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wagner, Friedrich Erhard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wagener, Friedrich Erhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1759 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koethen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1813 |
| Place of death | Berlin |