Johan Gustaf Ruckman

Johan Gustaf Ruckman

Johan Gustaf Ruckman (born December 12, 1780 in Stockholm , † January 20, 1862 ) was a Swedish engraver .

Life

Ruckman became a pupil of Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch in 1805 and supported him in the production of the Svensk Botanik (Swedish botany ). From the fifth volume in this series, he designed several pages independently. At the same time he helped with the table work Svensk Zoologi (Swedish zoology) by Palmstruch and Conrad Quensel . From the seventh volume of Svensk Botanik (1812) he engraved all the printing plates himself up to the completion of the eleventh volume (1838). Ruckman found time to continue his artistic education and created a variety of portraits . He also illustrated fashion journals, calendars and children's books. There are also engravings for writings from the Swedish Academy of Science and other research societies, as well as around 100 sheets of maps . Ruckman is well represented in the Swedish National Museum's engraving collection .

Other works (selection)

Portraits

• Franzén
• KP Hagberg
• A. Hylander
• Ph. Of Mecklenburg
• Tegnér
• J. Tengstrom
• Thunberg
• Wallin

Books and tables

• Desseins et croquis des plus célèbres maîtres (1 booklet, 1820)
• Scener ur Fredmans epistlar och sånger (1827–28), drawings by E. Chiewitz
• Archive for Nyare Resor (1810–11)
• Jorden och dess invånare af Zimmermann (1813–39)

literature

• Johan Gustaf Ruckman . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 23 : Retzius – Ryssland . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1916, Sp. 1086 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
• Johan Gustaf Ruckman . In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (eds.): Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . 2nd Edition. tape 2 : L – Z, including supplement . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 378 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).