Johann Baptist Scholl the Elder Ä.
Johann Baptist Scholl , called the Elder (born January 4, 1784 in Bamberg , † July 6, 1854 in Darmstadt ), was a Hessian sculptor of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Johann Baptist Scholl came from a family of sculptors that can be traced back to the 17th century. He is the founder of the Darmstadt-based family branch and, together with his wife Francisca (née Clos), the father of Johann Baptist Scholl the Younger (1818–1881).
After training with Johann W. Wurzer, he worked in Aschaffenburg and later in Mainz. In 1817 he was appointed court sculptor by Grand Duke Ludwig I of Hesse and the Rhine . Scholl was a permanent employee of Georg Moller . He was a member of the Darmstadt Masonic Lodge Johannes der Evangelist zur Eintracht . A lithograph on which Johann Wolfgang von Goethe can be seen sitting next to a bed, and which has the title The death of Goethe on the 22nd March 1832 and a signature “signed. u. Lith. By IB Scholl ”is attributed to him.
Johann Baptist Scholl the Elder Ä. was buried in the old cemetery in Darmstadt (grave site: IB 105).
literature
- Scholl, Johann Baptist, d. Ä. In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936, p. 243 .
- Scholl, Johann Baptist the Elder in the Hessian biography .
- Aschaffenburg Castle and Pompejanum. Official guide and catalog of paintings. Administration of the former crown property in Bavaria, Munich 1932, p. 43.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Scholl, Johann Baptist the Younger in the Hessian Biography .
- ↑ Johann Baptist Scholl: The death of Goethe on the 22nd March 1832 (signed and lith. By IB Scholl [between 1832 and 1854]), doi: 10.25534 / tudigit-9419 .
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| SURNAME | Scholl, Johann Baptist the Elder Ä. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Scholl, Johann Baptist the Elder |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor, draftsman and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 4, 1784 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bamberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 6, 1854 |
| Place of death | Darmstadt |