Friedrich Salathé
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Friedrich Salathé (born January 11, 1793 in Binningen , † May 12, 1858 in Paris ) was a Swiss painter , graphic artist and lithographer .
Life
Born as the son of farmer Joseph Salathé and Eva Gysin, Friedrich Salathé became a pupil of Peter Birmann in Basel around 1807 and moved to Rome in 1815 with his son Samuel Birmann and Jakob Christoph Bischoff (1793-1825) . He served in the papal guard for some time. He was kidnapped by robbers on June 18, 1819 and freed on June 24. The kidnapping story was later used for literary purposes. Salathé came to Binningen in 1821, then to Basel , where he devoted himself to watercolor painting and copper engraving . In January 1823 he moved to Paris and stayed there for life. In 1829 he married the painter Friederike Neuhaus.
Salathé worked as an aquatint eraser for publishers, art dealers and cartographers . a. for Jean-Frédéric d'Ostervald in Paris, Friedrich Kaegelmann in Magdeburg, Johann Ludwig Bleuler in Schaffhausen, Johann Heinrich Locher in Zurich and for Victor von Zabern in Mainz. In addition to graphics, he also worked on oil painting of architecture and city views as well as landscapes.
Salathé helped his friend Johann Jacob Steinmann after 1833 with his lithographic albums with Brazilian views. In 1845 he visited Wörlitz and Dessau .
Web links
- Tapan Bhattacharya: Friedrich Salathé. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Yvonne Boerlin-Brodbeck: Salathé, Friedrich. In: Sikart
- Friedrich Salathé Personal Lexicon of the Canton of Basel-Country
- Registre des Arts
- Friedrich Salathé on artnet
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Salathé, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter, graphic artist and lithographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1793 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Binningen |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 12, 1858 |
| Place of death | Paris |