Thank God Wilhelm Morff

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Gottlob Wilhelm Morff (born November 14, 1771 in Stuttgart Duchy of Württemberg , † April 5, 1857 in Stuttgart Kingdom of Württemberg ) was a German court painter . He was considered one of the best miniature and portrait painters of his time.

Life

Gottlob Wilhelm Morff is the son of the court painter Johann Jakob Morff (1738–1802) and his wife Magdalene Wilhelmine nee. Merck (1730-1791).

Gottlob Wilhelm Morff was initially a student of his father before he was admitted to the Hohen Karlsschule for further training in 1788 . Morff became a pupil of Philipp Friedrich von Hetsch at the Karlsschule .

From 1796 to 1797 Morff the Younger was based in Heilbronn. From 1803 he was in Salzburg . King Friedrich von Württemberg summoned Morff to his court in Stuttgart in 1812, where Morff created important miniature paintings, in particular he immortalized the king's likeness on numerous tobacco tablets .

Gottlob Morff created naturalistic portraits of high quality. His long and frequent meetings were feared, yet he portrayed many personalities of his time.

The miniature painter Sophie Pilgram (1808–1870), sister of Wilhelm Pilgram (1814–1889), was a student of Morff.

Picture gallery

  • Ludwig Uhland , portrayed by Gottlob Wilhelm Morff

  • Johann Christoph Herdegen, portrayed by Gottlob Wilhelm Morff

  • Katharine Rosine Herdegen, portrayed by Gottlob Wilhelm Morff

  • Gottlob Friedrich Haug , portrayed by Gottlob Wilhelm Morff

literature

  • Friedrich Müller, Karl Klunzinger , Adolf Friedrich Seubert : The artists of all times and peoples or the lives and works of the most famous builders, sculptors, painters, engravers, form cutters, lithographers etc. from the earliest art epochs to the present day . Third volume, M-Z . Ebner & Seubert, Stuttgart 1864, p. 126 ( p. 126 in Google Book search).
  • August Wintterlin:  Morff, Gottlob Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, p. 227.
  • O. Fischer: Swabian art of the 19th century. 1925, pp. 23, 165 f. (with picture).
  • Historischer Verein Heilbronn, Report 1906/09 (H. 1909), p. 65.
  • 24. Annual report of the Swabian Schiller Association. 1919/20, p. 75 (with illustration).
  • Art. 51 (= art for everyone. 40), 1924/1925, p. 356.
  • Austrian art topography. 16, 1919, p. 202.

Web links

Commons : Gottlob Wilhelm Morff  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Morff, Gottlob Wilhelm . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 25 : Moehring – Olivié . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1931, p. 145 .
  2. ^ Edith Neumann: Artists in Württemberg. Volume I.
personal data
SURNAME Morff, Thank God Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German court painter
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1771
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH April 5, 1857
Place of death Stuttgart