Georg Haupt

Georg Haupt's office, 1780

Georg Haupt (* 1741 in Stockholm ; † September 18, 1784 ibid) was a Swedish cabinet maker (cabinet maker) who became famous primarily for his furniture in the Gustavian style .

Life

Georg Haupt was the son of the master carpenter Elias Haupt and Magdalena Hochfeldt, an aunt of the artist Elias Martin . His grandfather, Jürgen Haupt, who moved from Nuremberg to Sweden in the 17th century , was also a cabinet maker. Haupt's father died in 1744 and so at the age of 13 he began the apprenticeship of the master carpenter Joan Conrad Eckstein. After serving as a journeyman in London and Paris , Haupt was appointed court cask maker by King Adolf Friedrich in 1769 . In his small workshop in Stockholm he usually employed three journeymen and four apprentices.

Haupt received recognition primarily for its writing furniture such as writing cabinets and desks in both simple and exquisite designs. Often his works were created in collaboration with the architect and designer Jean Eric Rehn . The more valuable furniture was decorated with abundant ornaments and inlays , which often made up large parts of the surface. A signed cabinet by Haupt was auctioned in 1989 at the Bukowskis auction house for 12.2 million Swedish kronor , making it one of Sweden's most expensive antiques .

The main furniture can now be seen in the Swedish National Museum , the Nordic Museum in Stockholm, the French Chantilly Castle and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. In 1904 a comprehensive exhibition of Haupt's works was carried out in Stockholm. One of his most famous works was the cradle for Crown Prince Gustav Adolf . Haupt's masterpiece was a desk with an essay, which he made on royal order in 1770. As a gift from King Adolf Friedrich to his wife Luise Ulrike , it came to its present place in the marble cabinet of Drottningholm Palace .

literature

• Georg Haupt . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 11 : Harrisburg – Hypereides . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1909, Sp. 98 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
• Lars Ljungström, Rosemarie Stratmann-Döhler , Alexis Daflos: George Haupt. Gustav III: s hovschatullmakare . Kungl. husgerådskammaren, Stockholm 2006, ISBN 91-85726-94-X .