Heinrich Ely junior

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Heinrich Ely (junior) (born August 26, 1849 in Paris ; † September 11, 1897 in Wehlheiden ) was a German glass painter, son of the glass painter Heinrich Ely (senior) and twin brother of Ludwig Ely , with whom he worked from 1854 to 1912 The workshop continued after the death of the father. The workshop, initially located in Nantes and later in Kassel-Wehlheiden, realized glazing in the then German Empire, in France and in the United States of America (USA).

The Ely brothers include a. Stained glass windows in the Protestant old and new town churches in Hofgeismar, in the Protestant city church in Homberg and in the Protestant city church in Wanfried .

literature

  • Götz J. Pfeiffer: The window cycle of the ev. Old town church to Hofgeismar. Completed 100 years ago by Ely glass painting from Kassel-Wehlheiden , in: District of Kassel. Yearbook, 2013, pp. 131–136.
  • Götz J. Pfeiffer: "owes the establishment of this art industry to the Ely family". Ely family and glass painting workshop in Kassel, Nantes and Wehlheiden , in: Journal of the Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies, Vol. 121, 2016, pp. 175–200.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ see Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg (HStAMR), Best. 910 No. 6250, p. 343 ( digitized version ).
  2. ↑ see Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg (HStAMR), Best. 910 No. 6273, p. 130 ( digitized version ).
  3. ↑ Building history on stadtkirche-wanfried.de
personal data
SURNAME Ely, Heinrich junior
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German glass painter
DATE OF BIRTH August 26, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH September 11, 1897
Place of death Wehlheiden