Jakob Weeser-Krell

Jakob Weeser-Krell (born December 5, 1843 in Ehrenbreitstein , Rhine Province ; † August 13, 1903 at Schloss Haus in Wartberg ob der Aist , Upper Austria ) was a German-Austrian engineer and industrial painter .

Life

Weeser-Krell was one of the painters and draftsmen who specialized in the representation of factories. He perfected a method of developing bird's-eye views using central projection . This enabled him to depict monumental factory views from a great height. In 1875 he founded his "Institute for Perspective" in Trier . In 1886 he stayed in Rome, where he prepared his main work, View of St. Peter and the Vatican in Rome from the Janiculum . In 1891 he moved to Upper Austria. In 1896 he leased the Schloss Haus in Wartberg ob der Aist and set up an art institute. After his death, his son Ferdinand Weeser Krell (1883–1957) continued the company, which was a brand name for factory views, there until 1911. The Kölnischer Kunstverein honored Weeser-Krell with a special exhibition.

Works (selection)

Mauser weapons factory in the former Augustinian monastery in Oberndorf , photo of the painting from 1887

St. Antony Hut , photo of drawing from 1902

One painting each from the factories of the piano manufacturer Ibach in Schwelm and Barmen, 1886, painted by Friedrich Klein-Chevalier
Mauser weapons factory in the former Augustinian monastery in Oberndorf , 1887
View of St. Peter and the Vatican in Rome from the Janiculum , ink watercolor, 1887/1888
Northwest German trade and industry exhibition in the Bürgerpark in Bremen , bird's eye view, ink watercolor, 1890

Hammerwerk Neu-Essen, 1835 , watercolor drawing, 1902

St. Antony's Hut , watercolor drawing, 1902

Trier - Berlin - Rome

Textile factory Johann Wülfing & Sohn

Gohrsmühle, Zanders paper mill

Mariazell

literature

Weeser-Krell, Jakob . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 35 : Libra-Wilhelmson . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1942, p. 248 .
Helmut Lackner: The industrial painters Jakob and Ferdinand Weeser-Krell . In: Klaus Türk (ed.): Work and industry in the visual arts. Contributions to an interdisciplinary symposium . Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 1997, pp. 220-233

Web links

Commons : Jakob Weeser-Krell - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Historical Archive of the City of Cologne, Best. 608, Kulturdezernat, Az. HI XIII 3 3XI , website in the portal archive.nrw.de , accessed on November 5, 2016
↑ Florian Speer: Pianos and grand pianos from Wupperthale - Instrument making in the Wupper region and on the Lower Rhine during the 19th century using the example of the Ibach family of organ and piano makers , dissertation, Wuppertal 2000, p. 205 ( PDF )

personal data
SURNAME	Weeser-Krell, Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German-Austrian engineer and industrial painter
DATE OF BIRTH	December 5, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ehrenbreitstein , Rhine Province
DATE OF DEATH	August 13, 1903
Place of death	Wartberg ob der Aist , Upper Austria

[1] Historical Archive of the City of Cologne, Best. 608, Kulturdezernat, Az. HI XIII 3 3XI , website in the portal archive.nrw.de , accessed on November 5, 2016

[2] Florian Speer: Pianos and grand pianos from Wupperthale - Instrument making in the Wupper region and on the Lower Rhine during the 19th century using the example of the Ibach family of organ and piano makers , dissertation, Wuppertal 2000, p. 205 ( PDF )