Friedrich Geissler (copper engraver)

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Friedrich Geissler (also: Johann Martin Friedrich Geissler or Friedrich Geißler ; born March 31, 1778 in Nuremberg , † January 9, 1853 in Nuremberg) was a German draftsman, etcher and engraver .

Life

“ Paris - an old boat converted into a hut. Drawn from nature on Easter day April 16, 1814 ”,
etching , 1814
The Nuremberg Triton Fountain ;
Original steel engraving after Philipp Walther
The Ottoman General Omar Pasha ; Wood engraving in the magazine Die Gartenlaube , 1853

From 1791 to 1797 Friedrich Geißler enjoyed an apprenticeship with the art dealer and publisher Johann Friedrich Frauenholz in Nuremberg. From 1797 to 1803 he was a student of Gustav Philipp Zwinger and of the friend and engraver Heinrich Guttenberg in Nuremberg. Between 1803 and 1814 he stayed with Albert Christoph Reindel in Paris, where they studied with their Nuremberg teacher Heinrich Guttenberg and at the École des Beaux-Arts . In 1812 Geissler took part in the Paris Salon . In 1814 he took up a job in Nuremberg as a vignette and landscape engraver.

From 1832 onwards he turned to steel engraving under the guidance of Friedrich Fleischmann .

literature

  • Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon Saur, Munich 2007, vol. 1, p. 458.
  • Sylva van der Heyden: Geissler, (Johann Martin) Friedrich , in France Nerlich , Bénédict Savoy (Hrsg.): Paris apprenticeship years. A lexicon for the training of German painters in the French capital , Berlin; Boston, Massachusetts: De Gruyter, pp. 90f. u.ö .; Preview over google books

Web links

Commons : Friedrich Geissler (Kupferstecher)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sylva van der Heyden: Geissler, (Johann Martin) Friedrich , in France Nerlich , Bénédict Savoy (ed.): Pariser apprenticeship years. A lexicon for the training of German painters in the French capital , Berlin; Boston, Massachusetts: De Gruyter, pp. 90f. u.ö .; Preview over google books
personal data
SURNAME Geissler, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Geissler, Friedrich; Geißler, Johann Martin Friedrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German draftsman, etcher and engraver
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1778
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 1853
Place of death Nuremberg