Georg Saleman

Georg Saleman , also Salemann (* around 1670 in Reval ; † March 1729 in Copenhagen ) was a German-Baltic miniature painter .

Life

Miniature of Princess Sophia Hedwig of Denmark (around 1698) in the Swedish National Museum in Stockholm

Georg Saleman was a son of the Lutheran clergyman and later Bishop of Estonia Joachim Salemann (the elder). His exact date of birth and his first education are not known. It is first detectable in Copenhagen around 1690. He created his portraits for the families of the Danish nobility and the royal family and was considered one of the most important miniaturists of his time in Denmark. In 1701 he was a co-signer of a petition to the king, with which the establishment of an artists' society ( art academy ) in Copenhagen was suggested. In 1724, Saleman delivered a series of miniatures of the royal family to Prince Carl of Denmark as a central work, some of which he made from the models of other portrait painters. His works can be found in Danish museums such as Frederiksborg Castle (according to Thieme-Becker ) and in private ownership.

Georg Saleman died in Copenhagen in March 1729 and was buried on March 22, 1729 in Helligåndskirken .

literature

Philip Weilbach: Saleman, Georg . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 14 : Resen – Saxtrup . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1900, p. 573 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
Arist Pander: Salemann (Saleman), Georg . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 29 : Rosa – Scheffauer . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1935, p. 339 .
Otto Andrup : Georg Saleman . In: Svend Cedergreen Bech , Svend Dahl (eds.): Dansk biografisk leksikon . Founded by Carl Frederik Bricka , continued by Povl Engelstoft. 3. Edition. 16 volumes, 1979–1984. Gyldendal, Copenhagen (Danish, biografiskleksikon.lex.dk - personal entry without content: → denstoredanske.dk March 18, 2019).

Web links

Commons : Georg Saleman - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Torben Holck Colding: Georg Saleman. In: Weilbach's artist dictionary . 4th edition ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

↑ His life dates 1629–1701 speak against the assumption of a date of birth before 1665 for his son Georg Saleman, taking into account an academic training course.

personal data
SURNAME	Saleman, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Salemann, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German-Baltic miniature painter
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1670
PLACE OF BIRTH	Reval
DATE OF DEATH	March 1729
Place of death	Copenhagen

[1] His life dates 1629–1701 speak against the assumption of a date of birth before 1665 for his son Georg Saleman, taking into account an academic training course.