Gottfried Christian Enslen
Gottfried Christian Enslen (born December 27, 1757 in Stuttgart ; † January 22, 1818 ) was a German painter .
Life
Gottfried Christian Enslen was the brother of the painter Johann Carl Enslen and the uncle of the painter Karl Georg Enslen . The details of Enslen's life are not known. Like his brother, he was determined by the first balloon flight in Montgolfière and together with his brother, the painter Johann Carl Enslen, from 1784 - for the first time in Strasbourg - he had balloons soaring at annual fairs, some of which he and his brother painted with allegorical figures were. In contrast to his brother, Enslen settled down earlier. From 1791 to 1813 he is proven to be a drawing teacher and restorer in Strasbourg and probably ran several cafes there too .
Because of their close cooperation, the painters in the Enslen family are often confused with one another.
literature
- Enslen, G. Christian . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 10 : Dubolon – Erlwein . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1914, p. 568 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Catrin Ritter: Enslen, Johann Carl (Johann Karl) . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 34, Saur, Munich a. a. 2002, ISBN 3-598-22774-4 , pp. 171 f. (mentioned in the article on his brother).
Individual evidence
- ^ Adolph Seyboth: The old Strasbourg, from the 13th century to the year 1870; historical topography according to the documents and chronicles. JHE Heitz (Heitz & Mundel), Strasbourg 1890, pp. 57, 296 ( archive.org ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Enslen, Gottfried Christian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Enslen, G. Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 27, 1757 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 22, 1818 |