Friedrich Jakob Hill
Friedrich Jakob Hill (born January 2, 1758 in Darmstadt ; † December 31, 1846 there ) was a Hessian painter of the 18th and 19th centuries.
life and work
Friedrich Jakob Hill received his first artistic instruction from his father, the engineer Johann Jakob Hill (1730–1801), whom he helped with his architectural and topographical work. Hill is considered to be the co-author of the so-called "Hill's Prospectus".
Little is known about his training. Hill presumably apprenticed to the court painter Johann Ludwig Strecker . After his apprenticeship, he probably received an academic education and training a. a. in Paris , as evidenced by a number of nude studies and architectural sketches with French influence. There is evidence that he stayed in the Palatinate residence of Mannheim. Another trace can be found in the register of Johann Wilhelm Kekulé in Braubach. In Darmstadt , Hill worked primarily as a portrait and miniature painter . He mainly painted watercolors and on ivory.
Between the artist and the sons of Landgrave Ludwig IX. is said to have had a friendly relationship at a young age. In 1799 he was appointed court painter in Darmstadt . The princely family and members of the court were among his main clients. In 1823 Hills was appointed councilor . The Grand Duke of Hesse owned a sketchbook with portraits of members of the court and court society.
Works by Hill are among others in the miniature collection at Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen , these are two miniatures by Marie von Hessen-Kassel . The Royal Collection at Windsor Castle contains a watercolor miniature signed by Hill on ivory by Princess Luise of Nassau-Usingen (1763–1845).
literature
- Ernst Emmerling: Friedrich Jakob Hill. The miniature painter of Grand Duke Ludewig I of Hessen-Darmstadt. Darmstadt 1934.
- Sven-Wieland Staps: Hill, Friedrich Jakob . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 73, de Gruyter, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-023178-6 , p. 201.
- Hill, Friedrich Jakob . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 17 : Heubel – Hubard . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1924, p. 87 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Eva Haberkorn: Darmstadt court painter Friedrich Jakob Hill (1758–1846). In: bequests, family archives, collections. (PDF, landesarchiv.hessen.de , pp. 8–10).
- ↑ Stadtlexikon Darmstadt. Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, p. 391 f.
- ^ Georg Biermann: Hill, Friedrich Jako . In: German baroque and rococo - published following the exhibition of the century of German art 1650–1800, Darmstadt 1914 . EE Schwabach, Leipzig 1914, p. XXII, LXXXII ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive - Figures 1063 “Prospectus from the new Greysmühle near Pfungstadt”, p. 620 and 1237–1240 “Grand Duchess Louise of Hesse ” and three portraits of the “Princess Louise Caroline von Anhalt-Cöthen, née Princess von Hessen-Darmstadt ”, pp. 705–706).
- ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Princess Louise of Nassau-Usingen (1763–1845) ) royalcollection.org.uk. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hill, Friedrich Jakob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1758 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Darmstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 31, 1846 |
| Place of death | Darmstadt |