Johann Baptist special country

Title page on Frankfurt am Main. Album of the most interesting and beautiful views of old and new times . (1845)
( lithography )

Johann Baptist Wilhelm Adolf Sonderland (born February 2, 1805 in Düsseldorf ; † July 21, 1878 there ) was a German painter , etcher , illustrator and lithographer .

Sonderland was a student at the art academy in his hometown. He then went on several study trips through France and the Netherlands, from which he brought many sketches, which then formed the basis of his genre paintings . Sonderland also stayed for a long time in Paris and Frankfurt am Main , where he also distinguished himself in his genre pictures through the wealth of invention, liveliness of representation and naive humor.

Sonderland illustrated the “Malerlieder” of his colleague Robert Reinick as well as Carl Leberecht Immermann's “ Münchhausen ” . But Sonderland also added other works by German writers; u. a. here are his “pictures and marginal drawings of German poets”.

In the last years of his life he only turned to the illustration and created a large number of watercolor compositions , lithographs his own and other originals, marginal drawings etc.

Johann Baptist Sonderland died at the age of 73 on July 21, 1878.

His son Friedrich Sonderland (* 1836) was also a particularly talented painter in the humorous genre.

Illustrations (selection)

Munchausen. A story in arabesques . (1838)
Songs by a painter with drawings by his friends on the margins . (1838–46)
Pictures and marginal drawings for German seals . (1844)
Heinrich Grünewald: Orbis pictus: A learning and entertainment book for the inquisitive youth; with 30 finely colored plates . Arnz, Düsseldorf 1841 ( digitized edition )
Frankfurt am Main. Album of the most interesting and beautiful views of old and new times . (1845)
Reminder sheet for the two hundred and fifty years jubilee celebration of the incorporation of the county of Mark into the Crown of Prussia . (Chalk lithograph, 1859, Gustav-Lübcke-Museum, Hamm)

Digitized editions of the University and State Library Düsseldorf :

In: ABC picture and reading book. Vol. 10: Historical narratives. - Düsseldorf: Arnz, [1844] Digitized edition
In: Album of German Poets / With 36 original drawings by German artists, as: A. v. Schroeter, JB Sonderland, Theod. Hosemann, A. Menzel, v. Kloeber, F. Holbein, Rosenfelder etc. - Berlin: Hofmann, 1848. - Digitized edition
In: Album of German artists in original etchings. - Düsseldorf: Buddeus, 1841. Digitized edition
Flowers of fatherland poets: Dedicated to German women and virgins. - SI: approx. 1850. Digitized edition
Pictures and marginal drawings for German seals. - Düsseldorf: Buddeus, 1838-44 (edition with text) Digitized edition
Pictures and marginal drawings for German seals. - Düsseldorf: Buddeus, 1838-44 (edition with mostly empty text fields) Digitized edition
Lust for images for hard-working children. - Düsseldorf: Arnz, around 1840. Digitized edition
In: Stool, Nikolaus. The chronicle of the city of Cologne: with illustrations. - Düsseldorf: Arnz, 1857. Digitized edition
In: German seals with marginal drawings by German artists. - Düsseldorf: Buddeus, (volumes 1–2) 1843. Digitized edition
Agathon or the guide through life: For thinking youngsters. - St. Gallen: Scheitlin and Zollikofer, 1842. Digitized edition
Arenz, Carl. Three stories: a Christmas gift for the Bücheler'sche work and small children's school in Düsseldorf. - Düsseldorf: Voss, 1852. Digitized edition
Festkränzchen: A selection of poems for church festivals and other festive occasions for the young. - Düsseldorf: Schulgen, 1850. Digitized edition
Arenz, Karl: The siblings: A story for the dear youth. - Düsseldorf: Schulgen, 1851. Digitized edition
Gold mirror: pictures from youth life. Dedicated by JB Sonderland. Verses by W. Herchenbach. - Stuttgart: Hallberger, 1852. Digitized edition
The golden ABC depicted in images from natural and human life. - Düsseldorf: Schulgen, 1849. Digitized edition
Bayerle, Bernhard Gustav: Catholic festival images. - Düsseldorf: Arnz, 1847. Digitized edition
Knabenlust: A selection of poems to awaken a youthful fresh mind and vigorous activity. - Düsseldorf: Schulgen, 1849. Digitized edition
Heye, Jan Pieter: The little child friend: A booklet for the dear children. - Düsseldorf: Schulgen, 1851. Digitized edition
In: Reinick, Robert. Songs by a painter with drawings by his friends on the margins. - 1836-1852.
- Songs by a painter with drawings by his friends on the margins. - Düsseldorf: Schulgen-Bettendorff, 1838, colored portfolio edition. Digitized edition
- Songs by a painter with drawings by his friends on the margins. - Düsseldorf: Schulgen-Bettendorff, 1838. Digitized edition
- Songs by a painter with drawings by his friends on the margins. - Düsseldorf: Buddeus, between 1839 and 1846. Digitized edition
- Songs by a painter with drawings by his friends on the margins. - Leipzig: Vogel, approx. 1852. Digitized edition
The Mährlein von Fletsch und Winzelchen: A pretty and instructive story for children. After Eugène Sue, edited by Franz Lauter. - Frankfurt a. M: Ullmann, 1844. Digitized edition
Grimm, Albert Ludewig: Fairy tales from the Orient: for the youth. - Hamburg: Heubel, 1844. Digitized edition
Hauff, Wilhelm: fairy tales. - Stuttgart: Brodhag, 1842. Digitized edition
In: Fairy tales and legends for young and old. - Düsseldorf: Arnz: Voß, 1857, Volume 2. Digitized edition
In: Norwegian peasant life. A cycle in 10 pictures. By Adolph Tidemand. With an allegorical title in color print, designed by v. C. Scheuren. Based on the original cartons for the paintings executed for the Royal Villa "Oskarshall" at Christiania, lithographed by v. JB special country. - Düsseldorf: Schulte, 1852, 2nd edition. Digitized edition
Ravenstein, August. Ravenstein's topographical pocket panorama of the Rhine from Mainz to Cologne. With humorous marginal drawings by JB Sonderland. - Frankfurt a. M: Ullmann, 1845. Digitized edition
In: Reumont, Alfred von / White, Charles (eds.). Ruins of the Rhine, their times and traditions. - Aix-La Chapelle: Kohnen, 1838. Digitized edition
In: Reumont, Alfred von. Sagas legends des bords du Rhin: Orné de 8 gravures sur acier. - Aix-la-Chapelle: Kohnen, 1838. Digitized edition
In: S. Mainrad: a legend in pictures. Based on the original paintings by H. Mücke, lithographed by JB Sonderland. With an explanatory text by Rudolph Stillfried Count Alcántara. - Düsseldorf: Elkan, Bäumer, 1861. Digitized edition
In: Collection of original etchings by Düsseldorf artists. - Düsseldorf: Schulgen, 1850. Digitized edition
In: Fliedner, Theodor (ed.). School picture Bible, in 30 pictures Old and New Testaments. - Düsseldorf: Arnz, 1843. Digitized edition
Scenes from Immermann's Münchhausen. - Leipzig: Weber, 1848. Digitized edition
Schlegel, Hermann. Traité de fauconnerie: ouvrage orné de dix sept planches. - Leide: Arnz, 1853. Digitized edition
Hartmann, G. Forget-Me-Not: Flower Songs for Young Flower Friends. - Wesel: Düms, 1869. Digitized edition
Two hundred hyperbolas on Mr. Wahl's immense nose. - St. Gallen: Scheitlin and Zollikofer, 1841, 2nd edition. Digitized edition

Web links

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Works by and about Johann Baptist Sonderland in the German Digital Library

personal data
SURNAME	Sonderland, Johann Baptist
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sonderland, Johann Baptist Wilhelm Adolf (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter, etcher, illustrator and lithographer
DATE OF BIRTH	February 2, 1805
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH	July 21, 1878
Place of death	Dusseldorf