Johann Christian August Schwartz

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Johann Christian August Schwartz (* 1756 in Hildesheim ; † March 7, 1814 in Braunschweig ) was a German portrait painter who probably lived mainly in Braunschweig, but also repeatedly in Hamburg , Berlin (1808), Dresden and Bremen (1803/07) stayed to execute orders. His pastel portraits are of excellent quality .

Life

Little is known about his biographical stations. An apprenticeship in Braunschweig is assumed, since he initially worked in the lacquerware manufacture of Stobwasser and a stay with Mengs in Dresden is assumed. In 1781 he married Henriette Karoline Schröder, whose sister Christiane Elisabeth married the painter Friedrich Georg Weitsch in 1794 . He was also related by marriage to the engraver Carl Schröder. In 1789 he became a foreign member of the Berlin Academy and in 1794 a Brunswick court painter .

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Schwartz's work consists almost exclusively of pastel portraits in which he creates meticulously detailed drawings of busts against a dark background or a moving sky that go to the limits of this technique. The markings in the expressive eyes that keep the viewer in view have a high recognition value . Some of his portraits were engraved in copper by Carl Schröder, Johann Friedrich Bause , Johann Friedrich Jügel and Johann Gerhard Huck .

Portraits

Duke Friedrich Wilhelm von Braunschweig-Oels, the Black Duke , pastel by J. C. A. Schwartz, 1809.

The following list shows the portraits in the order in which they were created. Undated persons are added below, unidentified persons are not taken into account.

  • Georg Wilhelm I. Birnbaum, pastel, 1783, Braunschweig City Museum
  • Duke Leopold von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel , pastel around 1780, former Marienburg Castle (Lower Saxony), auctioned by Sotheby's on October 8, 2005. The attribution to Schwartz must be checked.
  • Pascha Johann Friedrich Weitsch , mixed media, around 1785, Museum of Hamburg History , inv. 1912/563
  • Anton Albers from Bremen, pastel, 1802, Braunschweig City Museum
  • Hannah Maria Thorbecke, pastel, 1802, Braunschweig Municipal Museum
  • Johann (1739–1804) and Gesina Böse (1752–1825), 1803, pastels over pencil on parchment, Focke-Museum Bremen, inv. No. 78.267 / 268
  • Carl Friedrich Gauß , pastel portrait June / July 1803, observatory of the University of Göttingen
  • Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers , pastel 1803/05, observatory of the University of Göttingen
  • Franz Hermann Thorbecke, pastel, 1804, Braunschweig City Museum
  • Johann Abraham and Pauline Retberg, b. Bierbaum, pastels 1804, Focke-Museum Bremen, inv. No. 1970.149 / 150
  • Heinrich Wilhelm Neddermann, pastel, 1804 Focke-Museum Bremen, inv. No. C.222
  • Wilhelm I (the Netherlands) , painted 1808 in Berlin, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
  • Duke Friedrich Wilhelm von Braunschweig , pastel, 1809, German Historical Museum , Berlin, inv. No. 1990/68
  • Albert Heinrich and Margarete Adamy b. Krohn, pastel, Kunsthalle Hamburg
  • Johann Christian (Carl) (1747–1829) and Wilhelmine Philippine Fritze, b. Hartung, pastels on parchment, Focke-Museum Bremen, inv. No. K.1272
  • Princess Louise of Oranje-Nassau, pastel, after 1789, Stichting Historische Verzamelingen van het Huis Oranje-Nassau, The Hague.
  • Joh. Hermann Barckhausen, pastel, Focke-Museum Bremen, inv. No. D.19
  • Duke Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand of Braunschweig , pastel, Braunschweig Municipal Museum
  • Amalie Reiners, pastel, Braunschweig Municipal Museum
  • Konrad Peter Reiners, pastel, Braunschweig City Museum
  • Johann Friedrich Koch, pastel, Braunschweig City Museum

proof

  1. ↑ Lacher, Berliner Klassik - Autobiographien, note 34  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.berliner-klassik.de  
  2. ↑ To the portrayed

literature

  • Thieme-Becker: General artist lexicon . Volume 30, 1936, p. 363.
  • Joachim Jacoby (arrangement): Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum - The German paintings of the 17th and 18th centuries as well as the English and Scandinavian works . Critical directory with images of all paintings, Braunschweig 1989, pp. 226–229.
  • Julia M. Nauhaus : The painting collection of the Städtisches Museum Braunschweig , Hildesheim 2009, pp. 475–478
  • Jörn Christiansen (Ed.): Art and Citizenship in Bremen , Bremen: Focke-Museum 2000, pp. 71, 151

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personal data
SURNAME Schwartz, Johann Christian August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1756
PLACE OF BIRTH Hildesheim
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 1814
Place of death Braunschweig